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MEXICO ASKED TO INCREASEDUTY-FREE EXEMPTIONSWashington - The $50 limit on duty-free goods Me

A decline in Hong Kong's high civil service standards after its handover to China this summer would

31 Shell workers freedin Nigeria, 96 still heldLAGOS, Nigeria - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

Gaining a competitive edge in the new telecommunications market means you have to treat the business

As of March 26, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

OFFERS TO BUY* WEAVING MACHINES. Large numbers of weaving machines. Preferred brands: Sulzer

TURKEY'S EU ENTRYUNLIKELY IN NEAR FUTUREISTANBUL, Turkey - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.49 up 1.52 wh

March 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 26, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

March 26, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

A U.S. power company has rejected a request from the Grenada government to renegotiate an agreement

March 26, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

The National Labor Committee, whose protests galvanized public opposition to products made in sweats

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

March 26, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. inventories of crude oil declined by 2.2 million barrels in the week ended March 21, compared w

Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has applied for all of the offshore blocks in Britain's 17th oi

FIRST FOOD SHIP UNDEROIL DEAL ARRIVES IN IRAQBAGHDAD - The first ship carrying food under Ir

Documents obtained by The Journal of Commerce reveal, for the first time in advance of trading, how

Wednesday March 26, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Reliance Industries, one of India's biggest private companies, has commissioned what it says is the

Canada has begun challenging the U.S. sugar re-export policy before a disputes panel of the North Am

A federal judge has approved Texaco Inc.'s $176.1 million record settlement of a widely watched raci

China's state-run shipping company, springing off a solid jump in profit for last year, is diving in

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM INC.Gregory A. Reid was named senior vice president, marketing, of the

CARGO VOLUME SETSRECORD AT BARCELONABARCELONA - The port of Barcelona handled record cargo v

China's intermodal transport, long the weakest link in an already overstretched chain, is getting mo

WORLDWIDE CATASTROPHELOSSES DOWN IN '96ZURICH - Worldwide catastrophe losses fell 22 percent

The worldwide aviation insurance market faces another tough year as it continues to be dogged by sur

Earthquake insurance sold by two of California's largest companies through the California Earthquake

Entire truckloads of goods vanish off the highways. Shipments of beer or cosmetics freeze solid in t

The property/casualty insurance industry made money again in 1996, but the profitscame from an incre

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADAJAMAICA. April 7-12. The Minority Exporters & Importers Associa

Long Beach harbor commissioners blasted critics of China Ocean Shipping Co., saying the carrier's lo

The Treasury Department is about to release $700 million in overdue payments tothe World Bank's Inte

Japan's prime minister tried to steer the United States away from escalating a maritime dispute betw

A bipartisan group of 201 House lawmakers sent a letter to President Clinton warning him not to open

SHIPSROTTERDAM PORT TAKESSERVICES FROM NEIGHBORROTTERDAM - The giant Dutch p