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Chinese officials are putting heavy emphasis on the development of air cargo routes, facilities and

The Alabama Senate has decided that metric signs along state roadways are eyesores that offend drive

Sparse rows of consumer goods churned out by China's state-owned enterprises sat on store shelves fo

Officials are lobbying to amend the Casino Control Act casino law, saying the measure has failed to

REGIONAL BLOCSNafta and the Expansion of Free Trade: Current Issues and Future Prospects. Fe

WESTERN EUROPEREGIONALA rush by European multinationals to put their businesses on t

In a bid to strengthen Kazakstan's ailing mining industry, officials in Almaty are inviting foreign

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California's Public Utilities Commission rejected a proposed Pacific Bell rate increase of $200 mill

El Salvador hopes to begin privatizing its principal seaport and airport by the end of this year, Al

TNT Express Worldwide has announced the start of Euro 1, a new two-day premium express service that

QATAR INAUGURATESLNG TERMINALDOHA, Qatar - Qatar, which has the world's third-largest natura

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 240.06 off 1.17 wh

COMMERCIAL QUANTITY Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

Feb. 25, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Feb. 25, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 25, 1997 BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

Europe's natural gas market is set for phenomenal growth and will be worth $250 billion by the end o

Feb. 25, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 24, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Feb. 25, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31

Feb. 25, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Despite controversy, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) is confident work will start soon on

COLORADO FIRM BANKSON CORN-BASED PLASTICSJOHNSTOWN, Colo. - Chronopol Inc. is starting a que

As thousands of acres of winter wheat ripen in fields across the Southeast, farmers and grain handle

A new standards information system touted as helping make U.S. firms more internationally competitiv

Squeezed by a strong dollar, import prices in January registered their largest decline in seven mont

LABOR PANEL BEGINSTALKS ON CHILD LABORAMSTERDAM - International experts begin a two-day conf

It was nearly two years and three months ago when Chilean President Eduardo Frei basked in the glow

Chilean President Eduardo Frei arrives in Washington Thursday unable to ask for the thing he wants t

''When you bring (these regions) together and start linking (them), you're going to be linking 500 m

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GETSLOAN FROM JAPANESE BANKSMANILA - The Export-Import Bank of Japan, al

Jamaica and the United States have ratified a bilateral investment treaty aimed at encouraging and p

An investment panel has recommended that the sale of government equity in state-owned companies shou

Japan and the United States will hold a meeting in Tokyo on March 5 to review the implementation of

WORLD BANKThe bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Apprai

Wendell Sullivan was outraged when he learned that Thomson Consumer Electronics was shutting down it

MEXICO REPORTS 14THCONSECUTIVE SURPLUSMEXICO CITY - Mexico registered its fourteenth consecu

The newly formed Asian Group of 6 will rival the Group of 7 industrialized nations and begin to brin