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A year after signing several deals to assist China's coal industry, an American mining machinery com

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.26 up 1.36 whi

The Federal Aviation Administration has revised the information it gave The Journal of Commerce for

Germany may be in the driver's seat in the rush toward a single European currency, but most Germans

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has described as incomprehensible the International Monetary Fund de

CHINA BANKS SEEK OKFOR EXPANSION IN USWASHINGTON - Several large Chinese banks interested in

Canadian Minister of International Trade Art Eggleton said talks with Chile on a free-trade pact wer

Globalization of the textiles, clothing and footwear industries poses both challenges and opportunit

Reactions are mixed to this weekend's signing of an economic pact for 1997 between the government, b

American companies, looking to Thailand as an export platform to the region, are set to lift investm

''It's sort of like 'Hamlet' without the prince of Denmark.''

The United Arab Emirates has charged two men with pirating computer software, the first such prosecu

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 28, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

5 CANADIAN BANKS CUTPRIME TO 5 PERCENT FROM 5.25 PERCENTTORONTO - Canada's Big 5 commercial

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Price is important, but efficient, timely service from customs brokers and forwarders is crucial whe

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 28, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 28, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

October 28, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and th

General Motors Corp. workers remained on the job without a contract Monday as United Auto Workers Pr

The World Bank has suspended a loan of around $250 million to the Maharashtra State Electricity Boar

Monday Oct. 28, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Saudi officials Monday unveiled details of a plan to use private investment for the multibillion-dol

SNOW FORCES SIBERIANSTO STOP GRAIN HARVESTMOSCOW - Many Siberian farmers last week had to st

U.S. negotiators have won 300 new charter flights a year to Brazil for all-cargo airlines, as well a

One of the largest utilities in the Midwest is proving that its best opportunities are in nonregulat

Japan's Nozaki & Co. Ltd. said the company has started supplying imported melons from the United Sta

Hapag-Lloyd has stopped an employee group from meeting to discuss the impact of a possible merger wi

WAL-MART EXPANDSOPERATIONS IN BRAZILSAO PAULO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced plans to inve

FANCY DRESS MAKERHEADS FOR LIVERPOOLLONDON - Rubie's Costume Co. of New York has taken 20,00

Malaysian exporters are making greater use of their own ports at the expense of neighboring Singapor

Ecuador on Friday suspended the operator of a U.S. cargo plane that crashed in its territory. U.S. c

The score at the end of last week's final Senate hearings in Washington: maritime labor, 2, the taxp

1256 (Oct. 25, 1996) Previous day - 1238The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Oct. 25, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

SOUTH CAROLINA STATEPORTS AUTHORITYPeter N. Hughes, the authority's controller for nine year

Boeing Business Jets, a newly formed joint venture between Boeing Co. and General Electric Co. to bu

The Port of Seattle Commission will reward its executive director, Mic Dinsmore, with a substantial

''Mary'' has a family history of breast cancer. Both her mother and her aunt have been diagnosed wit