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A key deadline in Russia's controversial shares-for-loans privatization program has passed, but the

President Clinton postponed for 90 days a decision on raising import tariffs on corn brooms, a produ

The U.S. attack on Iraq may win support at home, but it has raised serious concerns about national s

All the rice in China isn't enough any more, says the Agriculture Department. The Chinese must look

Sept. 3, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 249.46 off 0.20 wh

Military shipping and air transport agencies took no immediate action in the U.S. effort against Ira

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 3, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A little-know self-proclaimed rebel group in Mexico is an urban terrorist gang with little public su

Sept. 3, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 3, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Sept. 3, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

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Ukraine, fulfilling a long-held dream, launched its hryvnya currency on Monday but the new bank note

Sept. 3, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

LOUISIANA TASK FORCEMEETS ON AUTO RATESBATON ROUGE, La. - The governor's new task force on a

POTASH TO BUY ARCADIANIN $1.18 BILLION DEALSASKATOON, Saskatchewan - Canada's Potash Corp. s

The hurly-burly of an export battle between machine tool factories in Cincinnati and Dusseldorf woul

Sept. 2, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Certificates of origin certify where a good was made. This is an important consideration in export,

The Japanese government has decided to release a record 700,000 tons of feed grains from state-contr

Tuesday Sept. 3, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The common cold in Jamaica is spurring export opportunities for U.S. drug makers.Preliminary

Talks between Thailand and the EU on possible cuts in trading privileges granted to Bangkok under th

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BETHLEHEM STEEL SELLSMINE TO A.T. MASSEYBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Bethlehem Steel Corp. said Tuesday

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Sept. 1996 (see Note

The French children's wear market is divided by age into four basic categories: 0-2 years; 3-10 year

Another U.S. oil company is moving into China's Bohai Sea to hunt for oil, in collaboration with Mal

NORTH AMERICANational Merchandise Show. Sept. 7-10. New York. Contact: Lauretta Merriweather

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Saudi Aramco is eyeing Mars sour crude as an alternative to West Texas Intermediate for pricing its

AFRICATanzaniaThe Port of Dar es Salaam plans to increase its cargo handling capacit

AMERIJET INTERNATIONALOPENS W. COAST STATIONFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Amerijet International I

If Singapore's ''virtual terminal'' concept was intended to make the shipping industry pay attention

The overwhelming aspect of Maersk Line is its sheer size: Big Blue, as Maersk is often known, has an

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADAVIETNAM. Sept. 5-6 and 12-13. The California-Southeast Asia Bus

Four years after the first foreign insurance companies received licenses to conduct business in the

California Gov. Pete Wilson is expected to sign legislation creating the nation's only state-run ear

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