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Swelling population and poor weather mean world grain reserves will fall to their lowest per-capita

Estimates of a sharp fall in Spain's winter cereal harvest this year, to 7.5 million metric tons (8.

The war against banks selling insurance continues this week, even after the chairman of the House Co

Chinese officials are dangling 500 projects ranging from large-scale infrastructure to food in hopes

India, seeking to privatize its decades-old state telephone monopoly, has received offers from score

M Group PLC, a local communications, publishing and media company, is expanding with a US$5 million

JAPAN REFUSES TO JOIN US BAN ON IRAN TRADETOKYO - Japan, heavily dependent on crude

REGIONAL BLOCS Export Texas. June 12-13. Houston. Contact: Barron Lozano, (713) 752-

After years of protests and sporadic violence, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is moving its nylon pla

PACKAGING SECTOR USES MOST PLASTIC IN CHINABEIJING - The Consumer Times said the pac

PANAMA CANAL LISTS WORK DETAILS FOR LOCKSNEW YORK - The Panama Canal's Marine Bureau

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

For quotes on National, Midwestern or other markets, call the CBT trading floor during trading hours

Friday June 9, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A People item that appeared on Page 11A Friday should have said that Jim Dowd has resigned as execut

Insurance Commissioner George Dale is asking voters for a sixth term and ''vindication" against the

SEVERE STORMS RAVAGE SOUTHERN INDIANAEVANSVILLE, Ind. - Strong thunderstorms and fun

The Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill cost Exxon Corp. $5.5 billion in legal expenses, compensation and

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - Peter C. O'Connor was named senior vice president of the emerging marke

Finance ministry officials in Mexico have given formal authorization for two additional U.S. insurer

Canada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May rose to 9.5 percent, up 0.1 percentage point

At an age when most people are looking to retirement, Carmen Lunetta is looking ahead to the next ce

Carmen Lunetta makes no bones about it. Geography has been the key to the Port of Miami's rapid grow

UNITHAI LINE TO LEAVE MOL JOINT SERVICETOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a leading Japane

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Protection and indemnity clubs are being urged to provide Certificates ofFinancial Responsib

Ukraine's latest bid to issue a dollar-backed currency that would help attract much-needed investmen

The fiscal 1995-96 budget announced this week by the Port of Los Angeles includes a huge capital-dev

For the first time in about two years, the container lines belonging to theTrans-Atlantic Co

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 7, '94 - June 8, '95 (a graph) (2)D

NYK LINE NORTH AMERICA INC. (Secaucus, N.J.) - William Payne was named general manager for the Weste

The battle over steep port-use charges planned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority escalated this wee

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Thursday, June 8, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Get ready for life after the Federal Maritime Commission's demise, a top shipper lobbyist advised po

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has denied rumors his government plans to reform lab

Moves that would limit the level of foreign ownership of securities companies send the "wrong signal

FLOODING AGAIN HALTS ST. LOUIS BARGE TRAFFICST. LOUIS - Barge traffic in St. Louis h

The U.S. dollar fell Thursday after encountering technical resistance near 1.4210 deutsche marks. Ea