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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

May 11, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of May 11, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

As many as 25 Romanian stowaways have been held in leg shackles in Newark, N.J., hotel rooms while a

Franchising and China are a match made in heaven. But consummation will take the patience of

On a muggy Texas night near the Mexican border, temperatures hover around 90 degrees as George Narva

On a hot, sticky May night near the Union Pacific's Laredo railyard just across from the Mexico bord

In a deft political move Wednesday, the Clinton administration tried to blunt opposition to a new wo

Railroad labor relations executives will meet today and Friday behind closed doors in Chicago to pla

The White House is close to agreeing to a package of actions against China that will attempt to main

The Paris Club group of creditor countries will devote its entire meeting the week of May 30 to nego

Safety and operational problems on three Military Sealift Command tankers have led a congressional s

in millions of dollars $57.5 Japan$24.7 China$12.1 Hong K

Wednesday, May 11, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Get your scorecard here. Keeping track of the comings and goings in the world of railroad and union

The Czech Republic and Estonia have won first prize in the East European economic and political refo

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

The Journal of Commerce's daily Industrial Price Index rose for the fourth successive day, this time

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +10.405/5 99.45/6 99.75/9

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday, despite news that the Bundesbank cut both its discount and Lomba

Spain posted a current-account deficit of 193.6 billion pesetas (US$1.4 billion) in March, compared

U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may form an association with Brazil's No. 1 retail chain, Loj

The European Union and Russia agreed in principle on a wide-ranging commercial accord aimed at creat

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

GM Forms $100 Million Joint Venture in IndiaGeneral Motors Corp. and Hindustan Motors confir

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

Colombia's coal mines, largely developed through direct foreign investment, are fuelingsales growth

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

The U.S. Agency for International Development has given Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. an $850,000 fede

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

A plan to change French competition laws would make it illegal for companies to sell goods for less

Foreign companies are beginning to think about forsaking the gleaming office towers of Hong Kong's C

Steel executives and a leading steel economist Tuesday painted a cautiously bullish outlook for the

Two to three containerloads bound for overseas or traveling overland are hijacked every day in the N

CANADA MAKES PROGRESS IN INTERNAL TRADE FEUDWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canada's federal an

Saddled with significant overcapacity, Canada's property and casualty insurers are facing a major sh

The state's highest court barred the Massachusetts Insurance Insolvency Fund Tuesday from taking par

COMMERCIAL UNION PROFIT JUMPS 400 PERCENTLONDON - Commercial Union PLC on Wednesday

A House subcommittee Wednesday gave initial approval to a move to overhaul the nation's environmenta

QUARTER DISASTER LOSSES REPORTED AT $6.5 BILLIONRAHWAY, N.J. - Eight major catastrophes in t