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

Entrenching itself deeply in the Mexican market before actual direct investment and access is allowe

The Russian government plans to introduce a system of currency controls for all imports on July 1, e

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 224.60 off 0.67 which compares

The graphic on Page 1A Friday, April 8, accompanying the story on the Teamsters strike, should have

Friday, April 8, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar will be dragged down this week by a surging Japanese yen, currency traders and analy

The world telecommunication market totaled more than $535 billion in 1992 and is growing, as countri

1228 (Apr. 8, 1994) Previous day - 1219 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The German chocolate industry covered much of its cocoa needs for the second half of this year and f

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +4.624/4 97.94/5 98.14/6

In a swift reversal, Maersk Inc. scrapped its plans to enter the U.S.-East Coast of South America tr

AUSTRALIA PRESSES FOR CLOSER THAI TIESBANGKOK, Thailand - Australian Prime Minister Paul Kea

The U.S. International Trade Commission came to ground zero of a bitter trade dispute to hear Midwes

A labor dispute over mechanics is brewing at a new high-tech terminal in the Port of Oakland.

Federal officials Friday agreed to reconsider their order that applicants for dredging at Newark Bay

Currency fluctuations are having a dramatic impact on the huge trade in containerized waste paper, a

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The federal government is continuing to pressure state-owned shipping companies to order new vessels

ICE FORCES SHUTDOWN OF STRAITS OF MACKINACCHICAGO - The Coast Guard on Friday said i

Deck officers working for Maritime Overseas Corp., a U.S.-flag tanker operator, have rejected Distri

P&O Containers Ltd. is now carrying so much cargo from the Far East to the United States via the Sue

One of the two container terminals at the Port of San Francisco is closing, prompting a stevedoring

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The European Commission confirmed it is establishing a study group to examine technical issues that

Local computer software companies are forming a coalition with their U.S. counterparts to maintain w

Indonesia, already worried by slower non-oil export growth in 1993, was urged to take urgent action

The United States will end its South Pacific aid program by September 1995because of budget

EMPLOYMENT GROWING IN RUSSIA PRIVATE SECTORMOSCOW - Two out of five Russian industri

The United States will risk a loss of influence in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm

The imminent resignation of Japan's prime minister has left Clinton administration officials trying

Powerful consumer groups from both industrialized and developing nations are urging trade ministers

Moody's Investors Service Friday lowered to "Ba2" the rating of Venezuela's long-term foreign curren

Dresdner Bank, Germany's second-largest private bank, announced Friday its 1993 group net income up

Germany's privatization agency Treuhand said it will sell its subsidiary Treuhand Osteuropa Beratung

REGIONAL BLOCS United States Trade and Investment in Africa Conference. April 12-13.

Cuba, excluded from joining the North American Free Trade Agreement as long as the U.S. trade embarg