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Iran, now a key regional power after Iraq's defeat in the Persian Gulf war, is discreetly introducin

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Howard Simon - Simon

U.S. companies are the most active in seeking patents in China, but come in second to Japan in award

Aluminum ingots- $1,475-$1,485 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

1711 (Mar. 22, 1991) Previous day - 1718 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Canadian airline industry is about to undergo a major restructuring, experts here agree.

Japan Airlines Inc. and Nippon Cargo Airlines plan to begin direct Chicago- Tokyo service later this

Two of the country's main ports, Bombay and Madras, are proposing tariff increases for fiscal 1991-9

Construction projects at port and airport facilities will sustain the deepest cuts in the Port Autho

The phone call lasted 90 seconds, enough time to say only what was most important to Khidhr Mikha.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. each will save "many millions of dollars" by

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

Foreign ministers Roland Dumas of France and Hans-Dietrich Genscher of Germany said in a joint state

China's state-owned shipping line will be an equal partner in the next major container terminal buil

Mar. 22, 1991 Copper Total, 19,989. Gold Total, .1,385,422.Silver Total, .260,884,007.

REGIONAL BLOCS Doing Business in Bulgaria. March 26-27. New York. Contact World Trade Instit

The Commodity Exchange board of governors last week elected David Pryde first vice-chairman, succeed

The Kansas Legislature is considering bills that would give the state transportation department expa

Japan's corn buying was slow last week, and trade-house sources say it's likely to stay that way unt

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan Friday said he is ''pleased" that House and

Poland marched a step closer Friday to opening its first stock exchange in more than 40 years - in t

Nalco Chemical Co. of Naperville, Ill., said it completed the purchase of interests in joint venture

An environmental battle between fast-food giants over packaging entered a new stage last week as a p

Brazilian coffee exporters were perplexed by the government's decision last week to suspend coffee e

An early draft of a proposal being developed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee indicates th

A temporary restraining order preventing the sale of Irvine, Calif.-based FGS Insurance Agency was i

The chairman of a key House transportation committee criticized the Bush administration for expectin

RAILROAD LOBBYISTS are circulating a 50-page document to congressional staffs, spelling out the indu

PRESTON TRUCKING TO ELIMINATE SURCHARGEPRESTON, Md. - Preston Trucking Co., a subsidiary of

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Legislators in at least nine states are weighing bills to expand the liability of insurance brokerag

Three railroads expressly for the movement of coal are at the top of the agenda for China's ministry

OIL PRICE FORECAST TO REMAIN FIRMRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The price of the Organization of Pet

The Saudi Arabian-controlled company Vela may be considering buying six ultra-large crude carriers t

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET plummetted Friday after managing to hold its ground earlier in the

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Despite sweeping governmental moves to forgive Poland's foreign debt, the country faces an uncertain

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX RISES 0.2 PERCENT IN JAPANThe Japanese wholesale price index for March