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Japan's Mitsui Petrochemical Co. will stop exports of high-density polyethylene to the Asian markets

CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (London) - Francis Phillips, a former editor at ContainerisationInternat

June 17, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

President Clinton told lawmakers last week that he wants to help the domestic oil and gas industry,

The tensions on the Korean peninsula haven't carried over into the insurance community. Ther

The air-cargo industry has recovered since 1991, but the sector is on a new flight pathdue to change

If it isn't the persistent labor crisis that drives customers from the French port of Le Havre, it m

As the Clinton administration prepares to send Congress its version of legislation to implement a ne

Rising to 103.3 from 102.9, The Journal of Commerce's Daily Industrial Price Index signaled fresh in

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +15.376/13 102.26/14 102.56/15

A growing taste in the Far East for imported fruit and vegetables and other fresh produce could be t

Farmers Insurance Group said it has temporarily suspended sales of earthquake insurance in the Unite

Thousands of businesses fear that a provision in several health-care reform proposals would force th

Richard H. Booth has resigned as president and director of Travelers Inc.'s unit, Travelers Insuranc

Decreases in clothing, tobacco products, alcoholic beverages and housing pushed Canadian consumer pr

When Houston's Texport Oil Co. finally closes its doors for good in the next few months, it will mar

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 237.28 off 1.33

Russia may keep in reserve any new grain export credits that the United States may offer it rather t

Japan's Kashima Oil Co. is in negotiations with one of its shareholder companies, Mitsubishi Petroch

Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem) and Marubeni Corp. said Friday they plan to add 300 million poun

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

OPEC VOTES AGAINST PENALIZING QUOTA CHEATSVIENNA - A proposal to impose oil producti

KUWAIT TO INCREASE REFINING CAPACITYSINGAPORE - Kuwait Petroleum Co. expects to incr

REGIONAL BLOCS U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations: Economic and Political Trends. June 22. New Yo

The South African Krugerrand, once the best-selling gold coin before imports to the UnitedStates wer

Japan has vowed to support a U.S. draft resolution to be submitted to the U.N. Security Council call

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

The German government agreed late last week to a measure that will make it easier for private compan

Hitachi Ltd. has disclosed plans to develop a parallel supercomputer using the PowerPC, a reduced in

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As German Chancellor Helmut Kohl basks in the glory of his party's victory in last week's European p

As U.S. oil tanker executives converged over the weekend on the sunny golf courses of Pebble Beach,

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As of June 17, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

June 17, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

XEROX WINS AWARD FOR CUSTOMS LINKBOSTON - Xerox Corp. has received an award for bein

"Juche," North Korea's guiding principle of self-reliance, explains both why the country's economy i

A group of experts in India has suggested to the government that private telephone networks, allowed

Two days of working-level talks on Japan's public procurement market in telecommunications ended Fri

South Korean container shipping lines face the prospect that many of their vessels will be activated