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1060 (July 31, 1992) Previous day - 1088 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

July 31, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Port of Oakland Offers Free Harbor Boat Tours. Ninety-minute tours twice each Thursday throughAug. 2

Sweden must make a binding commitment to the European Community's plans for a common foreign and sec

The European Community Commission postponed a decision on a planned 10 percent duty on imports of Ch

California insurance companies are rallying behind legislation to create a dedicated funding source

NEW JERSEY DISTRICT EXPORT COUNCIL (Trenton, N.J.) - Donald W. Stanek was appointed to a four-year t

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

CHINA SAID TO PURCHASE US SOYBEANS LAST WEEK CHICAGO - There were strong indications China

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari doesn't need to send censors to newsrooms to get favorable press

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago7/31 7/30 Change % Change: 7/8

The United States Court of Appeals in Philadelphia told a county in Delaware last week that a widely

July 31, 1992 Copper Total, 35,240. Gold Total, .1,731,843.Silver Total, .269

Domestic insurance companies and several foreign governments are pressing Congress to kill a propose

Israel's new government is still wrestling with the question of privatizing El Al Israel Airlines, b

NEW SONY CD LASER COULD TRIPLE CAPACITYSony Corp. has invented a new laser that could triple

Customs Broker Training. Aug. 12-13. Boston. Refresher course for customs brokers sponsored bythe Na

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Chinese textile companies are negotiating joint-venture plants in Mexico, hoping to move production

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CHINA DECIDES TO JOIN COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONChina has decided to join a global copyright conve

This table lists spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and coal producer

Indonesia faces a tough fight to regain a share of the coffee market here lost to Southeast Asian su

AETNA LIFE POSTS LOSS FOR SECOND QUARTERHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

With sources of public and private financing seemingly assured, soybean farmers have expressed optim

The noise is deafening, the light is blinding, yet Japanese are swarming to play the potentially obs

Japanese wire and cable makers, who have seen their industry languish since October 1991, do not exp

ICO SLAMS CONSUMERS AT TALKS ON NEW PACTLONDON - Producer members of the Internation

Pharmaceutical manufacturers have embraced the proposed North American free- trade agreement for its

Crowley Maritime Corp., effective today, has regrouped its operations into two subsidiary companies

Advances in microcomputer technology are occurring at such a dizzying pace that the transportation i

CSX Transportation Inc. will begin operating through freight trains with only an engineer and conduc

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Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

In what federal officials described as a significant turnaround in the shipper undercharge controver

For a second day in a row, Houston Industries and its Argentine partner lost the bidding war to buy

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has paved the way for a sweeping restructuring of the natur

The shuttle Atlantis took off Friday on a daring mission to generate electricity by dragging a satel