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As of Apr. 7, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Dow Chemical USA said it has increased the price of phenol by 3 cents a pound. List prices for pheno

ITALIAN-SPANISH VENTURE GETS EC CLEARANCEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Tuesday

PRESIDENT'S PROMISE REUNITES UTU, RLEAThe United Transportation Union has rejoined the Railw

The city of Seattle and a private company filed a $1.3 million federal lawsuit last week against a B

London dealers said the central Bank of Portugal had been intervening on the foreign exchanges, sell

RAILROAD STRIKE HALTS TRAFFIC IN NETHERLANDSTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - A strike by Dut

UN SAYS WORLD GNP CONTRACTED IN 1991World production as measured by gross national product c

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 6, 1992Bid AskedCopper_G

BILLITON REVISES UPWARD 1992 BASE METAL PRICESThe research department of metal brokers Billi

The production and consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals should be phased out five years sooner t

With plans under way for a new study of a second regional airport, a Massachusetts legislative leade

The Philippine government Monday rejected demands by striking air traffic controllers and threatened

Apr. 6, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

*Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr. 3, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metr

Rising crude oil prices, if sustained, could ease pressure on the Organization of Petroleum Exportin

John C. Couch, misidentified in a People column, Page 1B, April 2, is the new chief executive office

With riverboat gambling now legal in a growing number of states, two commercial giantshave decided t

Container hauling by independent truckers remained at a standstill here Monday as port officials and

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

An indictment in New Jersey has charged 39 people with defrauding Baltimore- based U.S. Fidelity and

After-tax profits of U.S. manufacturers fell to a seasonally adjusted average of 1.3 percent of sale

The United Nations may allow Iraq to use any export outlet, not just a pipeline to Turkey, but will

Its days of debt nearly over, Latin America is turning to the task of repairing the damage wrought b

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

The average Swiss needs to work a mere 20 minutes to earn enough for a hamburger and french fries. A

A widespread tanker industry practice is largely responsible for the blast that nearly destroyed the

Monday Apr. 6, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Army Corps of Engineers approved a deepening project for the Port of Oakland's shipping channels

A fall in China's domestic copper price is leading traders associated with state-owned import-export

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

A new vessel traffic services system for use in ports and harbors is under development by Hughes Air

A fierce rate war in the Florida-Central America trade lane continues unabated, despitethe abandonme

Shippers are pleased that the Interstate Commerce Commission is stepping in to challenge about $1.7

Thriving exporters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations fret constantly that the proposed N

Norway's industrial production fell 2 percent in February compared with February 1991, the Central B

U.S. manufacturing plants released 752 million pounds of toxic chemicals in the air and water of the

Halter Marine Inc. was awarded a $31.2 million Army contract to build two, 273-foot-long logistics s

JUST AS THE WORLD is getting used to the idea that environmentalists may be here to stay when it com

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, extending Friday's slump on the view that the weak U.S. March emplo