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Environmentalists and trade experts are beginning to question the suitability of the General Agreeme

Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, fresh from a thumping election victory for his parliamentary seat, fac

American Airlines has filed suit in federal court to block United Airlines' impending $170 million a

BILLY DUNAVANT BELIEVES there is a lot of cotton to be picked in the Soviet Union. The Sovie

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1597 (Nov. 22, 1991) Previous day - 1595 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Nov. 22, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

US TARGETS MALAYSIA'S FEED GRAINS MARKETKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The United States wants to

U.S. cotton production in 1991 is expected to total 18.2 million bales, up 17.5 percent from last se

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

Computers provide the trade and transportation industries with an invaluable productivity tool. They

FEDEX, UPS MAY MOVE TO NEW DENVER FACILITYFederal Express Corp. and United Parcel Service si

Committing a sin in the international trading arena may not get you pushed out of the Garden of Eden

Not all companies can take the lead role in any production. Some are relegated to the role of charac

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 21, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Nov. 22, 1991 Copper Total, 26,308. Gold Total, .1,445,411.Silver Total, .260

Higher plywood prices are expected to help underpin some of the recent gains scored by the Journal o

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antim

A tacit agreement by trans-Atlantic ocean carriers not to reduce freight rates any further is unlike

An ocean freight consolidator is seeking $500,000 in damages from Great White Fleet Ltd., Cincinnati

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. may use layoffs if not enough eligible employees take early retirement

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After nearly two years of wrangling between importers and the U.S. Customs Service, lawmakers have q

A Philippine anti-graft court has freed from sequestration 97 companies, landholdings and other asse

Cattle are what keeps this dusty town alive. The numbers are there: Last year 190,000 cattle

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Polish Ocean Lines and Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement shelved a plan to share vessels in the North

The government has some good news and some bad news from the drug-fighting front. The good n

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

Wheat and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade showed some strength early Friday, while cor

A drug addict will sell everything to satisfy his addiction. His whole life will revolve around feed

State insurance regulators could wind up hurting rather than helping private passenger auto and work

Friday Nov. 22, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Continued pressure on earnings will force mutual insurance companies to lower their dividends to pol

War is hell, and also not always very profitable. Pair a war with an economic recession and things c

Japan Airlines plans to go online with the U.S. Customs' Service automatedmanifest system at

Two U.S. companies are investing $50 million to construct a hydro power station in Belize. T

Free trade in the Western Hemisphere has developed with historic speed over the past year. L

A California proposal to mandate cleaner-burning gasoline has split the oil industry, putting the gi

A possible slowdown in Soviet oil exports to Germany would lead to oil shortages in eastern Germany