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Levi Strauss & Co. hopes success is in the genes. This clothing maker and a California entre

Higher-than-normal inventories of gas oil with both inland end-users and coastal terminal operators

Tourists strolling past Old San Juan's Pier 8 were treated to an unusual sight last Friday: the agin

Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., said its sales and earnings for the third quarter were lower than

US GEAR MAKERS SEEK NATIONAL SECURITY STUDYU.S. gear manufacturers have asked the Commerce D

Germany will strive for an agreement in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement Tariffs and Trade

Benton Oil and Gas Co. said Monday it signed a joint-venture agreement with two Russian partners to

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 219.35 off 0.13 which compares w

Ocean carriers have to concentrate on improving transit times from Third World countries across the

Got complaints about the Jones Act? Who you gonna call? Try Federal MaritimeCommission membe

James L. Barskdale, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Federal Express Corp., w

One of the largest ex-Soviet shipping lines could end up dead in the water unless its new owner, the

The nine ship- ping lines that jointly operate Southern Africa Europe Container Service Ltd. have si

Tue., Oct. 22, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Construction of an additional international airport for the Puget Sound region would create at least

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher Tuesday in a thin, aimless market. Dealers said overseas t

A Pennsylvania electric fan manufacturer has asked the Commerce Department to impose countervailing

CARLA HILLS ANNOUNCES TWO KEY STAFF CHANGESU.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills announced t

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 21, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A surge in attendance and general relaxation of fears about world events helped propel sales at Hong

European Community farm ministers, meeting here to discuss a new temporary system of oilseed subsidi

A group of U.S. investors has sued Lloyd's of London, saying the famed insurance concern broke feder

NO LONGER DOES railroad cost-cutting automatically lead to diminution of service quality. Th

Malaysia's industrial production index in January-August rose 11.8 percentfrom a year earlie

Freight forwarder Intertrans Corp. was misidentified at one point as ''Unitrans" in "Fear, Loathing

A wave on industrial unrest sweeping through France will reach a climax Thursday with a national str

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

The Puget Sound area needs a global air cargo complex, according to a consulting firm's report that

DELTA, USAIR AWARDED EASTERN AIR'S ROUTESThe Department of Transportation finalized earlier

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

Alice in Wonderland should spare a thought for the people of the Soviet Union, a curious land caught

Confusion over whether the Soviet Union has the authority to enter into international treaties is ho

The U.S. textile and apparel industries are split on whether or not the apparent impending eliminati

The aluminum producers that account for a third of the West's capacity are covering their operating

The story headlined "S&P Cuts Rating of Mass Mutual," which appeared on Page 9A on Thursday, Oct. 10

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering

Japan lifted most of its trade sanctions against South Africa Tuesday in a move the government insis

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 22, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

Oct. 22, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Cocoa futures, which on Tuesday morning hit a seven-week low with December, later turned up slightly