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The French dockworkers' union called three 24-hour strikes, including one this Thursday, in protest

Oct. 22, 1991 Copper Total, 22,090. Gold Total, .1,293,249.Silver Total, .263

CHINESE, CHILEANS SET JOINT COPPER VENTUREA Shanghai electrical company signed a joint ventu

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

Nineteen European nations edged closer to agreement Monday night on the creation of a huge free-trad

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

CUBAN SUGAR EXPORTS TO SOVIET UNION FALLCuban sugar exports to the Soviet Union in the first

Oct. 21, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

An attorney for General Dynamics Corp. expects an American International Group subsidiary to appeal

Manufacturing companies still dominate the economy despite notions that America's industrial strengt

Delta Air Lines has reached agreement resolving U.S. Air Force claims related to the participation o

The National Association of Manufacturers is calling for a strong national export policy to facilita

CONRAIL INSTALLING NEW MONITOR SYSTEMConsolidated Rail Corp. is watching over high-value fre

Oct. 21, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

1643 (Oct. 21, 1991) Previous day - 1639 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Monday Oct. 21, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

U.S. oil production will decline 3.7 percent in 1992 to 7.1 million barrels a day following what wil

As of Oct. 21, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Air freight is likely to play a key role in the current negotiations between KLM Royal Dutch Airline

Consolidated Rail Corp. plans to build a new $25 million data center in northeast Philadelphia.<

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

Three Weeks Ended Oct. 12, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

A North American free-trade pact that would allow foreign exporters to ship cotton products to the U

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 18, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

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

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

The frequency of shipping service between the western Mediterranean Sea and the United States will d

SEPTEMBER RETAIL SALES UNCHANGED IN UKU.K. provisional, seasonally adjusted retail sales wer

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

The $6 billion value of Executive Life Insurance Co.'s junk bond portfolio was ignored as five major

No matter which one of the two runoff candidates becomes Louisiana insurance commissioner in the Nov

Taiwan plans to open a trade office in Mongolia, a country that Taipei does not recognize and over w

JAPAN FIRMS TO RESUME S. AFRICAN IRON IMPORTSJapan's six major steelmakers said they signed

Economic changes in some Caribbean countries have affected the level of business on the new regional

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

CRUDE OUTPUT RESUMES AT UK OFFSHORE FIELDThe Kittiwake U.K. North Sea crude oil field resume

The United States and other major industrial countries are ready to consider debt relief for the Sov

The days of obtaining state-by-state authority to move a wide trucking load appear to be coming to a

An overload of the Port of Tacoma's much-vaunted on-dock rail system was partly responsible for the

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