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Brazilian soybean plantings, to nearly everyone's surprise, will begin this year in the second half

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

Final touches are being put on the study for container Terminal 9, even before construction begins o

A $5 million hiccup could throttle a multibillion-dollar plan to build a European container hub port

Ho June Lee, a quiet 37-year-old from South Korea, started something of a trend when he set up his g

Oct. 18, 1991 Copper Total, 22,090. Gold Total, .1,309,371.Silver Tot

1639 (Oct. 18, 1991) Previous day - 1634 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 17, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The fragile truce between factions of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association appears to be brea

The Baltic and International Maritime Council has protested to the Sierre Leone high commission in L

The Supreme Court agreed last week to decide the breadth of the state action doctrine, which immuniz

In Rhode Island last year, more than 2,500 employers marched to the state capitol building bearing b

Southeastern ports are trying everything they can think of to attract more forest products shipments

U.S. shipyards are being priced out of a burgeoning world market, because they have to cover their c

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New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 18, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman has denied market rumors that the agency is poised to ann

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 18, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Bulk shipowners probably won't feel much immediate impact from either the Uruguay Round of internati

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it has withdrawn a long-awaited, and much criticized, p

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose slightly last week on higher prices for crude pe

A congressional-industry panel wrestling with regulatory shipping issues moved toward agreement in s

Fri., Oct. 18, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Emery Worldwide Airlines and DHL Worldwide Express have reached an agreement under which Emery will

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Some 350 metric tons of gold have been taken out of Soviet reserves and sent abroad in the past six

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse mi

Inchcape PLC, the U.K.-based global shipping services company that owns Southern Steamship Agency, m

A long-forgotten pit located off the shores of Alameda in the San Francisco Bay may hold the answer

Ports should be doing more to assist intermodal transportation of bulk cargo, the U.S. government's

The European Community's proposed $10-a-barrel "carbon tax" on crude oil and other fossil fuels coul

Friday Oct. 18, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The forest products industry might be excused for feeling somewhat slighted. With things at their ec

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended10-11 10-4

China's newest international airport, just across the border from here, will spur development of the

Federal regulators for years have turned a blind eye to safety problems at Los Angeles International

The government of the Philippines must do more to stamp out smuggling of textiles from China, the U.

Consolidated Rail Corp. has made it an article of faith that it can prosper by controlling costs dur

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