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As of Oct. 10, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The Port of Rotterdam unveiled Thursday a massive $18 billion expansion plan to consolidate its posi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it has accepted 16 bids from private exporters to sell 770,8

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA Wednesday reported net income of $3.2 million on net opera

A wave of labor protests is frustrating efforts by Central American governments to sell off ineffici

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

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago10/10 10/9 Change % Change: 9/17

SHELL EXPLORES FOR OIL IN EGYPTIAN GAS SITEA find of natural gas in the Egypt's Western Dese

The failure last week to draft a legislative compromise resolving the truck- rate undercharge crisis

Oct. 10, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Can Mexican bankers compete on an equal footing with their U.S. and Canadian counterparts? E

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia opened a U.S. representative office in Washington, to se

Medeva PLC, a British pharmaceutical company, said it entered into a conditional agreement to acquir

The Romanian Agency for Development and the Ministry of Transport are negotiating with foreign firms

Boeing Co. expressed concern Thursday that China may cancel orders for $2.7 billion worth of jets in

Cargo officials at Midway Airlines and Northwest Airlines are enthusiastic about the benefits for th

Kellogg Co. said it received approval from the government of India to manufacture and market ready-t

US LISTS COMMODITIES FOR AID PROGRAMThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a list

Standard & Poor's assigned an "A" rating to American Life & Casualty Insurance Co.'s claims-paying a

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 10, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

An increase in wholesale auto prices boosted the September producer price index and may be a factor

The French government may tighten up some of the country's road transport regulations as evidence mo

For years, Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev was Mr. Collectivized Agriculture in the Soviet Union,

Prospects for democracy remain uncertain in Kuwait, where the political scene looks at first glance

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has delayed picking a successor to its president

U.S. textile industry executives are hailing signs that the industry may be pulling out of its reces

Buoyed by hopes for firm world prices, Brazilian cocoa exporters and grinders finally may be ready t

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

Railcar shortages so far during this fall's U.S. Midwest harvest appear to be isolated and no more o

Treuhandanstalt, the organization responsible for privatization in eastern Germany, launched a marke

A top official at the London Futures and Options Exchange initiated the illegal scheme to boost volu

A significant shift in Germany's position on farm subsidies, the most vexed issue in the Uruguay Rou

Dominion Terminal Associates, the Newport News, Va., coal terminal company, is having one of those "

Carnival Cruise Lines Inc. has put its sole hotel and casino resort, Crystal Palace, up for sale, th

Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan told Congress Thursday health care can be made mo

Strong traffic levels and better rates at home and abroad enabled American President Cos. to post st

For the week ended Oct. 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 13

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 9, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Trade officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada should have a good idea by late November w