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Plastics companies, aiming to gain a larger share of the automotive market, should cooperate with ea

As of Oct. 3, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

In just two days, the Soviet Union has completely exhausted its initial fiscal 1992 export credit al

Copper futures on the Commodity Exchange Inc. surged on concerns that workers at Canada's Highland V

The United States and Canada reached an agreement Thursday that avoids immediate U.S. retaliation fo

While many traders and analysts believe heating oil futures are overpriced in light of weak fundamen

American Airlines has no illusions that its new on-time guarantee for cargo service will make up for

SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEFENDS SAFETY RECORDSouthern Pacific Transportation Co. responded strongly

Brooklyn's last container terminal got a major shot in the arm this week as a container barge servic

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in 1991.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Matthews Internatio

The California Energy Commission projects U.S. natural gas prices to stay depressed for the next 20

Comments critical of Timothy A. Brown, president of the International Organization of Masters, Mates

NESTLE TO INVEST IN SOUTHEAST ASIANestle, the Swiss-based food conglomerate, announced a $10

A senior Bush administration official declined to rule out Thursday a possible short-term loan to he

The inventors of the jet aircraft engine were named winners Wednesday of the $375,000 Charles Stark

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 3, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

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

ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Joseph D. McGlinchey, senior vice president, treas

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

The death of a police officer at an anti-nuclear protest Thursday dented official efforts to mend ti

Failure of the current and long-stalled multinational round of trade talks risks provoking protectio

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 3, 1991Bid AskedCopper_G

India's steel ministry is drafting plans to shed at least 20 percent of the state's holding in Steel

British seafarers are bracing themselves for more job losses as shipowners transfer their vessels fr

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 3, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

NAPHTHA TOWER BLAZE HITS PHILA. REFINERYA fire broke out Thursday morning at Chevron Corp.'s

The search by shippers, Teamsters and truckers for a mutually acceptable bill to resolve the truck-r

Keith M. Rockwell is the London-based European Bureau Chief of The Journal of Commerce. He c

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

Zell/Chilmark Fund, an investment group here that commonly is called a ''vulture fund" for targeting

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Three U.S. computer companies have set up sales offices or subsidiaries in Mexico in the last severa

STONE CONTAINER SIGNS HONDURAN WOOD PACTStone Container Corp. and the government of Honduras

U.S. farmers are unlikely to support an American food aid package to the Soviet Union unless it is t

Britain's decision to ban sales of Halcion, the world's best-selling sleeping pill, rekindled debate

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,225 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

BAUCUS IMPATIENT ON CHINA PROBEA key Democratic supporter of renewing trade benefits for Chi

Publicly held insurance companies will not add large amounts to reserves or take large write-downs i

International freight traffic in August was 2 percent down compared with the same month in 1990, and

The 15 percent depreciation in the value of the Brazilian cruzeiro on Monday probably will have only