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1528 (Oct. 1, 1991) Previous day - 1524 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

KUWAIT MAY GRANT FOREIGN FIRMS EQUITYKuwait is considering granting foreign companies equity

Oil traders here are upbeat about the signing of a letter of intent for thepurchase by Unoca

Manufacturers Hanover Corp. has sold its German subsidiary, Manufacturers Hanover Bank GmbH, to a Fr

When Ron McMurray, a port director, was looking for money to build a cargo warehouse 15 times the si

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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

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 30, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

The U.S. dollar remained slightly higher Tuesday afternoon, after briefly turning lower, as traders

THE NAMING OF DAVID R. GOODE as president of Norfolk Southern Corp. certainly didn't come asany surp

A variety of fruits and vegetables are being held hostage to partisan agricultural trade interests a

The federal government is finally cracking down on power utilities run by the states, many known for

Coffee prices plummeted on news of heavy rainfall in parched coffee-producing areas of Brazil.

U.K. house prices fell 0.4 percent in September from August, compared with a 1.0 percent fall in Aug

Brazilian debt prices stabilized on the secondary market for developing- country debt after it appea

This year's widely predicted economic recovery now appears like so much wishful thinking. Th

The fate of Vnesheconombank, the Soviet Union's monolithic foreign trade bank, may not yet be sealed

Oct. 1, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

China aims to unify its domestic copper pricing policy through the Jinpeng Copper Exchange, which op

The U.S.-Mexican air cargo market is starting to resemble an overstuffedsardine can.

The deadline for hammering out a new U.S.-Thailand aviation accord is being extended until March des

India's garment sector is up in arms over the textile ministry's sharp increases in floor prices for

The European Community's decision to buy more meat from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia has salva

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President Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday the Soviet Union was cutting by nearly a third its request

The towering cranes of the Bath Iron Works symbolize good-paying jobs in a traditionally poor state

The European Community Commission came under renewed pressure to "do something" to protect Europe's

Oct. 1, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

The price for OPEC's basket of crudes could reach the target of $21 a barrel in October and an avera

U.S. corn growers are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take steps to boost Soviet corn d

The new transportation company born out of the merger between the privately- owned Delmas shipping g

U.S. Life and health insurance companies paid out an estimated $1.2 billion in 1990 for claims resul

ROYAL INSURANCE UK RATING MAY BE CUTStandard and Poor's Corp. said it may downgrade Royal In

The U.S. agency that insures and helps finance U.S. investments in developing nations says it's too

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

Oct. 1, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

While rates to move grain, coal and other dry bulk commodities should rise in the long term, uncerta

American insurance groups seem suddenly to have discovered Hong Kong. In the space of a few weeks, t