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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

Oct. 1, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

Oct. 1, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A petroleum industry spokesman Tuesday urged New York state environmental officials not to adopt a C

FISHING FOR DOLLARS. Qualcom Inc., a leading supplier of satellite-based telecommunications services

The fate of the ailing Japanese real estate industry is now in the hands of the Ministry of Finance,

You have an offer on that prime piece of land you've had up for sale, and the time has come to get a

A bold experiment began Saturday at 57th St. and Fifth Ave. Can Americans be taught the shop

The 10th Annual Seminar on Economic Issues in Workers Compensation, sponsored by the National Counci

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

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Sept. 30, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Refinery margins are being squeezed in Singapore by the climb in Dubai crude prices combined with we

The Port of San Francisco has reached an agreement with several federal agencies that will allow it

Stung by the high cost of American health care, Canada's most populous province is cutting back shar

Zurich Group, Switzerland's largest insurance company, posted a 17 percent increase in written premi