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New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 16, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

SOVIET SAYS USSR IS NOT BUYING SUGARThe Soviet state sugar and agricultural commodity-tradin

As of Sept. 17, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, Tuesday asked for a congressional probe of Japan's piracy of patents an

Carnival Cruise Lines is holding talks that could lead to its acquiring 50 percent of the San Franci

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With the dissolution next month of a number of Soviet ministries, many Soviet ministers are realizin

Several large life insurance companies have held preliminary talks about creating an emergency fund

An "amalgam" of a badly structured reinsurance market, greed and sudden catastrophic events stands a

Vaughn D. Bryson was named president, chief executive officer and chairman of the executive committe

A large new container terminal that Maersk Inc. plans to open at the Port of Long Beach in early 199

The battle lines are now clearly drawn between shippers and ocean carriers, and they center on how t

CP RAIL TO CLOSE SHOP IN EASTERN MONTREALCP Rail announced it will close a locomotiv

There's an old saying that you can't save your way to prosperity. But you can scrimp your wa

Venezuelan Energy Minister and OPEC President Celestino Armas said Tuesday an expected increase in f

James A. McCormick, executive vice president of Alexander & Alexander International Inc., has been n

Cocoa prices were sharply higher Tuesday, unaffected by news that the International Cocoa Organizati

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

Reach out and byte someone. The annual edition of the "EDI Yellow Pages" is out, and once ag

EASTERN GERMAN CPI UP 0.1 PERCENT FROM JULYFRANKFURT, Germany - Consumer prices in the forme

Transfer of U.S. construction technology to Japan will lead to increased exports of Washington state

The Arizona sun stares relentlessly down on the Hopi Indian community of Oraibi, just as it has for

The Saudi Arabian government has withdrawn its plans to make U.S. exporters use new shipping documen

More than 30 years after Sputnik first orbited the earth, insurers are still far from mastering the

With expectations for a good domestic 1991-92 grain harvest, China isn't likely to be in a hurry to

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China reports record volume in overseas shipbuilding orders of 430,000 deadweight tons so far this y

Some U.S. companies fear the breakup of the Soviet Union and subsequent dismantling of Soviet minist

Even the most optimistic of engineers at General Motors Corp. was somewhat surprised lastyear by the

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The European Community Commission will shortly propose an energy tax that will increase oil prices b

Sept. 17, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

2 DIE IN LA FIRE; CONDO LACKED SPRINKLERSAt least two people died early Tuesday when

A shipping consultancy here announced the formation of a ship broker affiliate specializing in deals

In a harsh step intended to cut chronic overproduction, China's textile output will be cut back to t

Australian manufacturers are at a disadvantage because of inefficient work practices, inadequate tra

A large property in Erie Basin in Brooklyn, once home to the now-defunct Fishport, has been sold by

Rogue elephants rampaging through rubber plantations in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least one