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John Morrell and Co. will close its Montgomery, Ala., beef-processing plant in November because of a

HONG KONG, VIETNAM TO RESUME AIR LINKSHong Kong and Vietnam have signed a bilateral agreemen

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it plans to call in officials of American Telepho

A naval blockade of the Yugoslav port of Rijeka has sent Czechoslovakia and Hungary on a frantic hun

A USAir executive seems to have emerged as a leading candidate to head the new Pan American World Ai

Alzheimer's Day Care Inc. had no idea it was taking a flyer when it purchased $40,000 of municipal b

Cargo insurers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude about an international legal issue that could ha

FMC STREAMLINES RATES ON AWARDSThe Federal Maritime Commission is changing its rules to prov

China's chemical industry output totaled $2.3 billion (12.32 billion yuan) in August despite severe

Canada's national ports agency is siding with Canadian railroads on some tax matters that rail offic

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

Shipowners continue to have problems with late freight payments by Soviet grain purchasing agency an

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

Irrevocable letters of credit and ocean bills of lading are commonly used to finance the sale of goo

The shutdown of New York-area airports Tuesday night delayed delivery of Wednesday editions of The J

Flip through the back of the U.S. International Trade Commission's schedule of U.S. import tariffs,

U.S. airlines and their shippers agree on the need to forge a better means of communicating electron

A return to the gold standard for the Soviet ruble would be impractical in the transition to a marke

Canada Tuesday said it approved an application by Romania for a US$277 million loan to complete the

Legislation aimed at protecting insurers from fraudulent claims by tow truck operators cleared the C

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Sept. 18, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

The International Coffee Organization holds its full council here next week to discuss, among other

Despite a recent slackening in investment demand for gold by Asian countries, overall demand will sh

Wed., Sept. 18, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Unrestricted trade between the Soviet Far East and the economic powerhouses on the Pacific Rim could

Five European nations are to submit today in the Uruguay Round of trade talks a proposal calling for

The ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are bracing for more strikes as Dutch labor unions intensify th

Orient Overseas Container Line is adding the Port of Baltimore to its U.S.-Europe service and is swi

The world's second-largest containerport is getting its third regulatory chief in as many years.

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

Grain shippers are up in arms over an Interstate Commerce Commission proposal to scrap its rules gov

Trucking giant Roadway Express Inc. has no plans to pull out of the rate bureaus that help set freig

The largest union at Northwest Airlines says it is hastening labor-contract talks to help prepare th

Sept. 18, 1991 Copper Total, 29,346. Gold Total, .1,340,185.Silver Total, .26

North Atlantic shipping lines canceled an unpopular plan for a surcharge on U.S. inland container mo

The Military Sealift Command has chartered four barge-carrying ships that will be used as supply dep

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

If Canada's economy were in a foot race with the United States, it would have stumbled out of the st

France's 1992 budget will forecast gross domestic product growth of 2.2 percent next year, up from a