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Illinois Central Corp. has moved to take advantage of lower interest rates and its own improving per

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

Sept. 4, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Growing interest among foreign traders and investors in Brazil's opening computer market will be ref

Canadian lumber producers heartily applauded Ottawa's decision to scrap a self-imposed 15 percent ta

Sir Patrick Sheehy, chairman of B.A.T. Industries PLC, blamed a 24 percent fall in the group's net i

Hurricane Bob, which smashed into North Carolina and the Northeast between Aug. 18 and 20, is estima

SCHERING-PLOUGH GETS PATENT FOR PROTEIN DRUGMADISON, N.J. - Schering-Plough Corp. said it ha

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER SERVICES INC. (New York) - Warren J. Mula was appointed managing vice presiden

Now is the right time to plan investments in India, a high-level South Korean industry delegation an

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. 3, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Although India plans to expand the capacity of its oil refineries and build more, the effort is expe

India's Ministry of Commerce is scrapping or easing controls on a wide range of export goods to spur

Scientists have linked frequent chemical lawn care treatments to an increased incidence of a deadly

The volume of containerized cargo shipped between Japan and China during the first half of this year

In its first such international link, Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. has forged a full electronic

There were three big winners when a bankruptcy court last month approved a deal between Delta Air Li

PRIVATE JET MISSING IN EASTERN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A private Gulf Stream jet ca

GERMAN TRADE SURPLUS HITS $122 MILLIONFRANKFURT, Germany - Germany posted a trade su

Members of the rate-setting conference for ocean carriers moving goods from North America over the P

What's the latest way to save the environment? Change a light bulb.New generations of bulbs

Direct trade channels with North Korea and Cuba will be opened in a move that all but ends Taiwan's

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 4, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

Cocoa prices surged to 4 1/2-month highs Wednesday, marking the third- consecutive trading session

A contract between Jamaica and the Soviet Union for the sale of Jamaican bauxite is not endangered b

Sept. 4, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Future purchases of grain and chartering of ships to move it are impossible without private bank fin

Wed., Sept. 4, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development outlined a plan for its approach to the Soviet

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

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

Sept. 4, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Sept. 4, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

National energy strategy supporters who want to set up a major new program for coal refineries may b

CHINA DEVELOPS ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILEChina has developed a new electric automobile usin

Elaine L. Chao, deputy secretary of transportation since April 1989, is set to leave the agency to h

An oil industry spill response organization awarded contracts worth $185 million for construction of

Philippine debt prices jumped this week in the secondary market for developing-country debt in respo