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The international chemical industry is moving toward uniform environmental standards, calling for in

As of Aug. 29, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Aug. 29, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Department of Defense has put its paperless trading campaign into high gear, planning to move to

International freight traffic in July was 4 percent down on the same month last year, and down 3 per

Quebec has decided to put off construction of the multibillion-dollar Great Whale power project for

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 28, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Aug. 29, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

The agency charged with privatizing previously state-owned east German companies will try to privati

HUNGARY'S TRADE SLIDES WITH EASTERN EUROPEHungary's trade with Eastern Europe fell s

CBOE PLANS TO CUT 110 OF 950 POSITIONSThe Chicago Board Options Exchange announced plans to

Aug. 29, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

CBT DELAYS LAUNCHING OF INSURANCE FUTURESThe Chicago Board of Trade has delayed the

Two members' agents from the troubled London-based Lloyd's insurance market are merging to form a ne

The Federal Maritime Commission launched an investigation of "doing business" practices in Taiwan, a

Tampa's new $84 million aquarium is not scheduled until January 1992, but the port has already begun

Representatives of leading British car and car component manufacturers are scheduled to visit the So

New York-New Jersey Port Promotion Association. Sept. 5. New York. Luncheon meeting. Guest speaker,

In a story headlined "'K' Line Rail Service for Chilled Meat on the Right Track" that appeared on Pa

Mail Boxes Etc., based in San Diego, which was featured in an Aug. 21 story in The Journal of Commer

Jerry E. Dempsey will become chairman and D.P. "Pat" Payne will become chief executive officer, effe

Mobil Chemical Co., based here, has begun building a state-of-the-art oriented polypropylene, or OPP

EUROPEAN BANKS JOIN FOR BRAZIL DEBT SWAPSA group of European banks led by Creditanstalt-Bank

Alaska Airlines, which completed its first season of flights from the West Coast to the Soviet Union

In its ceaseless but so far unavailing effort to rein in companies operating at a loss, China replac

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 29, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The insurgent leaders of a maritime union for shipboard engineers won a major victory on Aug. 26 whe

Japanese businessmen have reacted coolly to a Cuban proposal for debt-equity swaps to repay $1.7 bil

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 29, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

Mining, once a linchpin industry in the West, is fighting challenges to a 119-year-old mining act by

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

The U.S. dollar turned broadly higher Thursday afternoon after heavy Swiss buying reversed an earlie

Funding and technical problems have forced India's atomic energy department to slash its target for

India this week signaled it would back an international accord on free trade in services once it is

PRODUCTION CUTBACKS at Malaysian, Australian, Indonesian, Thai and Brazilian tin mines are rattling

Chicago's two major futures exchanges are a step closer to common clearing of trades after a dispute

The Burlington Northern Railroad Co. venture in the far eastern region of the RussianRepublic is pre

The Lloyd's of London insurance market and a group of its American investors are readying for a prot

The landslide in profits of big British multi-line insurance companies continued Thursday as London-

Thu., Aug. 29, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U