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Mark B. Solomon joined The Journal of Commerce June 24 as an aviation reporter. Prior to his appoint

As congratulations pour into Moscow from around the world for standing up for democracy, Alaska plan

Local business and government leaders Thursday welcomed the restoration to power of Mikhail S. Gorba

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 430,000 people during the week end

IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF FOOTBALL season, Chevron Corp. is making an end run of its own -

CHINA WON'T PROTECT STATE-RUN INDUSTRIESChina will not restrict foreign investment t

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 21, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

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AUTO RATING IN MASS. WON'T START UNTIL '93State Insurance Commissioner Kay Doughty said comp

Insurance agent Rebecca Brainard claims that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department is trying to exto

A $750,000 contract between the California Department of Insurance and two former government attorne

AUSTRALIANS TEST SKIN CANCER VACCINESYDNEY, Australia - Australian researchers, testing a pi

James J. Kennedy has resigned as the senior staff executive of two Washington- based rail labor grou

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 207.99 up 3.31 which compares

Chile is showing signs it will reduce a special tax on wheat imports, but the United States may not

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/22 8/21 Change % Change: 7/30

Aug. 22, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Representatives of the railroad and ocean carrier industries agreed in principle on the content of e

The federal government cited three companies involved in the Alaska oil tanker trade oncharges of du

Software developers specializing in maritime tariffs are readying a steady stream of new products.

A boost in liner shipping business, a reduction in losses from trucking operations and deep reductio

Kuwait's war-damaged al-Ahmadi refinery has been operating for a few days and will begin actual prod

Alfeu Valenca, president of Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras SA, resigned Thursday after l

Long considered the gateway of the Americas, Miami now is becoming known as the bridge between Spain

Aug. 22, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

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

1506 (Aug. 22, 1991) Previous day - 1511 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 22, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

GHANA TO PROCESS THIRD OF COCOA CROPACCRA, Ghana - About one-third of the 1991-92 Ghanaian c

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

The Soviet tanks rumbling through Moscow's Red Square earlier this week were heard very clearly in P

The story headlined "War Bonus Payments for Gulf Go Smoothly," which appeared on Page 8B of The Jour

India this week sharply attacked continued restraints on textile and garment exports to developed co

Thursday Aug. 22, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Eagle Star, the principal U.K. insurance subsidiary of conglomerate B.A.T. Industries, reported a pr

Aug. 22, 1991 Copper Total, 34,620. Gold Total, .1,562,749.Silver Total, .273

The Bush administration set forth Thursday the kinds of policies it now expects from Mikhail S. Gorb