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Production at South Africa's Impala Platinum Ltd.'s Wildebeestfontein North and South platinum mines

Aug. 20, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Companies that transport oil on America's inland and coastal waterways fear they'll be caught up in

Despite the slow economy, corporations are forging ahead with systems that combine electronic paymen

Coal miners' strikes spread rapidly across the Soviet Union Tuesday as regional pressure mounted aga

The overthrow of Mikhail S. Gorbachev has thrown a wrench into what was shaping up as a record Canad

It took Jack Blum four years to bust open what is known as "the largestfinancial scandal in

ASSOCIATED AIR FREIGHT EXPANDS IN ATLANTANEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. - Associated Air Freigh

The recent automobile accord between Tokyo and the European Commission will likely result in an even

On a small farm down one of the many dusty roads here, Gilberto Acu grows miniature broccoli, harico

The U.S. dollar declined broadly in a thin and tense market Tuesday but was rising and falling on ne

U.S. electronics companies in Malaysia say part of the labor shortage that their industry faces migh

Recent exposure of major irregularities involving Japanese banking institutions, brokerages and the

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

Rising incomes and more sophisticated tastes are fueling a cola war in Thailand, Southeast Asia's fa

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 20, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Corn harvesting has just begun in southwestern Indiana, but farmers there and in many other regions

Two of North America's largest railways, Canadian National and Burlington Northern, have teamed up t

If anybody could size up the risks of investing in an insurance company, you might think, it would b

NORTH AMERICA CenCom '91. Aug. 21-22. Guatemala City. Central American telecommunications ex

Esther Hellroth finds shopping a slightly more pleasant experience these days. The Gothenbur

As of Aug. 20, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

PORT OF BOSTON REOPENS AFTER HURRICANE BOBThe Port of Boston was reopened Tuesday after the

IRAQ ASKS ARAB LEAGUE TO HELP END SANCTIONSCAIRO, Egypt - The Iraqi government has asked the

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the West German shipping line, stopped accepting bookings to the SovietUnion in the

AUG. 20, 1991 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - AUG. 19, 1991All life-of-contract highs and lows on

The undersea explorer who located the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic and Nazi Germany's battleship

CZECHOSLOVAKS RUSH FOR GASOLINE AFTER COUPPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Panic buying of gasoline

CANADA-US TRADE TALKS TO AIR AUTO INSURANCEU.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills' di

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Senator Linie GmbH and Deutsche Seereederei Rostock GmbH, the two German shipping lines planning to

Aug. 20, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Ginandjar Kartasasmita, minister of mines and energy, has warned that electricity supplies in Indone

The Ministry of Environment has cleared the way for private Indian and foreign companies to explore

Aug. 20, 1991 Copper Total, 34,999. Gold Total, .1,600,934.Silver Total, .273

CAPITAL FLIGHT FROM EUROPE in the wake of the right-wing coup in the Soviet Union could continue to

The good news is that the Missouri River managed to survive this month's one- two punch of renewed d

Tuesday Aug. 20, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Monday's overthrow of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev could benefit China and Hong Kong, as We

Iranian Oil Minister Gholamrezah Aghazadeh visited both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for talks over the w