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Saudi Basic Industries Corp. is increasing production of several chemicals while continuing to decen

The United States will probably use more heavy and sour crude oil in its refining mix over the next

Aug. 13, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

OFFICIALS TO STUDY ROLE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONSSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Senior officials from teleco

European Community unemployment at the end of June was unchanged from May at a seasonally adjusted 8

BLACK POD DISEASE HITS GHANAIAN COCOAACCRA, Ghana - Persistent rains have caused another out

Unions at Peru's state-owned Mineroperu mining company had not notified authorities of plans for a s

Iran has received an $850 million credit line from Italian and German banks to finance several petro

A Jordanian businessman indicted by a Florida federal grand jury for coffee smuggling and tax evasio

GERMANS MAY PRIVATIZE PART OF POSTAL SYSTEMBONN, Germany - Germany could privatize part of i

Italy stepped up an emergency airlift of food to Albania Tuesday and President Francesco Cossiga arr

Modern oil drilling rigs continue to flee the Gulf of Mexico for more- lucrative international water

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

State regulators seized control of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Co. Monday, marking the biggest

SHELL, BP TO EXPAND S. AFRICAN REFINERYBRUSSELS, Belgium - Shell South Africa and BP Souther

The Port of Philadelphia got a welcome shot in the arm last week when two container shipping lines c

Last year, during the company picnic of Sea-Land Service Inc.'s Pacific division, John Clancey was h

London's Port of Tilbury has applied for freeport status in a bid to stop an exodus of business to L

Citing a stable outlook for the world oil market through the rest of this year, leading heating oil

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New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 12, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Aug. 13, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/13 8/12 Change % Change: 7/19

Two hundred and fifty years after explorer Vitus Bering sighted Alaska for Czarist Russia, some 200

The first port privatization since new U.K. legislation came into effect was announced Tuesday.<

One of the tables accompanying a Page 1A story in The Journal of Commerce Aug. 8 on shipbuilding sub

Tuesday Aug. 13, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

A decision by the Bundesbank to raise the Lombard rate at its Thursday meeting could hinder an econo

Swedish industry is treading warily in Eastern Europe as its rivals in the rest of Europe rush to ta

Yellow Freight System, the nation's largest less-than-truckload carrier, said Tuesday it would speed

1483 (Aug. 13, 1991) Previous day - 1473 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Until recently, the idea that Western oil companies could ever do business in this most isolated and

Investors are showing a healthy interest in the outer months of the Simex fuel oil contract, suggest

The government Tuesday flashed a green light to Taiwan's largest food conglomerate for a record inve

As of Aug. 13, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

Imports from the United States went up 14 percent in the first quarter of this year against last, wh

TRICOM SHIPPING AGENCIES INC. (Oakland, Calif.) - Dominic Chew was named senior vice president of th

Aug. 13, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

NORTH AMERICA Salon International Mode Masculine Montreal. Aug. 17-19. Montreal. Contact Le

UK INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT ROSE 3 PERCENT IN JUNELONDON - U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial prod