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Gray paint shining softly, the John W. Brown rests silently in an industrial corner of Baltimore har

The Liberty Ship John W. Brown is about to sail on its first mission in almost 50 years. On Sept. 21

Massachusetts automobile insurers say ever-rising medical costs - and especially a new trend for aut

Cheryl Hachee knew she had health insurance. She had the card right in her wallet. So she wa

Southern Steam Inc., a steamship agency that aims to provide many of the services traditionally done

The rate of growth in energy consumption by the household, commercial and industrial sectors has slo

Mon., Aug. 12, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Rail carload traffic remained sluggish in July, causing some traffic executives and economists to do

Wisconsin Central Transportation Co. earned $2.1 million, or 43 cents a share, in the second quarter

EMIRATES TO PURCHASE AIRBUS INDUSTRIE JETPARIS - Gulf airline Emirates has signed a contract

As of Aug. 12, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

THE CRB FUTURES INDEX FELL to a four-year low in early July, then made a sharp advance, ending the m

Foster Wheeler Corp. of New Jersey and its Soviet joint venture partner, Hydrocarbon Technologies, h

Widespread rain in the Midwest last week revived the corn and soybean crops and probably killed any

The collision early this month of two Japanese deep-sea car carriers in the Straits of Gibraltar tha

BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco, the nation's second-largest banking company, will be a stronger co

UK PLANS TO SELL MORE OF BRITISH TELECOMThe British government Monday unveiled a plan to sel

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 211.80 up 1.29 which compares wi

Aug. 12, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Quebec's ambitious plan to harness and export electricity from its northern rivers faces almost cert

Peru has revoked its state oil company's monopoly on handling petroleum products and eliminated bure

Ukrainian farmers have supplied less than half the amount of grain to the state that they did last y

The first signs of economic recovery are evident in a number of Western countries, but Japan and Ger

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Aug. 9, 1991* Country Category Description

Aug. 12, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

HONDA TO INCREASE THAI CAR PRODUCTIONBANGKOK, Thailand - Honda Cars (Thailand) Co. has chang

Aug. 12, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

U.S. port officials had mixed reactions Monday to the Bush administration's new wetlands protection

Some of the biggest players in the maritime industry - U.S. and foreign-flag shipping lines, forward

A key senator studying further deregulation of U.S. ocean shipping wants to know whether steamship l

BANK SEES RECESSION IN THE UK DEEPENINGLONDON - The U.K. recession is likely to deepen this

OIL OUTPUT REVIVAL MAY BOOST UK INDEXLONDON - A resurgence in output from the United Kingdom

Aug. 12, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Deere & Co. plans to acquire most of the outstanding shares in Sabo Maschinenfabrik AG,a German manu

Two of New Jersey's 20 marine terminals have ceased loading gasoline onto barges, and two others hav

A congressional investigating agency said the Coast Guard is failing to carry out all of its duties

China is preparing an updated report on its economic policies in hopes of speeding its re-entry to t

Zim Israel Navigation Co. has formed a joint venture for land transportation with Austria's Franz We

Aug. 12, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 12, 1991Bid AskedCopper-