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Canadian Pacific Ltd., the Montreal-based transportation and industrial conglomerate, reported disma

Wed., Aug. 7, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

China has accepted a U.S. request for market-opening trade talks later this month in an attempt to a

British Airways pretax profits plummeted 95 percent during its fiscal first quarter ended June 30. T

Railroad police employed by Southern Pacific Transportation Co. have voted to oust the Transportatio

A strike committee representing Aeroflot pilots in the Soviet Union on Wednesday declared that a "pr

k .S.-made bras are big in Kamchatka. Apparently, they are also much better.A buyer from the

A federal judge sentenced an executive of an Indian ship demolition company to 30 months in jail for

GRAIN SUBSIDY WAR CALLED 'OUT OF HAND'CANBERRA, Australia - The grain subsidy war is now "co

CONTRACT TALKS SLATED AT MEXICAN MINEMEXICO CITY - Union-management negotiations on a new co

Carriers serving the lucrative Asian air freight market say they will forgo the usual round of autum

Aug. 7, 1991 Copper Total, 36,427. Gold Total, .1,848,204.Silver Total, .27

Australian scientists believe they have found the answer to one of the biggest problems of nuclear p

AGENCY OKS SC RULES ON WATER QUALITYThe Environmental Protection Agency has approved South C

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 6, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 7, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Michael H. Walsh surprised his company and the railroad industry when he resigned Wednesday as chair

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

U.S. exporters should profit in the 1990s as the newly opened economies of developing nations help f

Mary- ellen B. Cattani joined the con- tainer transportation company as senior vice president, gener

L.B. Foster Co. has dropped out of its tentative deal to buy the mothballed Cedrite Technologies rec

WHOLESALE INVENTORIES FALL FOR US MERCHANTSInventories of U.S. wholesale merchants fell 0.4

''Brazil Moves Closer to Port Decentralization," a story on Page 8B of The Journal of Commerce Aug.

DISABLED OIL TANKER TOWED TO SAFETYThe crippled ultra-large crude carrier Mimosa has been to

As of Aug. 7, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

BROKER FRANK B. HALL POSTS LOSS FOR QUARTERBRIARCLIFF, N.J. - Insurance broker Frank B. Hall

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

Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest private industrial conglomerate,plans to invest $4.

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 7, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

EXPLOSIONS SHUT DOWN SHELL NORTH SEA RIGRescue services evacuated more than 100 workers from

U.S. interest in Poland's petroleum and petrochemical industries appears to be growing with the disc

U.S. domestic water carriers support a Trailer Marine Transport Corp.request to make shipping rate r

Commercial Union PLC, the only major U.K. insurance company to avoid a loss in 1990, has not been so

Shipping companies and oil suppliers are trying to get a new California state tax on maritime fuel p

The excitement whipped up by the North American free-trade talks has done little so far to release a

Negotiators trying to hammer out an international agreement to phase out foreign shipbuilding subsid

The same aviation growth feeding concerns about air traffic safety has ironically enabled Charlotte

The gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi may lose $12 billion because of its ownership of the Bank of Credit an

KENWORTH TRUCKS HAUL BILL OF RIGHTS ON TOURKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. said 10 of i

The U.S. dollar remained higher Wednesday afternoon despite late selling, dealers said. Deal