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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index sank to within a percentage point of the year's low a

Rapidly rising domestic soybean prices could put Brazilian soybean export goals in check, with disap

As of Aug. 2, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Friday Aug. 2, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A group of members of Lloyd's - the so-called Names who back underwriting with their entire personal

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL IN JULY; NUMBER OF JOBS ALSO DECLINEDThe unemployment rate fell to 6.

BUNDESBANK MAY HIKE DISCOUNT RATEFRANKFURT, Germany - German national television says the Bu

The two companies that face a total of $9.5 million in fines under lead contamination charges brough

Aug. 2, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 2, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

For the week ended July 27, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The Environmental Protection Agency is getting tougher on green crimes. The agency, which re

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has informally advised Japan it will inves

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND SET LATVIA PACTSMOSCOW - A Czechoslovak delegation was in Riga Friday

Developing countries from Uganda to Uruguay are tapping into a United Nations program in hopes of br

The Transportation Research Forum is an independent organization of transportation professionals fou

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAMUEL K. SKINNER has not endeared himself to labor in his two-plusyears in

Scientists say they have developed an experimental drug that offers promise in blocking the spread o

Aug. 2, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A ship repair joint venture should know by today if its hopes to start work on a Marine Corps aviati

Alterman Transport Lines Inc. of Opalocka, Fla., and King Export of Jacksonville, Fla., have joined

Tourists to Australia are sleeping soundly and cheaply in luxury hotel beds, but managers and owners

The Brazilian government is returning to the export finance market after an eight-month hiatus that

The Federal Maritime Commission is making organizational changes, involving some personnel shifts an

REGIONAL BLOCSRecent Developments in Eastern Europe with Particular Attention to Poland. Aug

President Bush sent Congress Friday the U.S.-Soviet trade agreement, including trade benefits for th

Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coast commercial shipyards will be bidding on major repair jobs over the

OPERATING INCOME FALLS AT A&A SERVICESSecond-quarter operating income at insurance broker Al

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 2, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Emery Worldwide will lose 132,000 pounds of mail a night under a Postal Service decision to shift pa

Coastal Corp. confirmed that control of three of its German-based affiliates recently has shifted to

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

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

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1442 (Aug. 2, 1991) Previous day - 1460 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Closure of a key highway because of a Southern Pacific Lines train derailment cost California trucki

Britain's busiest cross-Channel Port of Dover is forecasting a 40 percent drop in revenue after the

The port of Duluth-Superior handled more than 11.6 million metric tons of commerce this shipping sea

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. and the United Transportation Union concluded their agreem

The European Community's executive body Thursday granted airlines antitrust exemptions to two agreem