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San Francisco International Airport is proposing a plan for $1.7 billion worth of new construction a

World cocoa surpluses for the 1990-91 crop year (October-September) grew by about 20 percent from a

Empremar Line has severed its vessel-sharing agreement with Empresa Naviera Santa but plans to enter

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

The Philippine government's agreement to assume the debt load of state-run Philippine Air Lines has

UPS BREAKS GROUND FOR $150 MILLION HUBHODGKINS, Ill. - United Parcel Service has begun const

Hefty payouts from eight storms that pounded Europe last year pushed 1990 pre-tax profits of the Ger

A class action suit has been filed in Florida against Pfizer Inc., of New York, and two subsidiaries

A drive to enrich this country's animal breeding stock, particularly cattle and pigs, is proving a b

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago7/30 7/29 Change % Change:

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

As of July 30, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

New York Mercantile Exchange July 30, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

1474 (July 30, 1991) Previous day - 1485 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Thirteen major shipping lines on the Pacific, encouraged by a summer surge in imports to the United

The captain of an Irish Republican Army gun-running ship was given an eight- year jail sentence Mond

REFORMS LIKELY TO HURT INDIA'S TRADE AGENCIESIndia's State Trading Corp. and other official

Two leading legislators Tuesday asked the Bush administration to adopt a controversial study of safe

The Federal Maritime Commission may have come up with some workable compromises in its latest report

The European Community and the United States Tuesday hinted they are finally ready to make the compr

A Senate panel took the easy way out by voting to repeal an unpopular Coast Guard decal fee on recre

RF&P Corp., parent of Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto- mac Railroad, reported second-quarter earning

US OFFICIAL SEES HOPE ON MFN FOR ROMANIABUCHAREST, Romania - U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary

A bit of the sea-going romance may be lost, but Boston harbor pilots may be more comfortable in wint

President Enterprises, Taiwan's largest manufacturer of processed food, is to build a tomato paste p

EMPLOYER GROUP BACKS PENSION SIMPLIFICATIONSimplification of pension rules is a good idea, b

The Reinsurance Association of America, representing 26 large reinsurance companies, has weighed in

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 30, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Singapore International Monetary Exchange July 30, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

July 30, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Grains and soybeans were sharply higher Monday on concern about the damaging affects of hot, dry wea

The Soviet Union may need the United States to guarantee 100 percent of future commodity loans to th

Ethanol producers, seeing the prospect for demand to double over the next couple of years, are consi

The new owner of Mexico's largest shipyard is hoping to entice business with the promise of European

Royal Dutch-Shell and five Chinese partners signed an agreement over the weekend for a full feasibil

One year ago, its troops lining the border with tiny Kuwait, Iraq captured center stage in the world

Ocean lines, tariff bureaus and others feeling the impact of tariff automation are moving toward cre

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

Mon., July 29, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in