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NRC REFUSES TO DELAY ACTION ON SHOREHAMThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission refused last week t

House highway leaders sweetened a massive transportation spending bill, containing a fuel tax increa

STERLING CHEMICALS INC. INCOME DOWN 87 PERCENTHOUSTON - Sterling Chemicals Inc. said its inc

A top Japanese official charged Thursday that U.S. cars fail to sell in Japanbecause their m

The British government said Wednesday no charges would be filed over the 1988 Piper Alpha explosion,

The United States must help convert the Soviet Union into a Western trading nation or face a possibl

China's foreign debt burden continues to grow, even though the government is now in its toughest per

BT Shipping Ltd., a tanker shipping company, said its net profit climbed 20 percent in the first hal

Two of the largest U.S. airlines, UAL Corp. and Delta Air Lines, Thursday blamed lingering effects o

Burlington Northern Inc. and its Burlington Northern Railroad Co. subsidiary are based in Fort Wort

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

J. Bennett Johnston, Senate Energy Committee chairman, Wednesday said he believed his omnibus energy

Singapore International Monetary Exchange July 25, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Thursday July 25, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Facing mounting discontent in the farming community, Czechoslovakia announcedplans Thursday

Date of award: "E" Award in 1991.Why the award was given:Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp. wo

Kobe Steel Ltd. and Aluminum Co. of America Thursday said they plan a 50-50 joint venture in Japan t

E.D. & F. MAN BUYS SUGAR FROM INDIALONDON - E.D. & F. Man confirmed Thursday that it bought

US IMPORT PRICES FELL FOR SECOND MONTHWASHINGTON - Prices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, f

The Senate Thursday overwhelmingly approved a proposal tying U.S. cash aid to the purchase of Americ

Despite the leading role the United States played in the war against Iraq, American grain suppliers

Kuwaiti gold that Iraq promised to return likely will be deposited abroad at the world's main bullio

1498 (July 25, 1991) Previous day - 1499 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

As of July 25, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

New York Mercantile Exchange July 24, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

July 25, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Expectations that the business of hauling garbage will become a gold mine for railroads already have

Some Japanese-owned companies operating in the United States routinely refuse to hire and promote Am

COMMITTEE SUPPORTS FOX DOLLAR CONTRACTLONDON - The management committee of the Coffee Termin

A.M. BEST DOWNGRADES UNITED PACIFIC RATINGOldwick, N.J.-based A.M. Best Co. downgraded its r

A House Education and Labor Committee subcommittee is taking a closer look at holes in the combined

The head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said if the agency is allowed to take over two pensio

What's in a name? Big bucks. And while high tariff barriers and duties can leave a manufactu

Senior Correspondent Richard Lawrence has been an international economics correspondent for

An item in Inside Talk on Railroads, in The Journal of Commerce, July 15, Page 2B, incorrectly state

July 25, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

PAKISTANI OFFICIAL CITES LAUNDERING BY BANKSPakistani Finance Minister Sartaj Asis said in a

A French pharmaceuticals company is expected to withdraw the controversial AIDS treatment Imuthiol a

For the first time in several years, the number of sales recorded in the secondhand ship market for

The government's new industrial policy, thrashed out in intense internal debate, drew a broad welcom