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Up to 100,000 gallons of oil has spread over a 500-square-mile area from the wreck of a Japanese fis

Investors unhappy with plans by Todd Shipyard Corp. to set up a board of directors with relatively l

A coalition of Northwestern U.S. lawmakers may be ready by Friday to introduce a plan aimed at prote

After years of complaints about off-hand safety, indifferent maintenance and casual timekeeping, Chi

Toyota Motor Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. plans to use at least $1.2 billion worth of U.S. auto parts a

Prices are soaring in Iraq, sections of major cities are in ruins and the country is said to be on t

COPPER MINERS VOTE TO STRIKE IN CHILESANTIAGO, Chile - Workers at the El Teniente copper min

Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, will construct a methyl-tertiary-butyl- ether, or MTBE, plant at

Challenging a widely held notion that patients are quick to sue their doctors for malpractice, a new

China has announced plans to postpone "until further notice" delivery of soybean meal purchased at a

SCOTGEN, SMITHKLINE SIGN RESEARCH PACTScotgen Ltd., of Aberdeen, Scotland, and SmithKline Be

Tue., July 30, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The European Community and the European Free Trade Association failed Tuesday to resolve deep-seated

The first bill calling for federal supervision of the nation's insurance industry is expected to be

A series of disappointingly low private-sector bids for state-owned corporations is forcing Pakistan

The president of a U.S.-based group of ocean freight consolidators says the organization's support f

Monfort Inc. announced Tuesday it is calling back the 479 night-shift employees at its Worthington,

MOST ANALYSTS ARE TOO PESSIMISTIC about U.S. export growth during the rest of this year and in 1992,

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DEAN WITTER CLOSES ITS LME DEPARTMENTU.S. brokerage house Dean Witter Financial Services Inc

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said it expects Taxol, the promising anti-cancerdrug now obtainable

July 30, 1991 Copper Total, 34,506. Gold Total, .1,875,342.Silver Total, .2

July 30, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

International Petroleum Exchange July 30, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SOVIET UNION TIGHTENS ITS MONETARY POLICYMOSCOW - The Soviet central bank has introduced tig

Five Japanese, Chinese and South Korean companies plan to establish a joint leasing operation in Chi

Shareholders of International Shipholding Corp. will receive a quarterly dividend of 5 cents a commo

Operators of marine simulators adopted several measures to upgrade training methods and standards fo

Tuesday July 30, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Developing countries Tuesday urged rich nations to speed up talks on liberalizing world trade so tha

Direct Container Line added a U.S. Gulf gateway in Houston to its weekly ocean freight consolidation

Bracing himself against the cool breezes sweeping off the Arctic Ocean, Dave Hite holds up a piece o

Puerto Rico's state-owned shipping line is canceling a surcharge that shippers pay to cover the line

The view from the pilot house of the Great Lakes ore freighter William G. Mather is dramatic. The do

JULY 30, 1991 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - JULY 29, 1991All life-of-contract highs and lows on

The Federal Aviation Administration, in a major revamping of its aircraft noise rules, will allow U.

IATA MEMBER AIRLINES POST TRAFFIC DECLINESAirline members of the International Air Transport

A state bill that prevents New York City from taxing foreign steamship corporations has been signed

Steven C. Taylor joined the U.S. agent and subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the Tokyo-based

The Interstate Commerce Commission has taken the final step toward adopting new rules to exempt rail