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TALKS HAVE RESUMED in the week-old nationwide strike called by the Teamsters against United Parcel S

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

Saddam Hussein tried to double his nation's oil wealth with a lightning conquest of Kuwait.

July 25, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 209.18 off 2.75 which compare

New York Mercantile Exchange July 25, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

July 25, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 22.9

A strengthening of the dollar against the Danish krone and the completion of work related to Europe'

Japan's copper consumption will match or surpass last year's levels, despite a slump in the automoti

Second quarter operating income at St. Paul Cos. fell to $98.0 million from $101.4 million, a year e

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission backed off Wednesday from a controversial plan to raise the rates

Shipping lines should join together to improve service by offering daily sailings between Europe and

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday as the continued weakness of the Japanese yen prompted dealers into a

American Marine Terminals Inc. is the new name for the company formerly known as East/West Marine Te

Steamship Historical Society of America. July 27. West Sayville, Long Island, N.Y. Summer picnic. Sp

An Italian company plans to make paper from corn fiber in a move that could spare trees, the major s

The interior price of Brazilian cocoa paid by exporters and industry to producers will rise substant

Japanese trading house C. Itoh and South Korea's Daelim Industrial Corp. arenegotiating a joint petr

A proposed EC tax on oil and oil equivalents could damage the competitiveness of EC industry and pro

July 25, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 25, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Thu., July 25, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

July 25, 1991 Copper Total, 33,103. Gold Total, .1,799,978.Silver Total, .2

International Petroleum Exchange July 25, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

LA GROUP TO BUY UP TRACKAGE RIGHTSThe Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Wednesday

INDONESIA MAY TAKE COMPLAINT TO GATTJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will take Japan before th

Coffee futures extended early losses in a wave of commodity fund andcommission house selling

Responding to a report from the Greenpeace environmental group calling for the phase-out of chlorine

The key word at the final day of the International Longshoremen's Association's 48th convention was

Stan Parris has opted to remain administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., ending s

Citing the advantages of open water and economics, Mexico's Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA said

The waters off Western Australia are becoming a graveyard for the world's aging cargo fleet, shippi

Major north European ports are finally making headway on the exchange of information electronically.

SEAFOOD Canned tuna. Contact Ms. Mariam Mustaffa, K&I Industries S/B, 32 Persiaran Zaaba, Ta

AIRBUS DENIES IT PLANS TO SELL JETS TO IRANEuropean aircraft maker Airbus Industrie Thursday

FRENCH FIRM TO UPDATE BEIJING'S GAS NETWORKFrance and China have signed a 20 million franc c

A congressional panel Tuesday approved legislation that would require oil refineries to set aside 1

Maryland's Board of Public Works approved a 10-year, $759,000 lease with Cargill Inc. that will expa

Internal strife within the maritime union that represents thousands of sailors and engineers working

Mexico, desperate to stamp out pollution, is storming the Texas natural gas market for "cleaner" fue