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Early forecasts of a 50,000-to-100,000 job gain in U.S. payroll employment in July provide more evid

Abbott Laboratories, of Abbott Park, Ill., left at the starting gate last year in the race to market

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. is still determined to start an on-dock rail service to Chicago out of Maher

China's economy grew at a healthy 6.1 percent in the first half of 1991 despite devastating floods a

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

The United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted current account registered a surprise surplus of 23 millio

Political uncertainty, persistent fiscal imbalances, domestic bottlenecks and the Persian Gulf crisi

Crude oil appears set to stay strong until the end of August amid caution about physical tightness i

The Bush administration and the American business community braced Monday for a Senate vote that cou

An outlook for ample U.S. hard red spring wheat and durum crops is expected to add to already surplu

Shippers and truckers will be able to call the Interstate Commerce Commission for information on ful

Three Weeks Ended July 13, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedCha

About 25,000 20-foot containers of Canadian cargo will continue to be moved via Halifax annually and

Worries over New Jersey's takeover of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. rippled across the country ,

Fraudulent damage claims in international trade are endemic and could "reach crisis proportions," sa

July 22, 1991 Copper Total, 33,103. Gold Total, .1,785,557.Silver Total, .2

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The Brazilian government Friday issued two decrees opening this country's telephone market to privat

HOFFMANN TO PURCHASE CETUS TECHNOLOGYNEW YORK - Cetus Corp. has agreed to sell its GeneAmp p

The Canadian province of Quebec has nurtured a thriving pharmaceutical industry, building from a str

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

Consolidated Rail Corp.'s new bulk food transfer terminal should definitely boost New York City's ra

UNLIKE AMERICANS, WHO TEND to buy precious metals after they have rallied, Japanese investors buy pl

A revised Japanese naphtha contract is likely to call for tighter specifications for cargoes while a

New York Mercantile Exchange July 19, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

U.S. airlines could pay as much as $5 billion to meet congressionally mandated guidelines for phasin

Two major railroads demonstrated the deregulated industry's ability to cope with recession, reportin

U.S. and Soviet officials reached an agreement in principle on changes in the Soviet copyright law,

July 22, 1991 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Algerian Prime Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali said the country's Hassi Messaoud oil field, which produce

Indiana companies are reaping the benefits of an aggressive push by the state government to promote

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan said Monday there was "good cause to be optimistic" that t

A growing trade surplus with China is forcing Taiwan officials to support opening the Taiwan market

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA moved Monday to acquire a leading seafood producer and an

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Textile Quotas to Watch as of July 19, 1991* Country Category Description

An ecological disaster along Australia's western coast is likely to be averted after the country's w

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative S. Linn Williams, a key figure in U.S.-Japan trade relations, has r

New York Mercantile Exchange July 22, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

U.S. and italian negotiators agreed on a modified air treaty that creates new all-cargo points for c