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Jamaica, like many of its Caribbean neighbors, fears tariff benefits created by the Caribbean Basin

Sea-Land Service Inc. will make its long-awaited move into South America through a vessel-sharing ag

HOUSE PANEL APPROVES DAIRY COW PROPOSALWASHINGTON - The House Agriculture Committee, ignorin

Wednesday July 17, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

JULY 17, 1991 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - JULY 16, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenHigh

One of the major carriers on the route between Puget Sound and Alaska announced it will spend $50 mi

A dramatic decline in the value of older aircraft may present cargo carriers with a once-in-a-lifeti

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. is facing a serious test of its finances and self-insurance prog

Marine terminal operators welcome a Federal Maritime Commission proposal that would permit them to k

International air mail consolidators seek to provide additional services to enhance their value to s

CONSOLIDATED RECORDS $73 MILLION IN EARNINGSConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $73 million, or $

Truckstops of America is selling eight of its 42 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky

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

A Department of Commerce official says there are good opportunities for U.S. maritime industry invol

The European Energy Charter, endorsed this week by the Group of Seven leading industrial nations, wi

FRENCH BANK TO OPEN OFFICE IN TEHRAN SOONTEHRAN, Iran - France's Banque Indosuez will open a

Central American presidents and other officials watched with dismay as the annual economic summit of

The Soviets have approved a new rule allowing the country's republics to license gold, oil and other

Zim Israel Navigation Co. will expand its container service between New Orleans and Kingston, Jamaic

Tokyo Commodity Exchange platinum futures are creating what dealers said is a technically precarious

Reeling from a steep drop in wholesale beef prices and a depressed domestic hide market, more Americ

Singapore International Monetary Exchange July 17, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

July 17, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

As of July 17, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

New York Mercantile Exchange July 17, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hig

Wed., July 17, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 17, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Strong recovery in U.S. and European markets is fueling a surge in Hong Kong's airborne exports, wit

Europe Canada Line, a new North Atlantic ship operator established by Dutch interests, will make its

The Chicago Board of Trade said it expects to have ready by year's end a new futures plans to create

U.S. officials are hopeful, but not very enthusiastic, that "doing business" shipping restrictions i

Rising energy demand, along with a surge in some countries' birthrates, pose an economic and environ

SINGAPORE'S JURONG PORT HANDLES RECORD CARGOSingapore's Jurong port said in an agency newsle

Both government and business officials here expect a complex and heated debate over the proposed Nor

BFGOODRICH PROFIT FALLS AS SALES INCREASEAKRON, Ohio - BFGoodrich Co. reported second-quarte

Sea-Land Service Inc. is boosting the compensation it provides shippers for lost or damaged cargo, t

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago7/17 7/16 Change % Change:

July 17, 1991 Copper Total, 31,755. Gold Total, .1,784,602.Silver Total, .2

Paperless trading may be a futuristic technology for many companies. For Ryder SystemInc.'s Automoti

A big increase in canola production by U.S. farmers could stall the explosive growth in U.S. canola