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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 206.68 off 0.12 which compares w

Three Weeks Ended June 29, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedC

For every six full containers shipped from the Far East to Europe, five return empty. While

TALK OF SANCTIONS SENDS TOKYO STOCKS LOWERTOKYO - Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday,

Wisconsin Central Ltd. has agreed to purchase a 102-mile line between Superior and Ladysmith, Wis.,

Air Express International Corp. has shifted its North American management to consolidate negot- iati

Australian economists may have to start looking into waste bins to find signs of recovery in recessi

FATHER KNOWS BEST. And Ed Guilbert, the man known as the father of electronic data interchange, has

FLAGSHIP EXPRESS INAUGURATES SERVICEFlagship Express began its transcontinental DC-8-71 frei

China said its imports from the United States have "increased sharply" so far this year compared wit

Robin Cornish was named general manager of marketing and pricing for the ship line's North Europe/Un

Author Daniel Yergin scolds us gently, calling the modern U.S. consumer merely ''the Hydrocarbon Man

A congressional investigating agency says the nation's ancient fleet of mothballed cargo vessels no

Textile lobbies have mounted pressure on the government to restrict the export of cotton in the 1991

New York Mercantile Exchange July 5, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

July 8, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Francisco Rojas, chief executive of the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos SA, is walking a tightrope i

DON'T BLOW THE WHISTLE, but don't hit anyone either. That's what the Florida Legislature in

The U.S. dollar will remain strong in the week ahead but is unlikely to rise sharply unless fighting

The California Public Utilities Commission last week unanimously approved funding for two of the lar

While U.S. legislation under discussion this week aims to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies, its gr

A major Japanese manufacturer of missile parts suspected of illegally shipping crucial components to

The U.K. National Farmers Union and its French counterpart FNSEA have rejected new wide-ranging meas

Multinational insurance broker Willis Corroon PLC is relocating part of its U.S. headquarters from N

JULY 5, 1991 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - JULY 3, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenHigh

July 5, 1991 Copper Total, 27,371. Gold Total, .1,781,699.Silver Total, .27

Amy J. Millman was named director of legislatives affairs, specializing in tax policy issues.

REGIONAL BLOCSDoing Business in Eastern Europe. July 29-30: Boston. Contact Sharon Mazur, Ha

Reluctant to remain "a blip on the economic radar screen," the Caribbean Community last week moved t

The World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is gradually increasing its supporting rol

Bank of Credit and Commerce International, whose activities were suspended Friday because of fraud,

A lack of industry credit, affecting the entire cocoa chain from growers to exporters, has virtually

July 5, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21.95

Maersk Inc.'s transfer of its operations from a terminal in New Jersey to one across the river could

How much leverage should aircraft lessors, major creditors, exert to exact payment from a cash-strap

Two days of maritime talks open here today with the United States hoping toput trucking at t

Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Poland have joined the growing number of East European countries seekin

A shortage of tankers on the West Coast is disrupting exports of fuel oil, gasoline and other refine

Some insurers of U.S. petrochemical plants and oil refineries, reeling from more than $1 billion in

CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS IN JAPAN SHOWS A RISEJapan posted an unadjusted current account surp