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PAYMENTS DEFICIT NARROWS IN FRANCEFrance posted an estimated current account deficit of 4.08

Location, location, location may be the primary force behind a business venture's success or failure

June 21, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Friday June 21, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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

This year the Port of Jacksonville has become crowded with the engines of war and shelter. I

For the first time in quite a while, shipping executives in the major trans- Pacific and trans-Atla

CHARLOTTE, N.C., is developing a love-hate relationship with USAir. USAir's biggest hub is a

The final countdown begins now for Brazil's long-contested computer marketbarriers and the c

CANADA REJECTS BID FOR DE HAVILLANDThe Canadian government rejected a proposal by a French-

KANSAS WHEAT HARVEST IN FINAL PHASESKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The hard red winter wheat harvest has

The Chicago Board of Trade announced plans to develop and institute an electronic system to trade lo

AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS (Allentown, Pa.) - Harold A. Wagner, chief operating officer, has been name

EASTERN CONSIDERING BENEFITS COMPROMISEEastern Airlines is considering a plan to limit retir

The congested waters between the United States and Central America will grow even more crowded July

The temperature is rising in an internal power struggle at a labor union of ships' officers. The gro

American novelist Mark Twain once said, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." More th

New Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao named a 14-member cabinet Friday to deal with India's multiple

New York Mercantile Exchange June 20, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

June 21, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

As of June 21, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 21, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Aluminum ingots- $1,220-$1,230 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Ocean rate-setting groups or conferences have two major problems, according to agricultural shippers

Bahrain's Gulf Air is working to re-establish a formal joint service with a major U.S. carrier so it

AREN'T BUREAUCRATS supposed to be boring? Federal bureaucrats are supposed to be dull, facel

GERMAN ALUMINUM SMELTER TO CLOSELONDON - Aluminium Rheinfelden is to close immediately its 1

The Australian Wheat Board signed a contract to supply 100,000 metric tons of wheat to Iraq, the fir

Communities may go beyond federal law in regulating pesticide use, the Supreme Court ruled.

Gasoline loading at New Jersey's marine terminals won't be interrupted any time soon, even though a

OCCIDENTAL ABANDONS STAKE IN CHINA MINEOccidental Petroleum Corp. virtually abandoned its mu

Ocean freight futures prices remained firm last week, but appeared to consolidate before making a po

New ways of handling cargo are saving time and money at modern breakbulk ports. They include storage

FIRM PAYS $407 MILLION FOR ZAPATA AFFILIATETidewater Inc. said it will pay an estimated $407

A NEW KIND OF POTOMAC FEVER has broken out: preoccupation with the insolvency of insurers, particula

A leading Lloyd's of London broker recently set up a satellite office in the United States to act as

Nearly 20 years after the federal government began taking the lead out of gasoline to protect the na

In the world of international commerce, every company must deal with the risk of ever changing curre

May 29 - The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling holding the Pan American Corp. must pay fo

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