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A strike at the Vitoria port, Brazil's second-largest coffee outlet, entered its fifth day Monday wi

RUSOVICH TO RECEIVE NEW ORLEANS AWARDBasil Rusovich, chief executive officer at Transoceanic

Caterpillars and other pests reportedly have destroyed about 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of cocoa far

NOVA SEEKS APPROVAL FOR BONE TREATMENTBALTIMORE, Md. - Nova Pharmaceutical Corp. said it has

Former Louisiana insurance commissioner Doug Green has been sentenced to the maximum 10 years in sta

Monday June 24, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 24, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago6/24 6/21 Change % Change:

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The Arabian peninsula's only brewery soon will stop making beer underpressure from Islamic f

China's corporate kingpins are on a luxury buying spree, snapping up new cars, video recorders, moto

SOVIETS TO INTRODUCE CUSTOMS DUTIES IN '92The Soviet Union will impose customs duties in Jan

Philippine legislators hope a newly passed foreign investment law will help the country attract more

JAPAN'S MITSUI TO BID ON SAKHALIN PROJECTJapanese trading house Mitsui and Co. is ready to p

South Africa is expanding the capacity of its coal exporting terminal at Richard's Bay port to meet

Shortly before noon today, Gov. Buddy Roemer is scheduled to climb into the cab of a piece of heavy

Japanese production of ethylene in May rose 5 percent from a year before, while aromatics productio

Stanford and Harvard, academia's bicoastal rivals, have lined up on opposite sides of a megabattle t

HIGH COURT PONDERS WASTE SITE REGULATIONSThe Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bush administ

New York Mercantile Exchange June 21, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

June 24, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21.9

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 211.02 off 2.53 which compares w

June 24, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

What international breakbulk shippers require in the future - quality partnerships - differs little

Alabama truckers face whopping hikes in diesel fuel inspection and license tag fees under a revenue-

The Federal Aviation Administration, responding to concerns that foreign airlines are not held to th

Darwin Bustamante, president of the Chilean Copper Workers Confederation, said Monday he will resign

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

Almost 2,000 miles north of Pretoria, South Africa, in the rural heart of black-ruled Kenya, a small

Frankfurt Airport AG Monday reported a 4.0 percent increase in 1990 cargo volume to 1.2 million metr

Dow Chemical Co.'s pharmaceutical business has been excellent in the second quarter, although its ba

Eleven insurers are attempting to recover $120 million in fire damages that they contend were caused

International Petroleum Exchange June 24, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FUJI BANK (New York) - Tosaku Harada, 50, was named director and general manager of the New York bra

RIDING THE RISING TIDE. Yes, Virginia, the automation of the world trade system is a reality - if co

UNITED NAMES GIMBEL VICE PRESIDENT, CARGOJohn H. Gimbel, vice president, base maintenance at

The imbalance in direct investment between Washington and Tokyo is unlikely to improve soon because

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An oil exploration agreement signed Saturday between Venezuela and Guatemala will help both countrie