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Three Weeks Ended June 8, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChan

France and Iran are about to sign an agreement to end a 12-year-old financial dispute, the Tehran Ti

EC MINISTERS TO WORK ON TIES WITH ALBANIAEC foreign ministers Monday agreed to work toward r

BANGLADESH - $180 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for health an

June 17, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

June 17, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 22.7

Political reform by South Africa's white government in the past 18 months has been accompanied by gr

June 17, 1991 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

NY PORT AGENCY BOOSTS MINORITY CONTRACTSThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey said mor

If Mexico's port structure seems to be taking shape rapidly, credit must go, in part, to 15-years wo

Brazil has had a run of bad luck in arranging badly needed port investmentfunds from interna

The U.S. and Canadian Seaway agencies agreed to deepen the permissible draft for ships entering the

Enough cherries to fill a dozen 747 freighters are being picked this week in Washington and Oregon,

Inland Lakes Management Inc. has placed back in service the 49-year-old cement carrier, Altena, ex-L

A proposal that ties a U.S. foreign aid program to the purchase of American products and the use of

Mon., June 17, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

Plans to privatize Argentina's inefficient state-owned ports are bogged down in Congress, despite su

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

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A joint energy venture between France's Elf Ltd. and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. began a

The Soviet oil industry, plagued by a multitude of problems, could be thrown into chaos, a report by

Petronas, the state energy monopoly of Malaysia, intends to go ahead with a M$3.3 billion (US$1.3 bi

Ship management companies that have agreed to abide by a new code of management standards are hoping

Automation was high on the list of recommendations when representatives of the Customs Cooperation C

Two of the great lies in the nation's capitol, so the old joke goes, are, ''I'm from Washington and

Thanks primarily to the availability of inexpensive microcomputers, the trickle of computer software

The premium U.S. soft red winter wheat prices hold over other American wheat classes could reduce it

Corn futures extended losses on commercial selling Monday amid weather conditions considered near-id

Less than a week after China reported indications of bumper crops in several areas, a wave of bad we

After 17 years of neglect under military strongman Augusto Pinochet, three Chilean ports - Valparais

Foreign banks offering related services such as insurance, and operating through branches in the Uni

MUTUAL OF NEW YORK (New York) - David V. Weigel, was promoted to vice president-treasurer. Reporting

The American health care system is probably the best in the world. It is also the most expensive in

Freightliner Corp. of Portland, Ore., outsold all other heavy truck makers by a wide margin last mon

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

June 17, 1991 Copper Total, 24,126. Gold Total, .1,693,890.Silver Total, .265,162,464.

International Petroleum Exchange June 17, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

1706 (June 17, 1991) Previous day - 1704 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in