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

June 10, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Exports to the United States of most of South Korea's 10 chief electronics items declined in the fir

The east Texas town of Longview might normally be among the last spots in the state expected to figu

In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower envisioned a 40,000-mile system of interstate highways, but it

From the reconstruction of Middle Eastern oil fields to the prospects for free trade with Mexico, op

Sweden's decision to seek membership in the European Community has thrust the whole controversial is

June 10, 1991 Copper Total, 24,858. Gold Total, .1,739,757.Silver Total, .265,335,573.

America may have crashed into recession last summer partly because the people steering the economy w

U.S. footwear distributors are stepping up imports from Indonesia as well as China, as jitters moun

A outspoken union leader from Los Angeles harbor and a soft-spoken union official from a small North

The U.S. Customs Service this week will unveil plans for a nationwide overhaul of its system for pro

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Consolidated Rail Corp. has promised it will continue to use its Delaware River coal-loading pier to

China has released a grim official report on the state of its environment,showi ng spreading natural

The Organization of African Unity last week privately agreed to a timetable to lift sanctions agains

The Finns are feeling the chill from worsening trade relations with their troubled Soviet neighbors.

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China is moving to buy out Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s stake in the troubled Antaibao open-cast coa

DUTCH SCIENTISTS ISOLATE PIG DISEASE ORGANISMLONDON - Dutch scientists isolated a previously

THOUGH THE WINTER WHEAT HARVEST started several weeks ago, the wheat market has remained relatively

How widely microorganisms should be used to accelerate the natural breakdown of oil pollution into l

An announcement Monday by Chinese officials of plans for three acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin

United Airlines hopes new electronic bells and whistles will help attract additional cargo business.

Akzo NV, based here, and DSM of Heerlen, Netherlands, are discussing the possible exchange of some o

Negotiations are under way to send Indonesian coal to Tampa Electric Co., and to an off-loading faci

Indonesia, aided by two deepwater coal terminals under development, expects its coal exports to incr

New York Mercantile Exchange June 7, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

After more than five months of devastating trade losses, the Soviet Union agreed Monday with its for

A steady stream of new ships and a slump in demolition activity continue to cast a shadow over the d

ARE SATELLITE-BASED TRACKING and communications systems ever going to get on track for the transport

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

Farmers in China are beginning to reap their vital grain harvest, which officials say is likely to b

FLOOD HITS INDIAN MINE; DOZENS FEARED KILLEDNEW DELHI, India - Dozens of coal miners were fe

Iran and U.S.-based Chevron Corp. concluded a spot deal to import about 2 million barrels of Iranian

The Grain Handlers Union at the Canadian port of Vancouver was locked out by the British Columbia Te

Saudi Arabia wants to buy 50 percent of Nippon Oil Co., the biggest distributor of petroleum product

Plans to build an 800-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from the North Slope to the Port of Valdez

Algeria signed a five-year oil exploration contract Sunday with Los Angeles- based Occidental Petrol

REYNOLDS TO DECREASE ALUMINUM OUTPUTNEW YORK - Reynolds Metals Co. said Monday it will tempo