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USAIR SEEKS TO BEGIN NC-GERMANY FLIGHTSCHARLOTTE, N.C. - USAir last week told the U.S. Depar

REGIONAL BLOCS Selling to Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. June 11. Boston. Contact Karen O'S

China said Friday the hunt for jobs for its massive army of unemployed urban workers was proving a s

Federal Maritime Commission interest in rate activities in the volatiletrans-Atlantic trades

More than 2,100 of the 4,100 commercial airplanes in the United States need to be fixed because of a

The existence of an embargo forbidding U.S. companies from doing business with Vietnam is far more t

After decades of under-the-counter trading with its neighbors, South Africa is poised to cash in on

This fishing port looks out on the vast Bay of Campeche, nestled in the crook of the Yucatan peninsu

New York Mercantile Exchange June 6, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

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A leading logistics expert estimates the U.S. economy would save $25 billion in productivity by remo

As part of the battle between U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Commerce Depart

EARL POMEROY SAID A MOUTHFUL at the annual meeting of the National Association of Insurance Brokers

The Australian dollar's recent dive can only be halted if the Reserve Bank abandons its late-May cal

WORLD BANK TO AID POLAND'S UNEMPLOYEDThe World Bank is lending Poland $100 million to aid th

The rail industry could get its own department in California government under legislation proposed i

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari announced a new drive against widespread lead poisoning in Mexic

Can snakes fly? Ask the folks who found a four-foot python in an overhead luggage compartmen

American businesses looking to form strategic alliances with companies in Japan should be careful in

A 50 percent "emergency tariff" on imports of canned pork is likely to be extended, possibly by two

EXXON PLANS TO EXPAND COPPER SMELTING PLANTSANTIAGO, Chile - Exxon Minerals' wholly-owned Ch

DON'T HOCK THE FAMILY heirlooms. Not just yet! Despite some bullish arguments lately about r

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index strengthened last week on the basis of skyrocketing p

Coal suppliers, East and West, will have until July 9 to decide how badly they want Tennessee Valley

In a surprising reversal of an 18-year government policy, the Kaifu administration announced Thursda

June 7, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

If the Southern California steamship community is lucky, it may not have to use its own resources to

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

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 7, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

June 7, 1991 Copper Total, 24,945. Gold Total, .1,768,822.Silver Total, .263,765,622.

June 7, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1695 (June 7, 1991) Previous day - 1707 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Fri., June 7, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. Energy Department officials are evaluating 33 proposals on advanced coal-burning demonstration

Dow Chemical Co. said it is raising the price of its bulk aspirin by 70 cents to $3.15 a pound, effe

A drug industry scandal has paralyzed the Food and Drug Administration's reviews of generic drug mar

Costa Rican field workers who said they became sterile after using U.S.-made pesticides want Congres

Who will pay for health care benefits for retired coal miners? How will funds be raised? Las

Coal exports barged down the Mississippi River have climbed steadily in recent years, despite accele

- As authors of a "grand bargain" Soviet aid plan huddled Friday at Harvard University, experts ques