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The environment will be an increasingly important trade issue in this decade and into the next centu

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A drug that removes aluminum and iron from the bloodstream may slow the mental degeneration caused b

THE CRB FUTURES INDEX ENDED MAY practically unchanged from the previous month's close as higher pric

Congress is paying more attention to litigation and other transactions costs associated with a 1980

The 72-foot sailboat StormVogel will draw on Singapore's long tradition of trading by sailing ship a

SHALLOW ASIAN POCKETS SEEN FOR USSR, EUROPEOSAKA, Japan - Asian countries Monday were asked

Papua New Guinea should stress financial stability and job creation to stem recent law and order pro

The U.S. Military Sealift Command, desperate for ships to carry military cargoes to the Persian Gulf

After the first two rounds, it's Lily Wang two, the Federal MaritimeCommission zero.

The U.S. dollar was under profit-taking pressure Monday afternoon after rising on speculative buying

Energy ministers of major oil-consuming nations rejected Monday the notion of government interventio

June 3, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Aluminum ingots- $1,265-$1,275 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

CONFERENCE TO REDUCE CURRENCY SURCHARGEA group of shipping lines carrying cargo between the

The largest boxport operator here is about to sign a deal to develop container facilities in Vietnam

Grain and soybean grew stronger Monday on prospects for a surge in export business from the Soviet U

Textile Quotas to Watch as of May 31, 1991* Country Category Description

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

Plans are afoot that could result in a special export processing zone relying on semi-finished goods

Japanese automakers reacted with surprise and anger Monday to a charge that they were dumping miniva

Ghana has erected 10 portable, prefabricated bridges in the country's cocoa growing regions, giving

CANADA WHEAT USED FOR BRAZIL STOCKSBRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's purchase of a million metric

When U.S. insurers do business in foreign countries, they should be prepared to underwrite some lin

It was billed as the "Made in the USA" exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but from tales no

Maersk Line was forced into rate cuts that angered its partners in a Pacific rate-making group becau

Shippers and freight forwarders blasted the 1984 Shipping Act Monday for failing to protect them fro

The countries of Eastern Europe could be major beneficiaries of a "grand bargain" plan to aid the So

Nikolai Ryzhkov, the conservative candidate for the Russian presidency, told workers Monday they wou

Monday June 3, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

Southern African leaders meeting in Nigeria ahead of an OAU summit to try to shape a new policy towa

June 3, 1991 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

The Supreme Court Monday allowed the federal government to ban funding aid to foreign family-plannin

Officials of the Soviet Ministry of Merchant Marine are optimisticallypredictin g a major expansion

The PetroPeru officials in Lima waited in vain in April for their prospective business partners fro

Don Wylie was named director of trade and maritime services. An 18-year veteran of the marit

NET INCOME SOARS FOR P/C INSURERSThe U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's consolidate

New York Mercantile Exchange May 31, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Western businesses reacted angrily Monday to a decision by the cash-strapped Soviet authorities to b