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Seeking to reverse the drain on the state's workers compensation insurance market, a group of Texas

Singapore International Monetary Exchange May 13, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

PLM EARNINGS PLUNGED IN FIRST QUARTERPLM International Inc. reported first-quarter earnings

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. (San Francisco) - Janis R. Mahoney was named vice president of human resourc

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday afternoon as traders bought deutsche marks and sold the yen on expe

NEW COAL MINE STARTS PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIAAustralia's Camberwell Coal Mine, 40 percent own

Thai rice traders want their government to guarantee a 200,000-metric ton rice sale to Iraq after a

BUSH SUPPORTS BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONSWASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday pledged that the

The strength of the U.S. dollar vs. the yen and imports of less expensive Chinese soymeal have been

PAYMENTS SHORTFALL DROPS FOR PHILIPPINESMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines's balance-of-p

The United Kingdom's 740,000 local government white-collar workers may strike if they do not receive

U.S. industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in April, the first monthly gain i

The Alliance of American Insurers has named an interim president to replace Franklin Nutter, who res

May 13, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

New York Mercantile Exchange May 9, 1991*CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Two East Coast senators will introduce legislation today to block expanded operations by longer and

Cargo holds untapped profit potential for regional airlines. That's the message delivered la

FRENCH BANK GRANTS CREDIT LINE TO VIETNAMParibas, the French investment bank, Monday announc

KUWAIT TO PRODUCE SOME OIL IN JUNENICOSIA, Cyprus - Kuwait plans to resume crude oil product

Consumers Power Co.'s residential electric rates are below those of 80 percent of U.S. utilities, an

A sharp three-month slowdown in oil and natural gas drilling activity in Texas may be ending despite

Johnson Matthey PLC, the London-based platinum refiner and fabricator, is more bullish than ever on

The market will become more competitive for producers and suppliers of natural rubber because of the

US FARM EXPERTS PLAN VISIT TO SOVIET UNIONLONDON - A U.S. team of agricultural experts is du

In a legal case that may set an expensive precedent for U.S. shipping companies, a jury in Clevelan

Growing concerns for the environment continue to affect the way companies do business, according to

Mon., May 13, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Paperwork gobbles up about 20 cents of every dollar Americans spend on health care, and attempts to

May 13, 1991 Copper Total, 25,940. Gold Total, .1,432,327.Silver Total, .261,327,977.

Monday May 13, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Bush administration is poised to recommend the end of two tax-deferred construction fund program

The water that flows in Leningrad's rivers and canals, through a glittering city of golden Italianat

At least one and perhaps two major shippers in southeast Arkansas plan to activate an unused segment

The government once again will try to privatize its state-run shipping company at the end of this mo

Australia has begun a long-term scientific study of Pacific Ocean sea levels partly in response to f

The prospect of tough anti-pollution laws in Europe is forcing the international shipping community

FRENCH BOND YIELDS SEEN DROPPING FURTHERFrench and German long-term bond yields will converg

Every year, Mexico produces about 900 million pounds of "green gold" - fat, pear-shaped avocados use

1639 (May 13, 1991) Previous day - 1636 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L