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The opening of New Zealand's coastal trade to foreign-flag vessels this week could produce a windfal

Donald M. Spero admits that he's acquired a reputation as a Japan-basherbecause of the way h

U.S. importers of black tiger shrimps from Bangladesh so far are breathing a sigh of relief as damag

More study will be done before the nation's railroads forge ahead with systemwide automatic equipmen

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BRAZIL'S ECONOMY CHIEF TO TALK WITH CREDITORSRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's new economy m

The World Health Organization said Friday there was no evidence cholera was spreading through food e

CHEMICAL EFFECT STUDY URGED IN CONGRESSWASHINGTON - The U.S. government is doing too little

Dow Chemical Co. must reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons and energy, and continue to reduce "cycl

The good news for the chemical industry is the U.S. recession likely will end in the second half of

At Rosenbloom's Bakery, where Irma Pongracz is as popular as the cheesecakes, everyone knows she is

May 10, 1991 Copper Total, 27,130. Gold Total, .1,430,689.Silver Total, .260,593,287.

Friday May 10, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Three leaders of a key U.S. Senate committee asked the Justice Department late last week to try to d

VENEZUELA TARIFF TO FALL TO 20 PERCENT BY '93Venezuela's maximum tariff on imported manufact

Vaclav Klaus is a man rarely known to admit mistakes. But the controversial finance minister of Czec

A major U.S. company and the Jamaican government have failed to reached agreement on implementing in

Jetliner pilots in high-tech simulators will replace jockeys on horseback at Washington state's majo

Midway Airport is slated to receive $7.9 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to impro

BERNARD SAVAIKO thinks eulogies for silver are highly premature and prices for the so-called poor ma

Which way are the U.S. futures markets heading? On a global collision course with other exchanges? O

Faced with federal efforts to monitor insurance company insolvencies, the State-Federal Relations Co

The application of biotechnology in agriculture could depress international prices for sugar, coffee

When Mike Thorne looks ahead 100 years, he sees a Port of Portland that has become a major gateway

Celebrations are well under way for the 100th birthday of the Port of Portland, the first Northwest

The physical jet fuel market in Singapore looks like it has peaked and could be about to head lower

FMC JUDGE SUSPENDS CAPE FEAR COMPLAINTA Federal Maritime Commission judge suspended a compla

International Petroleum Exchange May 10, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

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The Commerce Department's top trade official expressed optimism Thursday that the United States coul

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Turkey will supply 2 billion kilowatts of electricity to Iran annually starting in 1994 under an agr

EQUITABLE LIFE SEEKS JAPANESE INJECTIONEquitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

The London International Financial Futures Exchange must continue to introduce new products if it wa

A discussion of ways to increase the consumption of aluminum and the earnings of bauxite and alumina

The Oregon Health Services Commission presented a list of illnesses and treatments last week, assign

The sparks flying across the South Pacific between Malaysia and Australia in recent weeks have nothi

A SHORT LINE'S good track record may mean more rail volume for a New England chemical shipper.

The window is closed, after nearly a decade. Central Gulf Lines Inc. is planning to buy thre

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