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At least one shipping line suspended service to the Port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, in the wake of l

A caucus of House Democrats has deflected an effort by some of their senior colleagues to narrow rev

Domestic soybean prices may turn out to be the key element for Brazilian soybean crushers, as they s

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May 3, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.00

SEA-LAND RAISING RATES IN PUERTO RICO TRADEFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Sea-Land Service Inc. wil

A House maritime committee sent seven bills to the House floor last week, including the fiscal year

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Currency traders said the dollar likely will rise in the weeks ahead due to concern about the German

The airline recession finally has caught up with airports in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., leaving th

MOODY'S DOWNGRADES DEBT OF JAPANESE BANKSMoody's Investors Service last week lowered the rat

President Mauno Koivisto visits Washington for his third meeting in eight months with President Bush

Germany appealed to foreign companies Friday to invest in economically blighted eastern Germany, pro

The European Commission today will attempt to revive faltering plans for the creation of a pan-Europ

Avondale Industries Inc. reported a $3.3 million net loss - 23 cents a share - for the first quarter

The U.S. paper industry is suffering from widespread price discounting as newmills, planned

General cargo at Alabama State Docks climbed 19 percent during the first six months of its fiscal ye

Wood pulp exports have increased dramatically to become the leading forest product shipped out of th

CANADA TO END LICENSE FOR US WHEAT IMPORTSOTTAWA - Canada announced that it no longer will r

A measure enabling Texas insurers to charge some customers extra to make up for losses in the state

CIGNA CORP. PHILADELPHIA - Cigna Corp.'s first quarter net income rose to $48 million, or $.

May 3, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange May 3, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)--

Exxon Corp. lost a second round Thursday in its attempt to reach a settlement in the nation's worst

Larry Schorno and a cattle buyer were walking across a corral at his ranch in rural Washington state

More than half of New Jersey's oil terminal operators are likely to miss a June 21 deadline to compl

American Airlines will be able to join its chief competitor, United Airlines, in providing flights t

A story headlined "Financing Costs Threaten Airline Expansion" that appeared on Page 1A of The Jour

The first significant service developments resulting from closer cooperation between air express com

The Egyptian government received a windfall of financial aid and canceled debts for its strong stand

The 12-nation European Community is standing fast on its agricultural trade offer in the Uruguay Rou

TWO WEEKS AGO, I presented my thoughts on natural gas at the Southern Gas Association's annual meeti

The takeover of Soviet coal mines by the Russian Republic is reportedly spreading amid signs that it

North of the border, there's new talk that those damn Yankees ought not be meddling with Canada's tr

The McRaes had been in the forest products business for more than 50 years when they built a sawmill

Alabama State Docks is awash in a forest products boom expected to continue throughout the decade. T

Four years after it paid $45 million to escape Massachusetts' controversial automobile insurance mar

The Soviet Union still may be eligible for U.S. export credit guarantees in fiscal 1992 (October-Sep

Apr. 30, 1991 Copper Total, 30,897. Gold Total, .1,458,295.Silver Total, .263,562,975.