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SLOW LUMBER TRADING EXPECTED THIS WEEKKANSAS CITY - Lumber and plywood trading is expected t

Orders for western German plant and machinery fell a real 15 percent in Marchfrom a year ear

Like countless hapless travelers, Eugene Waye was stuck one too many times in an airport and forced

APRIL CPI INCREASED 0.5 PERCENT FOR W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - Western Germany's consume

A federal grand jury has indicted two Southern California doctors on charges they were involved in a

California regulators knew as early as 1985 that Executive Life Insurance Co. was insolvent but fail

Apr. 26, 1991 Copper Total, 31,063. Gold Total, .1,473,547.Silver Total, .264,617,411.

A potential shift in emphasis by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to more direct loans and fewer loan gua

''Casey" Jones has been dead close to a century, but the spirit of the fabled train engineer lives o

State-run China Shipbuilding Corp. last week unveiled details of its next containership, which will

A huge oil and natural gas project has started in the Soviet Union and could produce up to 255 milli

The Agriculture Department on Monday issued stricter rules to prevent a mysterious nerve disease tha

The executive board of the International Coffee Organization, which meets here Thursday and Friday,

Apr. 29, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

An internal investigation at the Association of American Railroads led to a demand that Traffic Worl

A U.S. move to place Thailand on its "hit list" of persistent unfair traders could hurt drug interdi

Global Ocean Carriers Ltd., a bulk shipping company, said its audited net income for 1990 was $1.5 m

DOLLAR REVALUATION CALLED UNNECESSARYFRANKFURT, Germany - The dollar is moving in the wrong

U.S. duty-free privileges for Mexican rum under a proposed U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement could je

With international economic sanctions easing, South Africa will reduce its strategic oil reserves to

WESTERN GERMANY PRODUCES MORE STEELFRANKFURT, Germany - Steel production in western Germany

Fireman's Fund Insurance Group, based in Novato, Calif., expects to absorb nearly $40 million in los

Apr. 29, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

The Massachusetts Port Authority has named a former Massachusetts state public works commissioner to

Net new orders of United States machine tools in March fell 16.2 percent from February's level, and

Ship Sale Report appears on alternate Fridays. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence In

Iraq may be forced to pay as much as half of its future oil profits as compensation to victims of it

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY UNDER EC SPOTLIGHTEuropean Community industry ministers Monday ordered

With a $100 billion backlog of jetliner orders and a $30 billion contract for a new fighter jet, Boe

French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, the highest-ranking French official to visit China since the 1

A senior Iranian official said Monday that his country has decided to use foreign credits and techni

Like all happy families, the first-quarter 1991 earnings reports from the international oil companie

Olin Corp., of Stamford, Conn., said it has reached agreement to transfer its industrial and deterge

At the annual board meeting of Wm. H. McGee & Co. Robert E. Howe was elected president and chief ex

Three Weeks Ended April 20, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedChan

Apr. 29, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 26, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Textile Quotas to Watch as of April 26, 1991* Country Category Description

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 29, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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