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U.S. textile producers say they'll fight to keep Congress from approving ''fast-track" negotiating a

Export-Import Bank of Japan Governor Mitsuhide Yamaguchi Monday denied a report the bank may provide

President Mikhail Gorbachev, who decends on Tokyo today for a series of talks with Prime Minister To

Three Weeks Ended April 6, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedChang

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Aluminum ingots- $1,410-$1,420 per ton lots & in warehou

As of Apr. 15, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Carl Icahn, chairman of Trans World Airlines Inc., said Sunday the airline will file for bankruptcy

COURT UPHOLDS RULING ON SHORT-LINE DEALSThe Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a railway

Unloading delays caused by a strike of Japanese containerport workers could cost the country's rubbe

The Bush administration drew fire from rail unions and a key congressional chairman for taking manag

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Transportation strikes in Georgia are strangling normal supply routes to neighboring Soviet regions

Anticipation that Washington will cite Thailand for possible retaliatory action over intellectual pr

A large oil slick from a sunken supertanker drifted off the Italian Riviera Monday, but officials sa

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JOHNSON & HIGGINS (New York) - James W. McElvany was appointed president of and manager of the Los A

Apr. 15, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Apr. 15, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Apr. 15, 1991 Copper Total, 30,795. Gold Total, .1,521,858.Silver Total, .262,097,843.

Competition for containerized cargo moving between the West Coast and Hawaii will intensify by the e

If a selective strike hits them, major railroads that run through here have differing plans on how t

Authorities at the Soviet Port of Novorossisk, one of the largest on the Black Sea, are considering

A number of U.S. shipping companies will train Soviet transport managers, under an agreement reporte

STOLT TANKERS TO MEET WITH US SHAREHOLDERSGREENWICH, Conn. - Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Ho

Facing what could be the first nationwide rail stoppage in nine years, the country's largest shipper

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO COMPANIES that spent time and money investing in Caribbean-based produc

Brazilian coffee exports will be higher by volume and revenue this year than previously anticipated,

The failure of First Executive Life Insurance Co. Last week may signal more bad news ahead for the l

MASS. AUTO BUREAU TAPS GENERAL COUNSELThe Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts appoin

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There are no silver ingots or treasures of gold in the wreck of the Seabird, a side-wheel steamboat

FRENCH COMPANY FINDS CRUDE OIL OFF BRUNEIFrance's Elf Aquitaine Inc. made a significant oil

The Department of Agriculture will start collecting inspection user fees from nearly every vessel en

Members of the trade community are stepping up efforts to have the U.S. Treasury Department eliminat

A Dunkirk appeals court upheld French grain exporter Soufflet's right to hold three Soviet ships at

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA BANGLADESH. May. Washington, San Francisco and New Orleans. The

WHOLESALE PRICES INCREASE 0.1 PERCENT IN JAPANThe Japanese wholesale price index for March a

Crucial talks last week aimed at averting possible U.S. trade retaliation against China yielded "alm