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The U.S. Customs Service expects legislation to modernize customs operations will be introduced in C

Steel imports fell 45 percent in fiscal 1990-91 through last month from the previous year, according

The state of Alaska and Los Angeles County agreed last week to evaluate the feasibility of a 1,700-m

Alexander F. Giacco, former chairman and chief executive officer of Himont Inc., and Robert E. Davis

VIETNAM JOINS COFFEE GROUP AS PRODUCERVietnam joined London-based International Coffee Organ

CONTAINERSHIP AGENCY INC. (New York) - Ronald Milone was named national sales manager for the steam

A $300 million Navy contract to Tampa Shipyards Inc. to build six ocean surveillance vessels will gu

The federal government is allocating US$2.5 billion in the 1991-92 fiscal year for power projects fa

Japanese refiners will probably run more low-sulfur crude oil this summer, prompted by strong demand

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

The status of the several thousand sea containers that disappeared from Kuwait after the Iraqi invas

MARSH & MCLENNAN OPENS UNIT IN HUNGARYMarsh & McLennan Inc. established a broking subsidiary

1598 (Apr. 5, 1991) Previous day - 1597 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

*Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr. 5, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 4, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Stephen Wolf, United Airlines chairman, arrived at London's Heathrow Airport Thursday aboard his com

As the head of a small trading company, Herb Ouida is accustomed to cutting some unusual deals.<

INDIAN SUGAR OUTPUT EXCEEDS 7 MILLION TONSNEW DELHI, India - Sugar production in the first f

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell late last week amid a slight break in the long s

India is unlikely to be able to export large tonnages from its sugar surplus for several months with

Thailand's spot-sugar premium dropped nearly 50 percent since analysts revised their Thai production

The International Petroleum Exchange's naphtha futures contract could become more attractive to Japa

Denver city officials have no plans to delay construction of a new airport that will cost almost $2

PAN AM APPEAL DENIED ON LEASE PAYMENTSU.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Friday de

Plastics industry officials announced a campaign to boost the recycling rate for bottles and contain

Citgo Petroleum Corp. is continuing to buy additional gasoline on the spot market to supply distribu

Foreign exchange rates and the availability of farm credit will be critical elements in the marketin

William Lamar Bethea Jr. was appointed by Gov. Carroll Campbell to a seven- year term on the board

Baltic Shipping Co. is paying the price of its newfound independence, as the bank in Moscow is withh

The U.S. government thinks it created about 6.8 million official secrets last year - although it can

A spokesman for Monarch Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, Mass., is playing down reports that the s

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Apr. 5, 1991 Copper Total, 31,046. Gold Total, .1,401,226.Silver Total, .260,584,538.

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 5, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 5, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

Friday Apr. 5, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Greater doses of economic austerity, sharp falls in trade and output and higher levels of unemployme

The story "Continental and Stahel Merge Operations," on Page 7A of The Journal of Commerce of April

OCCIDENTAL COMPLETES NEW CELL INSTALLATIONOccidental Chemical Corp. said that state-of-the-a

Evidence about the threat of global warming is mounting and coal burning increasingly is being perce