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Three Weeks Ended Feb. 23, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange

An expected decision by Jugolinija on whether to continue sailing to the Middle East has been hinder

With China moving to defuse a potentially disastrous clash with the United States over textiles, it

Pacific Indemnity Co. a Chubb Corp. subsidiary, will pay $142 million to Fibreboard Corp. of Concord

JARDINE UNIT ACQUIRES MILLER WATSON & CO.Jardine Insurance Brokers Inc. said its Vancouver,

The Australian transport giant TNT Ltd. merged its international operations into a single unit to cr

All four state-owned aviation companies in India are expected to post losses for fiscal 1990-91 thro

KELLY INTERNATIONAL (Jamaica, N.Y.) - John J. Buckley Jr. was named vice president of sales and mark

The airline industry today is undergoing a shakeout that is largely unrelated to the Persian Gulf Wa

Santo Domingo's newly expanded Las Americas International Airport went into full operation recently,

The European Community Monday decided to resume talks with the Soviet Union over a $1 billion emerge

The fallout from the Persian Gulf war is likely to shake up Japan's basic political system, which sh

The U.S. Commerce Department Saturday launched its first direct marketing trade mission to Europe to

Booming demand for political-risk insurance by U.S. companies rebuilding Kuwait is more than doublin

Dick Quegan is not shy. The gregarious and sunburned Texaco Inc. oil tanker executive admits

Legislation proposed in the Senate would give merchant mariners involved in supplying Persian Gulf f

Because of its rapidly declining oil production, the Soviet Union has stopped its oil being traded a

A Greek shipping line is planning a project to carry forest products from the United States to Medit

East Asia faces crucial challenges in finding its stride and fitting into the yet undefined new worl

U.S. pork producers said they will appeal a decision, made under the U.S.-Canada free trade agreemen

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said last week that she remains opposed to a revival of the Su

Allegations that a Texas laboratory falsified pesticide residue studies is leading the Environmenta

There is still time for insurers and state regulators to blunt efforts to give the federal governmen

James P. Hoffa may have to petition the U.S. Justice Department to become eligible forthe Teamsters

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Mar. 4, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

FACTORY ORDERS EXPECTED TO DECLINEU.S. factory orders are expected to have fallen 0.7 percen

Kuwait may need five years to rebuild its oil industry, shattered by the Iraqi invasion, a senior ex

Ship operators must have waste management plans and post informational placards on pollution regulat

Mon., March 4, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Mar. 4, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Mar. 4, 1991 Copper Total, 16,776. Gold Total, .1,540,127.Silver Total, .263,068,549.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago3/4 3/1 Change % Change:

Aluminum ingots- $1,530-$1,540 per ton lots & in wareh

ARGENTINE STRIKE STRANDS WHEAT-LADEN RAILCARSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A 19-day strike on fo

NYK Line (North America) Inc.'s Chicago Hub Center that opened this weekend is designed to enhance t

AIR WIS SERVICES TO MERGE AIRLINE UNITSNEW YORK - Air Wis Services Inc. said Monday it will

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

CHINESE PREMIER BACKS REFORM TO HIKE INCOMEHONG KONG - Chinese Premier Li Peng, apparently m

IT HAPPENED SO FAST. The walls around Eastern Europe crashed to the ground, the Persian Gulf