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EC financial experts are trying to break the impasse over a financial services directive that would

ECUADOR - $1.8 million from the Inter-American Investment Corp. for an instant coffee plant in Guay

The release of three Lloyd Brasileiro ships from arrest in U.S. ports paves the way for Brazil's sta

Commodity trade houses must return to conservative business practices and establish sound industrial

The Bush administration and Israeli officials have agreed to a compromise aid package that would giv

Mar. 5, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Mar. 5, 1991 Copper Total, 16,776. Gold Total, .1,537,772.Silver Total, .263,337,680.

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

Egypt, a key Arab member of the anti-Iraq alliance, sees a bright postwar future - canceled debts, r

Under the shadow of complex plans for peace in the Persian Gulf, hopes for a lasting end to war in L

The U.S. dollar turned broadly higher midday Tues- day on a rumor Soviet Union President Mikhail Gor

AIR COURIER CONFERENCE OF AMERICA (Washington) - Mark Engle succeeds Larry Burtchaell as executive d

Ryder System Inc. is sparring again with U-Haul International over which company will control pricin

BRADSHAW & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE SERVICES LTD. (San Francisco) - Judeth G. Olewine was named account

Ghana has ordered the immediate abolition of 10 senior management positions at the head office of th

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Texas lawmakers opened hearings this week on a bill that seeks to attack the state's serious auto th

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded six construction contracts as part of a $46 million package

THOMSON COMPLETES SOVIET COMPUTER DEALPARIS - Thomson-CSF, of the Thomson SA group, said Mon

Thousands of coal miners throughout the Soviet Union have stopped work, halting production and press

Mar. 4, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Supreme Court Monday rejected arguments by business groups that damage awards in lawsuits have s

Production of plastic resins totaled 4.35 billion pounds in December 1990, up 12.9 percent over the

Saudi Arabia is urging its Japanese partners to endorse a doubling of capacity at a joint-venture pe

ANZ BANK: WOOL PRICE DEPRESSION TO REMAINCANBERRA, Australia - Wool prices should remain dep

Alliance Syndicate Inc. is fighting an Illinois Insurance Exchange order that it stop writing insura

Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. announced Monday that it had licensed the Unicarb system t

Scientists and shipping industry sources charge that illegal disposal of shipboard toxins is a world

The U.S. government is moving to spur American trade and investment in the Mideast, particularly Kuw

General Motors Corp., the world's largest company and America's largest exporter, is increasingly lo

The U.S. dollar turned mixed Monday afternoon in a slow and restrained market. Dealers said

Consumer groups are expressing opposition to the candidacy of an American Insurance Association exec

The end of the Persian Gulf war will not seriously affect the new oil-trading patterns that sprang u

Dockworkers and terminal operators at the Port of Philadelphia are looking to a new mediator to help

SUEZ OFFICIALS CONFIDENT OF TRAFFIC INCREASECAIRO, Egypt - Traffic through the Suez Canal ha

In a sign of evolution into a more permanent organization, the Maritime Security Coun- cil retained

Mar. 4, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Southwest Marine Inc. said it received a $31 million contract for a regular overhaul of the USS Ster

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 217.94 up2.39 which comp

As of Mar. 4, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices