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Major U.S. coking coal producers supplying Brazil's steel mills under long- standing agreements are

Stanford E. Parris says his major job as administrator of the Saint Law-rence Seaway Development Cor

Kuwait's blazing oil wells, posing a daunting challenge to firefighters, may still be belching smoke

The state-owned oil and natural gas commission has made nine discoveries of oil and gas in the Bomba

Japan's Ministry of Finance may not get a final answer this year from the Securities and Exchange Co

AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD. (New York) - Steven D. Goldstein, 39, was named president and chief execu

The U.S. dollar traded broadly higher Thursday afternoon on new optimism about the U.S. economy with

After a five-month interruption, a new line of long-term export finance for Brazilian capital goods

Amoco Transport Co. ordered a 280,000-deadweight-ton tanker with a doublehull to be built in

American International Group Inc. reported operating income for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31 ro

The state of Alaska and federal agencies reached agreement with Exxon Corp. on a framework to settle

Feb. 28, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The Bush administration's proposed highway bill came under fire Thursday from several members of a S

ACRYLIC LATEXES Reichhold Chemicals Inc. said it will raise prices of its acrylic latexes so

BRITISH AMERICAN LIFE REFOCUSES IN MALAYSIABritish American Life & General Insurance Co. wil

The Bush administration faces an uphill battle to gain congressional approval for extension of trade

Copper prices rose Thursday on news of a cease fire in the Persian Gulf war but bullishness was temp

Asarco Inc. has increased its purchases of copper from the merchant market for the first quarter of

Pennsylvania's state-operated insurance fund for the coverage of underground storage tanks - mostly

Air freight forwarders, striving to improve their image, are out to strengthen ties with truck draya

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES SEMINAR. March 5. Indianapolis, Ind. Presented by Greater Indianapolis Foreign T

Jon Jacobs, 36, joined The Journal of Commerce as maritime editor in June 1988. A transporta

Attorney General Dick Thornburgh announced the indictment of the former manager of the Atlanta branc

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TAIWANESE BUY ARGENTINE CORNTAIPEI, Taiwan - Argentine corn is set to make significant inroa

The U.S. coffee industry is looking to market researchers to help boost national coffee consumption

In what could prove a happy coincidence for air travel in the Carolinas, several unrelated events bo

Long lines no longer form at gasoline stations, and Santo Domingo residents are thrilled to have ele

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 28, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

CONSORTIUM TO BUILD SOVIET TRAFFIC SYSTEMNEW YORK - A new consortium plans to give the Sovie

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

Once the Persian Gulf conflict is over, Japan and the United States may clash over how to channel th

The statutory Australian Wheat Board confirmed it had signed an agreement for the sale of 100 millio

Freight rates for supertankers loading Persian Gulf cargoes have slumped despite National Iranian Ta

MEXICO SEEN IMPORTING LESS SUGAR IN 1990-91Mexico's sugar imports are expected to drop 700,0

The Federal Maritime Commission probe of rate malpractices in the trades between Asia and the United

Two of the United Kingdom's biggest insurance companies, General Accident Insurance Group PLC and Co

Although the insurance industry is under financial stress, the number of insolvencies has not reache

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The Danish shipping line A/S Dampskibsselskabet Torm will resume service to Liberia, and other lines