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European central banks and the Federal Reserve bought a total of about $2 billion in coordinated int

Tariff automation efforts could twist maritime industry practices to meet bureaucratic and technolog

Santa Fe Drilling Equipment Co., Alhambra, Calif., requested permission from the Maritime Administra

Marine insurers have declared war on the owners of dry bulk cargoes such as iron ore and coal who sh

Leading Italian maritime figures traded complaints and proposed solutions last week about the murky

Senior political advisers to the 17 members of the European Commission meet Tuesday in a bid to unta

The International Trade Commission is expected in March to rule on two complaints of foreign unfair

Good driver discounts and no-fault insurance dominate legislative discussions during the current ses

THE DRY BULK SHIPPING MARKET continued to firm last week. The Baltic Freight Index, the daily indica

HANSEATIC SHIPPING, SOVIETS JOIN IN VENTURELONDON - The Cyprus-based ship management company

Emery Worldwide didn't engage in monkey business when it recently moved six Western Lowland gorillas

With air travel down dramatically because of recession and the Persian Gulf war, Boeing Co. orders f

The baby milk business has appointed an ombudsman to deal with any allegations that manufacturers ar

BAHRAIN WANTS BUYERS TO TAKE CRUDE TOOBahrain National Oil Co. is insisting that term contra

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

NJ SET TO BEGIN ANTI-FRAUD AUTO PLANUNION, N.J. - On March 1, New Jersey auto insurance comp

Contract negotiations are under way between Japanese longshoremen and the shipping lines' Japan Harb

McDonald's Corp., the fast food giant, is setting up franchises throughout Italy despite some deep-r

More than 50 additional docks are to be built in China this year to cope with an anticipated 7 perce

The Federal Maritime Commission is abandoning a two-year effort to redefine the term "shipper."<

Business leaders say they are encouraged over the decision to resume the stalled Uruguay Round of tr

Argentina is preventing vessels from Peru from entering its ports to load wheat until the crewmember

Feb. 21, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

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Saudi Arabia has been denied permission to load 180,000 pounds of anti-tank missiles at Charlotte/Do

The Coast Guard proposed reducing the number of pre-employment and periodicdrug tests for se

The U.S. Department of Agriculture was wrong in estimating that 1991 oats acreage intended for harve

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

U.S. airlines are breathing a sigh of relief after the Thai government deferred for seven months its

Poor export demand will continue to weigh on corn futures prices this year unless weather problems h

Japanese buyers of naphtha from Saudi Arabian national oil company Samarec are going to ask for a ch

Feb. 21, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Feb. 21, 1991 Copper Total, 12,879. Gold Total, .1,556,232.Silver Total, .264,464,763.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 212.92 off 0.16 which compare

U.S.-style head-hunting is prospering in Japan as increasing worker mobility takes a toll on the nat

Four West Coast states and Hawaii hope to form a bloc that would have wide authority to regulate tan

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Canada will stop taxing the international earnings of foreign shipowners who establish a base in tha

Communist-ruled Cuba is speeding moves to open its economy to foreign capitalists for joint ventures