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The Southern Cone countries of South America may soon become the first regional trading bloc in the

Israel's Topaz Ltd. is using gas masks, specially sealed rooms and an influx of Soviet immigrants to

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PROPELLER CLUB OF BOSTON. Feb. 19. Boston. Dinner meeting. Guest speaker: Capt. Richard E. Mancheste

The start of the widely anticipated ground war in Kuwait will cause oil prices to jump, analysts say

Feb. 14, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.5

Feb. 14, 1991 Copper Total, 15,604. Gold Total, .1,593,037.Silver Total, .266,122,758.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 214.41 up 0.80 which compares

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The European Community will discuss next week a proposal to launch an aid program to rebuild the Mid

WORLD BANK OFFERS DEUTSCHE MARK BONDSThe World Bank said Wednesday it issued 200 million deu

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award on May 19, 1990.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Rico International,

The world famous Zeiss precision optical companies, a German institution, may soon be reunited.<

SPILL SETTLEMENT ALLOWS EXXON TO DEDUCT COSTSThe $1 billion Exxon Valdez oil spill settlemen

CAUSTIC POTASH LinChem Inc. is increasing the sub-schedule price of liquid caustic potash, K

Despite universal denials earlier this week, some Western experts now say Soviet Prime Minister Vale

Demand for premium unleaded gasoline, one of the oil industry's most profitable products and the cro

Congress' top investigators are conducting a confidential probe of the Iroquois pipeline, the propos

The trucking industry in California is up in arms over a state politician's efforts to make triple t

To exporters that import materials for their finished products, duty drawback can be a bureaucratic

Sony Corp., the giant Japanese electronics company, Wednesday said it would build a $70 million colo

This winter's ultra-low cash prices for natural gas have helped to highlight a developing trend - th

A stock and commodity exchange planned for the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union is "registered,

Following the recent example of B+H Bulk Carriers Ltd., a small publicly held shipowner is planning

Thu., Feb. 14, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

As of Feb. 14, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The U.S. dollar moved higher Thursday afternoon as some dealers and investors moved to cover short d

Presidents of Latin America's banana producing countries will meet on the Caribbean island of San An

World sugar prices have declined almost inexorably since topping 15 cents a pound last May, and many

Broward Sheriff's Office's three-year contract to patrol the Port of Port Everglades is far more cos

An early end to the Persian Gulf war and the recession could trigger a surge in air travel that is d

The director of the Soviet Union's state poultry industry, known as Ptistiprom, said that growth of

South Korea's customs-cleared trade deficit with Japan reached its highest ever totaling $5.93 bill

CONSUMER PRICES RISE SLIGHTLY IN OECDConsumer prices in Organization for Economic Cooperatio

Economists generally were pleased with an Economics Ministry plan to pump 10 billion deutsche marks

USDA ACCEPTS BIDS FOR SOVIET WHEAT SALEThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it

The Commodity Exchange Inc. will lower original margin requirements for gold, silver and copper futu

In a strategy fraught with risk, the U.S. military is depending heavily on civilian trucks to provid

Italy's national airline, Alitalia, which already has weathered significant losses due to the Persia