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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 213.61 off 0.19 which compares

ALLIED WAR PLEDGES COVER 88 PERCENT OF COSTSWASHINGTON - Pledges of $9.7 billion from allies

Saudi Arabia likely will seek international commercial bank loans to fund part of an expected defici

The Republic of Cape Verde, the 10-island archipelago strategically located about 300 miles off the

The president of the Houston operation of U Freight/BFS International, a Hong Kong-based freight for

Coffee prices broke into new high ground Wednesday on the heels of last week's sharp price jump.

A report on the safety implications of reduced crew sizes and fatigue aboard merchant vessels was pu

Japanese ethylene producers are expected to report significantly lower profits for the fiscal year 1

PROMAT 91, ANNUAL PRODUCTIVITY CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY MATERIAL HANDLING INDUSTRY OF AMERICA, FEB. 1

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AMERICAN'S CARGO UNIT POSTS REVENUE GAINDALLAS - American Airlines Cargo, a division of Amer

IROQUOIS GAS SYSTEM GETS PIPELINE PERMITThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wed

The most lasting legacy of the gulf war may be to annex the Arab world into the "global village" and

Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo conceded that Argentina will not receive a final $240 mil

The North Carolina State Ports Authority's faith in its Charlotte Intermodal Terminal is starting to

Two masked gunmen boarded a Danish freighter in the Persian Gulf late Tuesday and stole money and do

Maritime finance experts say a fundamental rethinking of ship construction funding techniques is nee

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The European Community oilseeds industry Wednesday protested the U.S. decision to raise export subsi

Alcan Aluminium Ltd., hurt by falling aluminum prices and a recession that has cut industry's appeti

National Aluminum Co. Ltd. will soon submit for government approval an expansion proposal to raise i

Silver traders are poised for more price declines. After hitting new 17-year lows since Janu

The nation's largest freight railroads and their unions agreed to a 60-day extension of the deadline

Lloyd's of London insurers' war-risk rating committee on Wednesday announced significant cuts in car

Sabena, Belgium's ailing state-owned airline, Tuesday unveiled a far-reaching survival plan involvin

Improvements to Boston Edison Co.'s South Boston generating plant will enable it to burn higher sulf

Aluminum ingots- $1,475-$1,485 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

In what is shaping up to be the biggest maritime subsidy fight of the year, Farrell Lines Inc. has r

Economist Lacy Hunt told mortgage bankers that the prevailing view of a short and sweet recession is

Politics and public policy are on the agenda for maritime labor leaders when the AFL-CIO Maritime Tr

HONEYWELL, SIAM STEEL SET KEYBOARD ACCORDEL PASO, Texas - Honeywell Inc. announced that it h

Canada's most industrialized province, Ontario, opposes a proposed free trade zone in North America.

Business Executives for National Security, a national association of 5,000 business executives and p

Malaysia's Consolidated Plantations will go ahead with a plan to build a second palm oil refinery in

A&A NET INCOME ROSE IN FOURTH QUARTERFourth-quarter operating income at Alexander & Alexande

British Airways posted a large decline in profit for the fiscal third quarter due primarily to decli

A seized Lloyd Brasiliero ship sailed to freedom Monday from Vancouver, British Columbia, but eight

TRADE VOLUME ROSE 14 PERCENT IN SINGAPORE IN '90Total trade volume in Singapore reached a re

Sales to Japanese auto plants in the United States have also produced new export business for a fami

Coalition forces destroyed three of four floating mines recently discovered in the Persian Gulf, a S