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The National Cargo Security Council is promoting use of a recently drafted standard form to report c

More than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the outlook for U.S. coal sales to the Eastern E

Legal & General Group, one of the United Kingdom's big life and general insurance companies, warned

Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co.'s decision to drop direct southern Europe port calls in its Medite

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 212.67 off 0.73 which compares

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1544 (Feb. 8, 1991) Previous day - 1525 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Feb. 8, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Friday Feb. 8, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A little-noticed change in a dock labor contract here has eliminated a key cargo-handling practice,

GLOBAL BUSINESS SEEN MOVING TO RECESSIONNEW YORK - The global business cycle continues to mo

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index stayed within a few points of its 1991 low late last

Increased productivity will become evident on the Australian waterfront this year, industry observer

Cranking up the 55-hp Evinrude motor fitted to his green-and-yellow canoe, Hernan Arauz guided the l

IT MAY BE HARD for most metals business executives to exude optimism for their products, what with r

Vice Adm. Paul D. Butcher, deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command, will leave

Peru is effectively insolvent and will have to wait up to two years before its economy, shattered by

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

As of Feb. 8, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 7, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

TRUE OR FALSE: NOBODY LIKES A WAR . . . like a war-risk underwriter. Saddam Hussein is nobod

UP REPORTS DROP IN EMPLOYEE DRUG USEOMAHA - Union Pacific Railroad reported a dramatic drop

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Kika de la Garza, D-Texas, laid out a detailed agenda for his f

A strike at the Port of Santos continued into the weekend after a conciliatory, court-supervised mee

A Florida businessman says he may have the means to foil possible plans by Saddam Hussein to set mas

''K" LINE AMERICA INC. (Murray Hill, N.J.) - Katsuya "Ken" Kaneko was named vice president of Pacifi

Australian beef shipments to the United States are likely to drop this year despite expectations for

With the reporting season just around the corner for U.K. insurance company markets, equity analysts

ROBERTS EXPRESS INC. (Akron, Ohio) - Joel Childs was named director of safety and recruiting.

This country's two airlines represent perfectly the two types of economies Panama has experienced in

DETROIT EDISON STUDIES RESTART OF COAL PLANTDETROIT - Detroit Edison Co. is studying the pos

NAII ENDORSES MO. SOLVENCY BILLDES PLAINES, Ill. - The National Association of Independent I

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 7, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

Feb. 8, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.55

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 8, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Feb. 7, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

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

Low spot prices for natural gas this winter mean bargain basement supplies forcustomers, but they co

The possibility of a free trade zone from the northern reaches of Canada to the southern tip of Mexi

The European Community faces a possible split in its ranks as it embarks on an intense debate over r