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Tuesday Feb. 5, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 5, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The hair of Mongolian camels and yaks will find their way to Western markets over the next decade wi

TAIWAN CITES SHARP RISE IN EXPORTS AND IMPORTSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's exports in January t

Canada's property/casualty insurers could be headed for another record underwriting loss in 1990.

Hiroshige Matsunari, president and chief executive of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., or "K" Line, and p

The Treasury Department said Tuesday that it will ask Congress to remove federal laws that bar bank

The U.S. dollar sank to a new all-time low against the mark, while falling against all other major c

Canadian trade officials consider that President Bush delivered a "basically very positive" report t

When the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee gets down to business this year, it will have

''K" LINE AMERICA INC. (Murray Hill, N.J.) - James A. Moe was named vice president of marine operati

Industrial production in Italy in the first nine months of 1990 registered a growth rate of 0.4 perc

PLATINUM PRICES DROP TO 5-YEAR LOWSNEW YORK - Platinum prices, already hounded by poor indus

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE received a surprise gift from the Postal RateCommission. The c

RED SEA OIL TERMINALS OPERATING AT CAPACITYExports from Saudi Arabia's crude oil loading ter

Waterfront employers in the New York-New Jersey port area will be paying less for security guards' f

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New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 4, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

President Bush's proposals to curb Medicare spending further came under sharp attack Monday from con

Continued fears of inflation linked to the war in the Persian Gulf are keeping the Bank of Japan fro

By all accounts, the bloodbath taking place in the North Atlantic trade lanes is worsening.

The story "RIMS Poll Gives Edge to Direct Writers," which appeared on Page 9A of The Journal of Comm

For the second time in a year, barge traffic along the Missouri River and a crucial segment of the M

The United States will be the object of a two-pronged attack at the regular monthly meeting of the G

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS POSTS LOSS FOR QUARTERNEW YORK - McDonnell Douglas Corp. posted a fourth-q

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB (New York) - Richard F. Gaccione has been appointed president, Bristol-Myers Pr

The board of the London Metal Exchange is to discuss the possible introduction of a tin options cont

Delegates from 130 nations began negotiations Monday on a new international agreement they hope will

Two Argentine nationals have won appeals of their 1989 convictions for trying to extort $10 million

The Maritime Administration is sponsoring a $275,000, 16-month study whose ultimate goal is to impro

1489 (Feb. 5, 1991) Previous day - 1486 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Feb. 5, 1991 Copper Total, 17,109. Gold Total, .1,739,229.Silver Total, .266,672,908.

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 5, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

NEW ENGLAND: EASTERN UTILITIES ASSOCIATES, BOSTON Service Area: Southeastern Massachusetts

ATTEMPTING TO REVIVE VOLUME in lumber futures, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange instituted new rules

NORTH AMERICAN REINSURANCE CORP. (New York) - Five were advanced to the position of assistant vice p

SHORTLY AFTER THE INVASION of Kuwait last Aug. 2, when foreigners became some sort of temporary insu

Soviet officials Monday said the KGB and police would inspect foreign-backed joint ventures as part

The recent unrest in the Baltic states will have serious effects on the present and future transport

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