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New York will have the highest state gasoline tax in the nation if the 10- cent-a-gallon increase on

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Feb. 1, 1991* Country Category Description

As of Feb. 4, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Nearly three weeks into the Persian Gulf war, political and economic leaders believe the conflict wi

In recent years New Jersey has begun to take its own conservative approach to pesticides in farming,

LIFE INSURER PLACED INTO LIQUIDATION IN PA.Life Assurance Co. of Pennsylvania was placed int

CHUBB REPORTS RISE IN NET FOR QUARTERWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp.'s 1990 fourth quarter net in

CHINA SECURES FUNDING FOR SHENZHEN AIRPORTHONG KONG - Total funding for the HK$1.5 billion (

Nedlloyd Lijnen BV will redeploy to other trades four ships in its monthly U.S. West Coast-Australia

The opening up of the east German market and subsequent heavy demand for a wide variety of imported

Japan's oil companies are eager to import crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum products

The re-election Sunday of a pro-nuclear governor in Japan's Aomori Prefecture guarantees the prefect

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Feb. 4, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Feb. 4, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

The Bush administration is moving quietly to bolster international economic aid for Central America.

The lackluster performance of U.S. exports to China is, according to Beijing's official line, a dire

CHINA - $150 million from the World Bank to help modernize enterprises producing electronic componen

Heinz F. Hutter was elected president and William R. Pearce was elected vice chairman of Cargill Inc

The impact of Brazil's sweeping new anti-inflation economic plan on coffee exports will be at worst,

The trading industry Monday blasted a White House proposal to add a 13-cent ''user fee" to futures a

US-JAPAN VENTURE TO PRODUCE MTBEA subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui Co. Ltd. will produce methyl

ITEL RAIL CORP. (San Francisco) - Robert E. Dowdy was elected president of Fox River Valley Railroad

The White House said Monday it was "concerned" that the bad investments have weakened the insurance

Eastern Air Lines was not a big player in the air cargo business but its demise offers its competito

NEDLLOYD SELLS AIR FREIGHT UNITSLONDON - Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, under pressure from shareh

Spot market prices for petroleum products in Asia will likely decline as concern ebbs about the secu

The search for new U.S. oil and natural gas supplies led to a 2.8 percent increase in completed dril

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 4, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A proposed cut in Medicare payments to doctors and hospitals would shift costs from the government t

The key word for transportation in President Bush's fiscal 1992 budget is infrastructure. On

Overnite Transportation Co. has withdrawn its interstate rates from all but one regional tariff bure

President Bush has told American Jewish leaders that the United States will have difficulty respondi

The U.S. dollar rebounded Monday afternoon in re- action to central banks' intervention in the forei

Mexico is planning to boost business with Cuba, despite the risk of vexing the United States in the

Trade talks to shape international commerce into the 21st century are regaining momentum after becom

Wismut AG gave Moscow the atom bomb, churned tracts of eastern Germany into a radioactive wasteland

Australia's Western Mining Corp. says it has made no real progress since mid- January in talks with