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The local shipbuilding and repair industry received a jolt this week when the government announced a

GE Plastics and Kumho Petrochemical Co. of South Korea formed a Korean joint venture company, Kumho

WHEAT SUBSIDIES UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIASYDNEY, Australia - High production worldwide, as wel

A new airport will open in Munich next year that officials hope will serve as a major traffic center

U.S. Ports' International Freight in 20-Foot Container Equivalents, or TEUs Nov. 1990 Nov.

In her 30 years in the mailing services business, Ruthie Ewers has never experienced a more confusin

The Soviet Union's oil output should remain stable for the next five years at around 570 million ton

A subsidiary of Van Ommeren Ceteco today begins leasing and operating its second Georgia Ports Autho

Aluminum ingots- $1,465-$1,475 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 30, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

France's monetary authorities probably won't follow Thursday's surprise hike in German interest rate

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award for export service in 1989.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Since it

India is subsidizing steel wire rope exports to the United States, the Commerce Department said Wedn

CANADIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: 1991 MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE RATE REDUCTIONS. The new merchandise

The Uruguay Round negotiations to modernize and expand the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ha

LIT FUTURES ACQUIRED BY DUTCH BANK UNITLIT Futures has been bought by Pierson, Heldring and

Consolidated Freightways Inc. narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter of 1990 to $1.87 million on re

It is not an ethylene plant in Nizhnekamsk, U.S.S.R., but a refining plant that was feeding naphtha

There's a chill economic wind blowing through California as recession and war bite into West Coast g

OPEC OIL BASKET DECLINES TO $18.73The average price of the basket of seven crude oils monito

The Indian government plans to increase exploration and mining of lignite in the next five years to

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

Jan. 31, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

As of Jan. 31, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Jan. 31, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

The announcement Wednesday by Sea-Land Service Inc. that it will join forces with A.P. Moller-Maers

Germany's central bank stunned financial markets Thursday by announcing it had raised its key discou

MERRETT HOLDINGS POSTS DOWNTURN IN PROFITMerrett Holdings PLC, the leading Lloyd's of London

A sharp increase in the benchmark U.S. Department of Agriculture world rice price Tuesday sent rough

While Japan has pledged $9 billion to the U.S.-led Persian Gulf war effort, the flow of Japanese inv

An official of the largest container shipping company in the United States confirmed this week that

The number of unemployed persons in Norway rose by 806 in January to 102,745, or 4.8 percent of the

Russia, the Soviet Union's largest republic, is preparing to allow foreign companies to participate

Jan. 31, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

KAIFU DUCKS SNEAKERS OVER GULF AID PLANAn embattled Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu ducked oppo

West Coast ports view sea-air cargo as a growth market limited only by the willingness of airlines t

Demand for natural gas will increase by as much as 2.5 trillion cubic feet annually, or about 13 per

Feeder cattle prices are expected to come under selling pressure soon if the U.S. Department of Agri

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New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 29, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents