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The United States is expected to press its wealthy allies next month to give more money to the front

Liberia has only $5,000 in New York bank accounts that once contained millions, and the national tre

CANADIAN SELLING PIECES OF SCUD MISSILESTORONTO - Canadian businessman Al Sikora is offering

''DICTATORIAL" - THAT'S THE WORD maritime industry executives and tariff automation specialists are

Jan. 28, 1991 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority has contacted major shipping associations and insurance com

SAUDIS SAY OIL SLICK WON'T STOP EXPORTSThe oil slick drifting down the Persian Gulf will not

SAUDI BARLEY PURCHASES SEEN REMAINING STEADYThe U.S. agricultural attache in Riyadh said Sau

A request to waive a domestic shipping law so a foreign tanker can carry oil products between Hawaii

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM (Philadelphia) - Birgit Breuel, chief executive officer of Vorstand Treuhandsanst

The Treasury has backed away from an earlier suggestion that private insurers underwrite a major por

Mon., Jan. 28, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Jan. 28, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Monday Jan. 28, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Jan. 28, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

SAS PLANS TO LAY OFF 3,500 EMPLOYEESCOPENHAGEN, Denmark - Scandinavian Airlines System Frida

The Interstate Commerce Commission reversed a decision by an administrative law judge and approved a

The joint venture Bethlehem Steel Corp. is forming with British Steel PLC, involving a significant

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 25, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Amoco Corp. Thursday signed a joint-venture agreement with China to develop an oil field in the Sout

DUTCH FOOD EXPORTS TO IRAQ SOARED IN 1990AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Iraq bought seven times as

The Persian Gulf war and U.S. economic woes aren't the only factors weighing on cattle prices these

Jan. 25, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. Postal Service, concerned about the heightened appeal that airmail in transit may hold for

The United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted balance of payments deficit narrowed to 844 million ($1.66

Olin Corp. Friday reported 1990 fourth quarter net income of $8 million, or 37 cents a share, compa

A British study published Friday found that the average survival rate for victims of AIDS doubled be

ASBESTOS VICTIMS AWARDED $30.7 MILLIONA federal jury last week awarded $30.7 million to ship

London insurers Friday lowered recommended rates for seaborne cargoes moving to and from Israeli por

Norfolk Southern Corp. will build an $8.5 million intermodal terminal here that will triple its load

The New Orleans Dock Board awarded the first contracts on the $110 million renovation of its riverfr

As of Jan. 25, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Two Spaniards indicted in connection with an alleged plot to sell Iraqi oil in violation of the U.N.

Cement exports are dropping rapidly as producers here seek to maintain control of the expanding loca

Mayor Raymond Flynn got more than he hoped late last week when the arrival of an Algerian liquefied

The long-awaited liberalization of Japan's beef market in April will have a two-way impact here, wit

A relatively strong Hawaiian economy helped boost the fourth quarter earnings of Matson Navigation C

The Zurich Australian Insurance Group (ZAIG) has just completed a reorganization of its Australian o

Baloise Insurance Group, Switzerland's third largest multi-insurance corporation announced a 7 perce

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