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A "DISCHARGED" BATTERY MARKET is weakening lead prices. Lead-acid batteries, used in automot

EMBOSSED VISA STAMP AND NEW FORM ISSUED BY INDIAN EMBASSY. Effective Jan. 1, 1991, U.S. customs port

Iraq for the first time has requested the United Nations send a humanitarian mission to Baghdad to e

David Crais is a wily New Orleans trader who thought he saw a growth market in gas masks back in ear

NOW THAT THE JOUSTING between the United States and Japan over bilateral air rights has all but ende

The fourth quarter of 1990 in the market for secondhand ships continued the uncharacteristic inactiv

Thu., Jan. 24, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Jan. 24, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

For the week ended Jan. 19, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailroads equaled 11

Jan. 24, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

HEALTH COVER REFORM IN WORKS, SENATOR SAYS WASHINGTON - Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., t

IRAQ THREATENS TO ATTACK JAPANESE PLANES IN GULFTOKYO - Rashid Al-Rifai, the Iraqi ambassado

European Community coal production declined by 5 percent in 1990, as more unprofitable mines were sh

Shipping pallets and the advent of dockside refrigerated warehouses saved the breakbulk sector of th

European business travelers are joining many American executives in canceling or putting off trips i

A flurry of ministerial meetings over the next few days could help General Agreement on Tariffs and

The Plastic Recycling Alliance, a joint venture of Du Pont Co. and Waste Management Inc., and Occide

J.B. HUNT EARNINGS FELL IN 4TH QUARTERLOWELL, Ark. - J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.'s fou

1465 (Jan. 24, 1991) Previous day - 1460 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A 5 percent rate rollback that will cost Safeco Cos. $17.5 million was recommended Tuesday by Califo

Even with the Persian Gulf war, life goes on in official Washington. President Bush is worki

Saudi and Western diplomatic sources in Saudi Arabia warn that the Saudi economy, already in deficit

Seven Japanese firms have filed a total of 250 million yen in trade insurance claims with the govern

Exxon Corp. and other large oil companies are trying to blunt criticism that their fourth-quarter ea

As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Robert Byrd, D- W.Va., will act to block an

The National Iranian Oil Tanker Co. and the Saudi Arabian-controlled charterer Vela are both looking

JAPAN CONFIRMS PLEDGE OF $9 BILLION GULF AIDTOKYO - The Japanese government Thursday confirm

The Jacksonville Port Authority named a new marketing representative for the New York area and Europ

KOBE STEEL, ALCOA SET JOINT VENTUREKobe Steel Ltd., one of Japan's major steel companies, Th

The war in the Persian Gulf and the Soviet military crackdown in Lithuania and Latvia is bad news fo

A total of 2,924 Australian companies were declared bankrupt in the October- December 1990 quarter,

CASS LOGISTICS INC. (St. Louis) - Robert V. Delaney was named executive vice president, with respons

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

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 24, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

In international shipping, time means money. This is especially true when one timecharters (

THE SPONSORS of major international coal conferences scheduled over the next several months say thei

As the smoke from the initial Persian Gulf war battles begins to lift, oil company profits are start

A private shipping company under contract with the U.S. Defense Department to move cargo to the Azor

The Port of Houston should manage to report a third consecutive year of record cargo volume despite

As of Jan. 23, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price