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The Middle East war threatens to play havoc with shipping schedules between Europe and the Far East

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 2.7 PERCENT IN TAIWANTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's overall industria

Leading finance ministers were putting the finishing touches Monday to a plan to steady financial ma

About 1,500 Albanian public transport workers went on strike Monday for a 50 percent pay rise, in th

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Ribbed smoked sheets grade one rubber futures in Singapore will remain supported this week at 150 Si

DU PONT NAMES LINE OF CFC REPLACEMENTSDu Pont Co. said it would use the trade name SUVA on i

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THE U.S. TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S windfall from the war in the Persian Gulf, plus increasing commercial de

The planned revamp of the controversial Common Agricultural Policy has come too late to figure in th

Growing uncertainty over the ability of commercial tankers to reach Saudi export refineries in the P

Jan. 21, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 18, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

John Malick was named West Coast circulation and sales representative at The Journal of Commerce, ef

CHICAGO, SOUTHSHORE SELLS TRACK IN INDIANAMICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Chicago, SouthShore & South

The Department of Defense is taking technology developed to track trucks andtrains and adapt

American Ship Building Co. said late last week it lost $2.3 million for the three months ended Sept.

PRICES OF OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES CONTRACTS gyrated along with oil prices last week and Monday,as mark

The Suez Canal Authority suspended a recent toll increase for the duration of the Persian Gulf war.<

Hartford Life Insurance Co. has been negotiating with Executive Life Insurance Co. to assume up to $

Sen. William J. Larkin Jr., R-C, New Windsor, N.Y., chairman of the state Senate Veterans Committee,

At least one major reinsurer of airline risks is unconcerned that the U.S. government might expand i

As of Jan. 21, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

BACKGROUND: The best way to foster a liberal market-oriented international investment system is by w

Q: What requirements must insurance regulators meet before they can conduct an insurance company exa

1448 (Jan. 21, 1991) Previous day - 1445 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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U.S. textile companies are spinning, weaving and sewing as fast as they can to help keep the U.S. ar

GULF WAR COSTS US $500 MILLION A DAYThe intense air attacks that began early Thursday in Ira

Rail unions do not see eye to eye on the wage and work rule recommendations contained in a president

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE ABLE, militarily, to leave the oil-rich Middle East until it adopts a

American President Lines Ltd., feeling the strain of added military traffic to the Mideast, wants bl

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Monday proposed an international, Marshall plan-style aid package for

Tower Air flew a passenger flight Monday from Tel Aviv, Israel, to New York City under war-risk insu

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Stage 2 of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet call-up is intended to support resupply of equipment and mate

Retail gasoline prices are falling across the country, and many oil industry analysts say $1-a-gallo

Pakistan is drawing up a comprehensive industrial policy package including rules on foreign investme

CASH HEATING OIL RISES 7 CENTS IN NYNEW YORK - Prompt cash heating oil values in New York ha