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Precious metals drifted Wednesday afternoon following a morning sell-off that featured heavy specula

OLIN CORP. (Stamford, Conn.) - Leon B. Anziano and Patrick J. Davey were appointed division presiden

Primary inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 7.8 mi

Details of energy swaps often are cloaked in confidentiality, but an arrangement revealed recently b

Matson Navigation Co. President Brad Mulholland's first name was misstated in a photo caption in Pub

1460 (Jan. 23, 1991) Previous day - 1452 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

An incorrect version of the Inside column was inadvertently placed on Page 1A of The Journal of Comm

The government is facing a mutiny of sorts, with crews of Shipping Corp. of India and pilots of Air

Tomen Corp. and Central Leasing Co. have decided to join forces to launch a commodities investment f

With 12 orange chairs, a rough-hewn lectern and a Mr. Coffee pot, the 8- by 18-foot chapel at Charlo

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not take up two cases involving separate disputes arising fr

A sluggish economy and travelers' fears of terrorist attacks have led to layoffs at a major cruise s

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

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 23, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

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CHINA: US QUOTA MOVE ON TEXTILES UNFAIRChina fanned the flames of a growing Sino-U.S. trade

China's shipyards are being exhorted to speed up work and improve efficiency to meet international s

New England has become the latest region to start its own paperless trading support group. M

U.S. and Japanese government negotiators agreed Wednesday to investigate the reasons behind slow sal

An affiliate of Amoco Chemical Co. was granted an investment license by the Indonesian government t

The next U.S. space shuttle flight will carry telescopes, cameras and other equipment capable of see

The European Community this week postponed shipment of close to $1 billion worth of food aid previou

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 257.13 up 0.35 which compares w

Wed., Jan. 23, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

COMMERCE SAYS CHINA IS DUMPING CHEMICALChina is selling sodium thiosulfate, a dechlorination

Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole, acknowledging that talks to liberalize world trade are "going no

NORTHWEST TO PURCHASE EASTERN SLOTS IN DCST. PAUL, Minn. - Northwest Airlines will purchase

Aluminum ingots- $1,640-$1,700 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Jan. 23, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 23, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Wednesday on Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's indications of

FRENCH TRADE DEFICIT DOUBLED IN DECEMBERPARIS - France posted a provisional, seasonally adju

NCR Corp. said Wednesday it won a US$2.7 million order from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, a

Armed with billions of dollars in foreign credits, Moscow has embarked on a worldwide grain-buying s

NS EARNINGS SAGGED IN 4TH QUARTERCHICAGO - Norfolk Southern Corp. said Wednesday fourth-quar

Colder winter weather in the Northeast this month is helping heating oil marketers recover from poor

Muenchener Rueckversicherung AG, the world's largest reinsurer, spent an extra 1.1 billion deutsche

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner is reversing a previous department policy that restricted

Independent insurance agents are trying to head off congressional and Bush administration proposals