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The Federal Maritime Commission is reviewing five emergency applications to raise shipping prices fo

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

PERU COPPER WORKERS CANCEL STRIKE PLANSLIMA, Peru - Workers at Southern Peru Copper Corp.'s

M. Joseph Kelly, a former freight conference leader and steamship line executive with some 60 years

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 14, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said it acquired Pura International Hapke GmbH and Co. of Hamburg, G

Nearly S$2.5 billion (US$1.25 billion) in new overseas investment was funneled into Singapore's manu

Brazilian state-owned liner operator Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro reportedly was inviting

Foreign terrorists have been unable or unwilling to strike targets on U.S. soil, but one terrorism e

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 14, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

The start-up of a major dredging project at the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will

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The EC could export a record amount of wheat in 1990-91 (July-June), based on a record number of exp

The Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World has revised its forecast for 1990-91 (October-September) glob

Jan. 15, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

American companies have identified a number of areas for investment in India, but its bureaucratic m

HONG KONG BUSINESSES PESSIMISTIC ON SPENDINGHong Kong's traditionally high consumer demand,

The Soviet Union is late in paying some 1.2 billion deutsche marks ($800 million) owed to German com

Huge losses from marine insurance probably will push Lloyd's of London into the red for the first ti

Despite the insurance industry's efforts to put a lid on jury verdicts, damage awards rose in 1990 w

The winning bidder for the Puerto Rican Telephone Authority may be chosen as early as February in a

Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel gave his approval to a controversial federal plan to lease 21 million acres

One company's disaster is another company's boon. Two companies found that out this week whe

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UP IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia's consumer

The U.S. dollar remained mostly higher Monday afternoon on fears of war in the Persian Gulf and turm

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The Canadian government detailed two new farm safety net programs, established to provide price prot

GORBACHEV TAPS PAVLOV AS NEW PRIME MINISTERPresident Mikhail Gorbachev Monday nominated Fina

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. supports the coalition of railroads and car leasing companie

The White House will receive the recommendations of a Presidential Emergency Board looking into stal

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Airborne Freight Corp. is protesting Uncle Sam awarding Federal Express Corp. a $25.6 million annual

Two major U.S. airlines, Trans World Airlines and Pan Am, Monday said they were suspending flights i

Jan. 14, 1991 Copper Total, 13,904. Gold Total, .1,594,353.Silver Total, .264,967,952.

Jan. 14, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1440 (Jan. 14, 1991) Previous day - 1439 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Monday Jan. 14, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Several Caribbean countries this week will take a step toward the creation of a common trading bloc.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher was scheduled to begin a three-day visit to Venezuela today

PEPPER PLAN DECRIED BY BUSINESS OFFICIALCongress should consider applying free- market princ