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GAZ DE FRANCE STUDIES IMPORTS FROM IRANPARIS - Gaz de France is studying the possibility of

A top federal agricultural official said he found "long-term devastation," including dead trees near

With an empty container terminal available at the Port of Tacoma, the Port of Seattle will be extrem

"Cuba va" - Cuba can make it. The New Year propaganda slogan screaming from billboards in Ha

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello this week called a potentially recalcitrant Congress in

Vietnam's communist government Thursday published a new law that it hopes will boost private enterpr

Signs that the Soviet Union is about to launch a "big bang" program of retail price reform, similar

Chase Manhattan Bank said Thursday that it received approval from Taiwan's Ministry of Finance to ac

Want to buy an airport? A dozen years after airline deregulation brought about cheap fares b

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

Thu., Jan. 2, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Jan. 3, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 36.95

Jan. 3, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 218.46 off 4.18 which compare

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The Hanlin Group Inc., of Edison, N.J., will form a new plastics subsidiary comprising the assets of

The Australian chemical industry is not keeping up with increasing local demand and is failing to sa

The Persian Gulf crisis and the resulting oil price increase have cost Italy's Alitaliaan additional

PIONEER BUYS BIG STAKE IN ARGENTINE BUSINESSPioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. announced it

An overly ambitious plan to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food is faltering, forcing President Ib

Air Cargo Shipments Rise 5 percent at SC AirportCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Air freight shipments in a

Priority: Oil spill prevention. That's the message throughout the port and petroleum industr

United Parcel Service Inc. is looking at the establishment of a U.K. domestic delivery operation as

1446 (Jan. 3, 1991) Previous day - 1447 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Melvin B. Bradshaw, 68, of Dover, Mass., honorary chairman of the board of Liberty Mutual Insurance

The top U.S. representative of Cho Yang Shipping Co. said Thursday he is "95 percent sure" that New

Jan. 3, 1991 JAPANFinancial Futures*Japanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Jurong Shipyard Ltd. signed an exclusive long-term repair agreement with Westfal Larsen & Co. AS of

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said it will increase prices of all of its

Grain industry officials say they hope the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Soviet negotiators can

Soviet purchases of almost 1 million metric tons of U.S. corn in December were made for Russia, with

Saudi Arabia has boosted security to counter any attempt by Iraqi saboteurs to blow up its oil field

The eastern edge of the oil-rich Soviet Union is tantalizingly near resource- hungry Japan, but dipl

Senior leader Deng Xiaoping has told the Communist Party not to quibble over whether China's stagnan

With the dogs of war straining anew at their leashes, shipowners again are facing skyrocketing price

FEDERAL SIGNAL BUYS STREET SWEEPER MAKEROAK BROOK, Ill. - Federal Signal Corp. announced Thu

Southern Pacific Lines agreed to sell 85 miles of track to a regional Bay Area transportation author

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (San Jose, Calif.) - Wilfred J. Corrigan, board chairman and chie

ANALYSTS SEE DROP IN FACTORY ORDERSCHICAGO - Analysts expect U.S. factory orders to have dec

What's left of East Germany? Not much, say many of the people who lived there.In 13 whirlwin