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New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 27, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A major insurance company in Washington state intends to challenge a state rule that the company's e

LOT Polish Airlines is searching for a Western joint-venture partner to help it establish a freight

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Malaysia will increase the export tax exemption for oil companies operating production-sharing contr

Florida citrus growers are now beginning the debate on how to deal with foreign competition without

LATEXES Reichhold Chemicals Inc. announced price increase for vinyl acetate ethylene latexes

Indonesia has established a clove trading monopoly controlled by President Suharto's youngest son d

CHANGE FROM WITHIN is obviously Hans Hansell's goal. So notes London colleague Janet Porter.

A new rule that spells out what insurance companies must do to show that rates aren't excessive, ina

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

The center of gravity of the New York area maritime industry may have crossed the Hudson River to Ne

The Port of Philadelphia and a major area stevedore signed a controversial lease for operation of th

The World Trade Center was built with maritime and other international trade businesses in mind, and

China will cut import duties of up to 5 percent on 40 commodities but will raise tariffs sharply on

NORTH AMERICA International Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating Exposition. Jan. 21-

The U.S. Treasury's Foreign Assets Control office received widespread interest from oil companies an

HUNGARY VOTES BUDGET; ELIGIBLE FOR IMF PACTBUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary Sunday became eligibl

A small railroad is doing its best to give Midwest shippers a lift. "We're hometown folks,"

The possibility is strong that a recent cold snap caused considerable damage to the Pacific Northwes

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 28, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The American Short Line Railroad Association announced the publication of the first of three joint-l

Container counts, breakbulk volumes and auto shipments all took noticeable dips at the Port of Portl

Bethlehem Steel Corp. said it will realize a gain in the fourth quarter from the sale last week of t

TOKYO ADDS DIGIT TO PHONE NUMBERSTokyo's 5.8 million seven-digit telephone numbers were tran

World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials are expected this month to consider President B

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * Richard Lawrence - Trade Scene 6A* Don C. Becker - Pub

Friday Dec. 28, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 27, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Dec. 28, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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TOKYO STOCKS RISE IN FINAL MONTH OF '90Tokyo stocks are ending this year much as they did la

There is no question of opening the doors to multinational companies justbecause India is in

The Communist Party daily Pravda reported recently the entire Soviet railway network must be moderni

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET came to a virtual halt last week, mirroring a physical freight mark

The Port of Montreal expanded its installations by acquiring the port operations division of Iron Or

BRAZIL PROBES EFFECTS OF DDT IN AMAZONBRASILIA, Brazil - The Brazilian attorney-general's of

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun to lay the regulatory groundwork for a new producer-fin

Canada sold a 700-megawatt nuclear reactor worth US$1 billion to South Korea. It is the second react