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The Commerce Department predicts that for 1991 rail freight tonnage will be nearly flat, truckers ca

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * More Japanese Bank Mergers Expected 3A* Janet Aschke

LEADING INDICATORS FELL 1.2 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERA day after reporting a record plunge in dura

The Commerce Department is considerably more bullish than the coal industry itself in projecting coa

The outlook for U.S. liner shipping companies between 1991 and 1995 is not as bright as it was just

The economic and technical zone of this southern Chinese city posted solidgains this year de

Dec. 28, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Dec. 28, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Hong Kong's Export Credit Insurance Corp. is suspending all new coverage on shipments to the Middle

Currency traders predicted the dollar will rise in the next few weeks due to political unrest in the

Vultures perch on the balcony of the hilltop Paramount Hotel, waiting for something to die in the cr

Greater numbers of mergers among Japanese banking institutions are expected in the 1990s as the indu

Labor unions are often cited for weakening U.S. competition in foreign markets, but this cannot be b

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

1446 (Dec. 28, 1990) Previous day - 1450 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

MARLINE MARINE USES NEW BALTIMORE ADDRESSEDISON, N.J. - Marlin Marine Services Inc., an ocea

Brazil's looming recession will affect Brazil's cocoa growers and exporters in 1991, though perhaps

A new liner service carrying breakbulk and heavy-lift cargoes from the southern United States to ea

The Maritime Administration gave Puerto Rico's government-owned shipping line permission to juggle i

POLYVINYL ACETATE HOMOPOLYMERS Unocal Corp.'s Chemicals Division will increase the price of

An Indian air force plane carrying 24 metric tons of humanitarian aid landed at Moscow's Sheremetyev

The United Mine Workers union wants Kentucky and other states to encourage electric utilities to con

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 221.36 off 1.37 which compares

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

A HARTFORD, CONN., INSURANCE BROKER received a playful greeting card last fall. It featured

Thomas M. True, president of True & Associates in Westfield, has been elected to the Professional In

YANAYEV SEES NO PACT ON JAPAN ISLANDS SOONGennady Yanayev, newly elected Soviet vice preside

Italian businessmen and economists are warning of an impending recession as the year comes to a clos

Imagine you are a marketing executive for a major pharmaceutical firm that has a new prescription tr

Lloyd's of London warned ships in the Persian Gulf Friday about a risk of mines off the Arabian coas

President Mikhail Gorbachev's personal economic adviser said he favored the creation of a convertibl

Singapore's air cargo industry will get its own electronic business communications network on Jan. 2

The U.S. recession is hurting many American industries, but a boom in exports kept container traffic

Shipments of chemicals and allied products will slow in 1991 because of industry overcapacity, highe

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

Dec. 28, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

With only three working days left in his term, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis last week swore in

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Staten Island, N.Y.) - Carlota Guerra was named district sales manager

Underwriting losses are expected to reach new depths for property/casualty insurance companies in 19