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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

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