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TRADE DATA CONFIRMS WEAKENING ECONOMYTuesday's October trade deficit - the widest in 32 mont

For the second time in less than two years, Brazilian general cargo carrier Lloyd Brasileiro is the

Dec. 18, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 18, 1990*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 18, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 38.5

Following Monday's decision by the London FOX sugar futures management committee to switch raw sugar

S&P DOWNGRADES MANVILLE CORP. DEBTStandard and Poor's Corp. said it had downgraded Manville

US CALLS ON S. KOREA TO OPEN RETAIL MARKETSEOUL, South Korea - The United States has called

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has detailed its revised lumber futures contract, which is to be eff

Three insurance carriers were ordered to pay more than $500,000 in legal costs incurred by a company

Dec. 18, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Tue., Dec. 18, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Dec. 18, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Brazil, the Third World's biggest debtor, said Monday that in January it would make its first intere

CZECHOSLOVAKIA REPORTS BUMPER GRAIN HARVESTPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia had a bum

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Tuesday said it would be a "big mistake" to try to reopen the

Here are some of the items shipped since Oct. 20 through McGuire Air Force Base to troops in the hot

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Tuesday said the $1 billion U.S. export cre

ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (Newtown Square, Pa.) - Jack E. Oppasser was appointed president of Arco Chemical

The Port of Houston Authority is under the gun to grant a pilots' rate increase, however, it probabl

The Interstate Commerce Commission voted Tuesday to take up a proposal by railroads and leasing comp

A regional agency for airports in the Pacific Northwest says it has ruled out construction of a majo

ALASKA RESIDENT MARKETS SPILL GAMEA resident of Valdez, Alaska, is marketing a board game ba

HIV-infected individuals in California, New York, Texas and Florida represented one-half (53.4 perce

The Navy's Military Sealift Command christened its newest vessel, a coastal hydrographic survey ship

HOUSTON - The Port of Houston moved its top marketer into a new position aimed at im-proving the por

The Maritime Administration is getting 20 more Ready Reserve Force vessels ready for military supply

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 18, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

GOODRICH UNIT TO BUILD NEW LAB IN OHIOBFGoodrich Co. said it Geon Vinyl division will build

The two government agencies responsible for shipping military cargoes reserved for U.S. ocean carrie

It was like the old days at the 80-year-old Whitehall Club. The jovial crowd of about 80 was

The New York Power Authority said last week that it will build a 150,000- kilowa tt natural gas-fire

Experts disagree on what will happen on Jan. 1 when the Soviet Union is scheduled to begin trading b

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 18, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

A sharp increase in customs and federal levies on imports announced late Monday is considered only t

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

USDA CONFIRMS SALE OF CORN TO SOVIETSThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said private exporte

Rhode Island insurance regulators are asking a state superior court judge to place Providence-based

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