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ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. (Morris Township, N.J.) - David C. Hill was named president of the company's Alli

The Army chartered a Cunard Line luxury cruise vessel to provide rest and recreation for troops in t

Sea-Land Service Inc. shook up the trans-Pacific shipping community by announcing a second weekly se

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher Monday afternoon on the deadlock over possible peace talks on the

Iraq's cancellation of the visit by Tariq Aziz, foreign minister, to Washington last week brought ou

Dec. 17, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 17, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 17, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union said its international executive board vot

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Completing the Globex project and forming a new financial compliance committee are key projects faci

Bank failures will cost the government fund that insures deposits about $5 billion more than it brin

The pace of financial liberalization in the Soviet Union must be stepped up if economic reforms are

A German government-owned freight forwarder will offer direct container rail service from Berlin and

MANY WERE SURPRISED that the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised projected U.S. soybean oil stock

Shippers who have freight tendered to P-I-E Nationwide can call a toll-free number set up by the mot

Three Weeks Ended Dec. 8, 1990, vs. Similar 1989 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange

SHOULD THE NEW YEAR mean a new shot at rates? On the Atlantic, apparently so. There is specu

Claims by U.S. manufacturers of unfair trade practices abroad are expected to increase as the econom

JAPANESE GROUP ISSUES PESSIMISTIC FORECASTJapan's economic growth will slow sharply from a p

Economists expect October's U.S. merchandise trade deficit to widen to $9.8 billion from $9.4 billio

COLOMBIA APPROVES PORTS PRIVATIZATIONBOGOTA, Colombia - As expected, the Colombian House of

Commercial mortgage delinquency rates of the insurance industry rose slightly in the third quarter o

Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro officials are keeping mum about the fate of twovessels seize

Asian exports to Europe continue their strong growth, lifting ocean carrier hopes that a planned rat

SHARPENING THE SABRE? American Airlines still is speaking in tongues when it comes to giving

Federal Express Logistics is planning to set up a number of international distribution centers in Eu

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Mesaba Aviation Inc., which operates as Northwest Airlink, said Monday itplans to begin one

Peter Hegarty went to a trade conference in Japan earlier this year with little hope for selling tha

COCOA FUTURES PLUNGE ON HEAVY LIQUIDATIONCocoa futures plummeted in the afternoon on massive

Mon., Dec. 17, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

For years, Japan's economy has hurtled along like one of its fabled bullettrains, always on

JAPAN SEEN LOSING US MARKET INTERESTYasushi Mieno, Bank of Japan governor, said Monday that

* Commodity Research Bureau: Soybeans 7A * Miriam Widman - Europe View 8A* Jerry Goldberg -

A COMBINATION OF contradictions dominated the California November election. Voters played a

OPEC OIL PRODUCTION INCREASED IN NOVEMBERNICOSIA, Cyprus - Crude oil output by the Organizat

Cargo will be the major growth area for aviation in the 1990s, according to a top carrier official.<

Wily U.S. exporters and their Angolan buyers have made an unwritten agreement to filter goods throug