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International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 7, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

The recent round of real-estate related bankruptcies here may be just the first domino in a row of f

Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro attempted to lure foreign investors to her ravaged country las

The United States has proposed ambitious changes to a two-year old set of agreements with Japan aime

CANADA'S JOBLESS RATE INCREASES TO 9.1 PERCENTCanada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate

South Korean President Roh Tae-Woo will go to Moscow this week to meet his Soviet counterpart, Mikha

Going, going, gone. On Nov. 30, Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. of Fenton, Mo., a division of Fi

A Mass. insurance executive says a $480,000 grant to boost a local police department's new auto thef

NY OFFICIAL DEMANDS THAT PRICES BE CUTALBANY, New York - Major oil companies must immediatel

Atlantic Container Line is adding a chief operating officer to its roster of key executives, a top c

Friday Dec. 7, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Soviet Union has managed to open letters of credit for part of the sugar it contracted to buy re

The apparent winner of a closely contested Radio Officers Union election wants to renegotiate two la

Different insurance departments can cooperate responsibly to recoup policyholder funds when insolven

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

Fri., Dec. 7, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Norsk Hydro A/S, the Norwegian fertilizer, energy, metals and chemicals group, signed an agreement t

Dec. 7, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The breakdown of the Uruguay Round world trade negotiations on Friday has left the global trading sy

Japan announced Friday that a disputed contract for Osaka's Kansai International Airport was formall

The Ghana Cocoa Board, eager to meet its delivery schedules, has raised cocoa stocks at the Port of

Ports in Virginia and the South Atlantic emerged as winners from recently concluded local waterfront

This table lists spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and coalproducers

American General Corp. on Friday rejected two proposals to buy its home service insurance subsidiari

About $2.8 billion are left in fiscal 1991 short-term U.S. Department of Agriculture export credit

Two industry giants, Allied-Signal Inc. and Himont Inc., said they reached an agreement to jointly r

Dec. 7, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

For the week ended Dec. 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 12

As of Dec. 7, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 7, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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REGIONAL BLOCS The Pacific Rim Export Boom. Dec. 11. Roanoke, Va. Contact Franklin Blankemey

Continuing its four-year program to jettison marginal lines, CSX Transportation Inc. last week sold

The controversial property taxes levied by ports in Washington state have found someone willing to d

Martyn Merritt and AMG Services Inc. say the Federal Maritime Commission has a "witch hunt mentality

One of the nation's largest business organizations plans to make exports its top priority in 1991.

US MAY NOT PAY FOR CHILE FRUIT LOSSESSANTIAGO, Chile - President Bush hinted Thursday that t