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COASTAL CORP. CONFIRMS TALKS WITH HUSSEINBAGHDAD, Iraq - Oscar Wyatt, chairman of Coastal Co

A coalition led by non-union coal companies took another step this week toward heading off the impos

Sources say Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has told its two principal U.S. agents that it no longer will need t

The United States and the European Community Wednesday night were still locked in a bitter standoff

A German proposal that would slash limits on computer exports to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

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GERMAN TRADE SURPLUS WIDENED IN OCTOBERFRANKFURT, Germany - The trade surplus for Germany wi

When Nikita Khrushchev in 1956 warned the Western world: "History is on our side; we will bury you,"

New nuclear power plants will be built in the United States, starting in 1995, and begin operating b

A WINDOW INTO NEW BUSINESS. That's the reason TSI International says it bought Fortell Corp.

Eastern Europeans may want to eat McDonald's hamburgers and wear Levi's jeans, but they're going to

Re-exports are likely to remain the key to Hong Kong's performance in the coming year with domestic

A U.S. and Canadian delegation representing the St. Lawrence Seaway will travel to five European cou

Trading volume in the two most active stock index options contracts at the Chicago Board Options Exc

Gold prices Wednesday declined under the weight of tumbling oil prices and on the Federal Reserve Ba

A start toward restoring U.S.-Vietnamese economic relations may be made next year, a senior U.S. off

Why spend $33 million to gain 14 inches? Consolidated Rail Corp. recently did that to im- prove vert

Work has begun on the first stages of a new safety inspection plan for the nation's railroads and sh

The words are different but the message is still the same: The U.S. Customs Service's aggressive aut

Dec. 5, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Dec. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 4, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Advocates of nuclear energy are gearing up for a new effort aimed at revitalizing the moribund nucle

The International Institute of Container Lessors named two leasing industry executives to the top po

Oil prices plummeted Wednesday, losing more than $3 a barrel, on speculation that the Persian Gulf c

The U.S. dollar turned mixed late Wedneday after being pulled down by the Federal Reserve's Beige Bo

The London Sugar Futures Market Committee Wednesday debated the performance of London's sugar contra

PRINCIPLES OF EDI, THREE-DAY SEMINAR, DEC. 5-7. Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. Contact: ED

Trading volume in futures and options on the London International Financial Futures Exchange rose 17

SODIUM HYDROSULFITE Olin Corp. announced that it is increasing the off-schedule price of sol

Faced with increasing public scrutiny of the way states regulate insurance companies for solvency, t

In international trade, banks often provide essential services to cargo shippers, such as making loa

Total Ocean Marine Services Inc. hopes the Federal Maritime Commission can convince Venezuela to app

Brokers and importers are generally pleased with a new set of regulations governing the many automat

A congressional study released Tuesday shows Japan is pulling aheadof the United States because of a

Venezuela Wednesday signed a debt-restructuring agreement with 400 banks involving $19.7 billion of

Wed., Dec. 5, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 5, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY LOVE LOST between the utility industry and the congressional staffers w

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