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Children at a Moscow orphanage were among the first Soviet recipients of Western aid Tuesday when th

Cash-starved Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., a shipyard that once was the Tacoma area's largest private emp

Reaction to the proposed Chicago Board of Trade fertilizer futures contract has been ranging from am

The Algerian state oil company, Sonatrach, is seeking to involve U.S. oil companies in an ambitious,

An increase in fossil fuel production of more than 50 percent will be needed over the next 40 years

American President Lines Ltd. will work as a general agent for Atlantic Container Line in Miami and

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Transcisco Industries Inc. has signed a letter of intent to create what it hopes will be its fourth

Day two of a strike by disgruntled longshore clerical workers at the Port of Baltimore caused major

It appears "very likely" that the U.S. fourth-quarter gross national product will be negative, White

Prices in the cocoa spot and terminal markets are expected to drop in the short term as buyers, who

Container Corp. of India, a newly formed state company, is offering an intermodal package it hopes w

The Port of Charleston named Eurolist Ltd. as its marketing representative within the European Commu

Northwest Airlines' coverage for damages resulting from Monday's runway crash at Detroit Metropolita

AMERICAN GENERAL GETS BIDS FOR SUBSIDIARIESNEW YORK - American General Corp. said Tuesday th

Votainer Consolidation Services (New York) Inc. moved its Baltimore sales and operations offices.

Dec. 4, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Trafalgar House PLC, the British property, construction, hotels and shipping group, is reviewing its

The fate of the Uruguay Round of world trade liberalization talks hung in the balance Tuesday night

Using fancy footwork to nail down a deal is all in a day's work for many executives. But rep

The U.S. dollar remained broadly lower Tuesday afternoon after weakening in morning trading on word

The National Conference on Soviet Jewry is urging President Bush to extend both credits and lower ta

Dockworkers at Brazil's second-largest port, Rio de Janeiro, voted to accept a last-minute port auth

Union Carbide Corp. said it sold its 50 percent equity stake in Lincare Inc., an oxygen and medical

Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court contain far-reaching implications for relations between rail

Ships continued to pile up at the Port of Philadelphia Tuesday as a strike by local longshoremen wen

Insurance companies will be required to furnish state insurance regulators with annual financial sta

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Since he took office 18 months ago, President Carlos Menem has broken powe

After coping for years with a highly protected Brazilian auto market whose walls are now being disma

When Apple Computer Inc. founders turned out their first personal computer, they never dreamed their

After years of difficulty and delay, ocean carriers finally are warming to true paperless trading. T

This Week: NEW ENGLAND: United Illuminating Co., New Haven, Conn.MID-ATLANTIC: General Publi

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. may change its practice of flying the American flag onits cable-l

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New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 3, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Dec. 4, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

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

EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE POLICIES can make it much easier for a company to obtain financing for expor

Jim Kane was elected to a one-year term as chairman of Port Everglades Authority commission.