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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)

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * Mark Berniker - Reporter's Notebook: USSR Food Trek

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

Raytheon Co., Massachusetts' largest user of ozone-depleting chemicals, announced Wednesday that it

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 6, 1990Bid AskedCopper-G

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

JAPANESE MOVE OUT OF EQUITIES MARKETJapanese investors are shifting their funds into Japanes

Northern Air Cargo Inc. of Anchorage won by default rights from Uncle Sam to fly freighters between

Major oil storage and terminal operators here are increasing their capacity in anticipation of a hea

SEUSA GROUP TO HIKE CURRENCY SURCHARGEGENOA, Italy - A group of 14 shipping lines carrying c

Ports on the North Atlantic are going to establish a rate-making conference among themselves.

Eighteen more military cargo ships from the mothball fleet are being called into service to support

A key aide to Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar has poured cold water on the idea of automatic licensin

The latest controversy over trade in textiles between Mexico and the United States is probably an is

The U.S. Customs Service this week launched a new computer module to improve the enforcement of inte

American companies considering garment and textile industry investment in the Caribbean and Central

UPS PLANS TO HIKE FREIGHT RATES IN '91GREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service plans a numbe

PENTAERYTHRITOL AND TRIMETHYLPROPANE Perstorp Polyols Inc. is increasing the market price of

WHAT IS IT? The master contract is a labor agreement negotiated between waterfront employers and the

Dec. 6, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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