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A Coast Guard radar system that helps vessels avoid hazards in New York harbor will return to servic

Tuesday Dec. 4, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Dec. 4, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Senate Minority leader Robert Dole, R-Kan., Tuesday said he was hopeful that President Bush would an

Rising consumption for silver products will continue to reduce large surpluses of the precious metal

Projected production of U.S. grains, cotton and oilseeds in 1991 is likely to keep pressuring prices

GRAIN FREIGHT RATES FROM UK TO SPAIN SOARLONDON - Grain freight rates for 3,000 to 5,000-met

U.S. oil-spill laws could foul up U.S. grain exports by driving up insurance costs for ships that ca

TAIWAN POSTS SURPLUS IN BALANCE OF PAYMENTSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's international balance o

The federal government's new 5 cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline has prompted little price reaction from

Taiwan became the fourth country in recent weeks to come under Federal Maritime Commission scrutiny

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

Dec. 3, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Nov. 30, 1990.

An embattled European Community Monday attempted to go on the offensive in multilateral farm trade t

The following business missions are scheduled. The Journal of Commerce assumes no responsibility for

Officials from a leading sugar growers group Monday claimed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture

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It was the case of the vanishing nickel. Despite media warnings last week that retail gasoli

Waterfront labor in the South Atlantic agreed to let the guaranteed annual income program fade into

A $3 million improvement to a New York Cross Harbor Railroad facility in Brooklyn could increase the

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Threatened with the possible loss of valuable trade benefits, Dominican Republic President Joaquin

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

Gold prices dropped sharply amid reports that Iraq and the United States agreed proposed Persian Gul

As the odds for a Gulf war change sharply with each piece of news coming out of the Middle East, Asi

The world sugar market has been severely depressed in the wake of Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait,

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 3, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

ALL EYES ARE ON BRUSSELS this week as political appointees once again lay down new rules for the mov

UNCHARTED WATERS. That's where EDIA, the EDI Association is going, and some executives are v

North Texas shippers heard two widely opposing views on the effects of a House bill that aims to der

Aluminum ingots- $1,640-$1,700 per ton lots & in wareh

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Nov. 30, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 223.26 off 1.46 which compares w

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1365 (Dec. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1348 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Japan, the world's most successful trading nation, is taking a back seat at the Uruguay Round of glo

K-TRON INTERNATIONAL INC. (Pitman, N.J.) - Marcel O. Rohr was elected president and chief operating

ICI Australia charged that the United States and 14 other countries are selling plastic and chemica

Australia's rural gloom deepened Monday with news that the country's wheat farmers will suffer their