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Ironically, Brazil's Embraer aircraft manufacturer is in no condition to take advantage of hard-won

E. GERMAN SUGAR PLANTS TO BE MODERNIZEDBONN, Germany - Western German sugar producers will i

QUAKE FORECAST CLOSES SCHOOLS IN MIDWESTA prediction that the central United States will be

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Doug Green is to be arraigned this week on 24 additional indictment

Signs of a temporary truce between the state and federal government on the solvency issue are beginn

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

Nov. 30, 1990 Copper Total, 9,272. Gold Total, .1,348,288.Silver Total, .257,688,587.

U.S. companies are accelerating efforts to supply the armed forces in the Persian Gulf now that the

The government's main forecasting gauge for the economy dropped for a fourth straight month in Octob

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In a first-ever civil jury trial under the Clean Air Act, a verdict was rendered in favor of the U.S

The recent insolvency of the St. Louis, Mo.-domiciled Bel Air Insurance Co., a purchasing group insu

Denver oilman Bill Brooks doesn't particularly like Continental Airlines Inc., but he relies on the

Exxon Corp.'s subsidiary in Thailand has agreed to sell a 30 percent stake - 10 percent to the gover

Major oil companies and smaller traders are engaged in a fierce fight to gain a maximum of Kuwait Pe

FOUR-HOUR FIRE HITS SAUDI ARABIAN REFINERYDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A fire that raged fo

UNDERGROUND RAILWAY APPROVED IN CHINAHONG KONG - China's State Planning Commission approved

AUSTRALIA'S COMPASS MAKES INAUGURAL FLIGHTSYDNEY, Australia - Compass Airlines became Austra

SEA-LAND TO OPEN MORE OFFICES IN CHINASea-Land Service Inc. said it will open sales offices

ISRAELI COURT BARS GENERAL STRIKETEL AVIV, Israel - Businessmen won a temporary court injunc

President Bush said he has asked his "top people" to come up with recommendations by next week on wh

Southern Pacific Transportation Corp.'s new trackage rights into Chicago will improve its ability to

When the Port of Los Angeles on Jan. 1 unveils its new customer service division, it will join what

A Canadian air show official said late last week it has become the first Western organization to app

Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group Inc. announced price increases for a number of commodity chemicals,

A new containership was completed in November for Hamburg-Sud, a leading German shipowner and the pa

TEAC Corp. agreed to pay the Federal Maritime Commission over $138,000 to settle charges that the Ja

No major obstacles exist to block the Port of Seattle from taking over operation of the billion-doll

Sadek Boussena, OPEC's president, scolded world oil markets Thursday for comfortably ignoring the re

Oil storage and terminal operator Oiltanking Singapore is studying a S$50 million (US$25 million) ex

A consumer group is challenging economic forecasts Boston Edison Co. is using to justify the need fo

The cost of shipping export coal to port loading terminals by rail is going to go up in 1991.

Christopher L. Koch was sworn in as the chairman of the Federal Maritime Com- mission last week, ple

Nov. 30, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

IT'S A WAY OF LIFE to speak in euphemisms in Washington. It's de rigueur for battling politi

METROPOLITAN STEVEDORE CO. (Wilmington, Calif.) - John M. Elliott was named assistant vice president

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Fear of a military takeover in the Soviet Union is raising doubts about plans to lift export control