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FMC Corp. said it would raise prices on phosphorous trichloride and several of its derivatives, effe

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

It is axiomatic that a nationwide strike against railroads would have such a deleteriouseffect on th

An oil tanker damaged in a storm late last week spilled an estimated 4million to 6 million gallons o

USSR IMPORTS OF CORN, WHEAT, COTTON TALLIEDThe United States exported no corn, wheat or cott

Todd Shipyards is discussing sale of a large dry dock from its closed Galveston shipyard as another

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said it formed joint ventures in France and Indonesia to produce and

Analysts said they are unconcerned by the first year-on-year drop in U.S. crude oil inventories sinc

Kuwait Petroleum International, the European unit of Kuwait Petroleum Corp.,hasn't dropped i

Friday Nov. 16, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

As of Nov. 16, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Eastman Chemical Co. said it reached an agreement with PT Eastindo Polymertama and Pan European Fib

The U.S.S.R. has a pressing near-term need for meat to feed its people and for protein to feed its l

REGIONAL BLOCS Encuentro '90. Nov. 18-20. New Orleans. Matchmaker trade event for Latin Amer

Recessionary forces in the economy and declining interest rates will push thedollar to new l

After two years of sitting on the trade policy sidelines, Congress is mulling a more aggressive role

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 8A* Howard Simon - Simon

Igor Shirmanov is a rebel with a cause. The young lawyer turned businessman is fighting the

As part of its transition to a Western-style economy, the Soviet Union wants to rapidly build a comm

Peter Friedmann's law firm is Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt of Portland, Ore., contrary to the

Avondale Industries Inc. will become majority owned by its employees with thepurchase of ano

Airborne Express has entered into still another new arrangement in Europe as part of a broader plan

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 224.94 off 0.65 which compares

Nov. 16, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

French insurer Axa is negotiating for a stake in a Malaysian insurance company as part of its strate

Fri., Nov. 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The United States is continuing to improve its trade balance, excluding oil trade, Commerce Departme

The Ghana Cocoa Board, or Cocobod, plans to sell about a third of its 1990-91 cocoa crop in the Far

Officials of Airbus Industrie and the German Economics Ministry meet in Bonn today to discuss the wo

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For the week ended Nov. 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Home heating oil prices throughout New York state continued to retreat and gasoline prices edged hig

A New York analyst defined the recent merger of Sweden's second largest insurer, Trygg-Hansa Holding

A rail strike will occur this winter, says Richard I. Kilroy, president of the AFL-CIO Transportatio

Trade between the United States and Israel is still far from being completely free, five years afte

A wheat subsidy war between the United States and the European Community is inevitable if the curren

The Department of Transportation plans to examine limits on foreign ownership of this nation's airli

A sharp drop in oil prices Friday pushed The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index lower.

FEWER BRENT CARGOES EXPECTED IN DECEMBERLONDON - Forty or 41 cargoes of North Sea Brent Blen

NOW MAYBE they can get on to other business. Washington-based consumer group Public Citizen