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ITACONIC ACID, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE Pfizer Inc.'s Specialty Chemicals group will increase the

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For the week ended Nov. 17, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

As of Nov. 23, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Nov. 23, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The British pound will rise in the post-Thatcher era, which could bring the U.K. economy closer to t

Organizers of the first U.S. environmental trade mission to Mexico say prospects for bilateral busin

FRENCH BANKS SIGN SOVIET CREDIT PACTSFrench banks Friday signed three credit agreements impl

The Journal of Commerce said the 1991 editions of its directories of U.S. importers and exporters co

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index continued to slide last week on lower metal prices fr

Philadelphia's AIDS Activities Coordinating Office Friday applauded the Pennsylvania legislature for

When Ben Duell talks about the wheat prices - the lowest since the Great Depression - his voice trem

Edgar Woolard, chairman of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., says the "odds are pretty good" the compan

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET crept upward last week, in volumes that were still on thelight side

OESTERREICHISCHE LAENDERBANK (Vienna, Austria) - Gerhard Randa, 47, was named chairman andchief ex-

Nov. 23, 1990 Copper Total, 7,819. Gold Total, .1,549,664.Silver Total, .257,948,492.

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

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 23, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sharply higher oil prices could be the first result of a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizin

Bankers and other international trade financiers here are flocking after Chilean and Mexican compani

When American business consultants toured a Mideast orange juice factory recently, they were shocke

The U.S. ambassador to China and the Chinese ambassador to the United States are scheduled to appear

Years ago, U.S.-owned maquiladora, or assembly-type, plants were accused of coming to Mexico to evad

Precious metal markets jumped Friday in what normally is a very quiet day after Thanksgiving.

FIREMAN'S PURCHASE APPROVED IN CALIF.The California department's Nov. 16 approval of Allianz

A SELECTIVE STRIKE may not be successful if rail unions hit only one railroad, in an effort to avoid

Allan D. Musgrove, who bought Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. of Winston-Salem, N.C., in December 1988,

When Delta Air Lines puts its newest plane, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, into service inFebruary, it

One bright spot in the heating oil picture, industry executives say, is that mass conversions to nat

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the German shipping company that lost 20 million deutsche marks ($13 million) on its

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Nov. 23, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

''WHY CAN'T SOMEBODY find the correct world oil price?" is a question we often hear asked. But there

India's new government is planning at this ninth hour to take a more aggressive posture in current m

Looking for a way to identify young job candidates in foreign markets? An international stud

A month of virtual vacuum in government has ended with the installation of a new cabinet. How long P

The pound of the gavel signified the beginning of the annual meeting of the National Conference of I

Although export demand for U.S. corn this year has fizzled, domestic poultry and hog feeders continu

Will a lean and trim figure attract new suitors? The rate-setting group for North Atlantic c

PORT OF FELIXSTOWE ANNOUNCES JOB CUTSLONDON - More than 100 jobs are to be eliminated at Fel