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

After two years of deregulation, Italian insurance companies are going through a period of slow grow

PRODUCER PRICES RISE IN WESTERN GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - Western Germany's producer price

China's shipbuilding sector has hit a slump, new figures indicate, with output this year likely to b

The Journal of Commerce will begin publishing a monthly tabloid edition in the Soviet Union Jan. 25,

A top Soviet trade official said it could cost the already faltering Soviet economy up to $8 billion

Many years after U.S. oil companies began sending commercial information to each other by computer,

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. (San Francisco) - Gaston "Butch" Grass was named district manager of the San

China's oil production declined in October and some analysts believe the country will be hard presse

The state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Commission drew up plans to boost production from fields off the w

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 16, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Norfolk Southern Corp. said it completed a deal with Island Creek Corp. for the purchase of an Ohio

An intensive round of consultations and jockeying opens today after a weekend marked by long-distanc

Petronas, Malaysia's state-owned oil company, Friday signed a letter of intent with U.S., Korean and

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Nov. 16, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

As rumors of David W. Davis' departure from the Massachusetts Port Authority hardened into reality l

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