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Sustained economic growth and infrastructure development in Macao, the Portuguese-administered Chine

For the first time in more than a decade, commissioners at the Port of Seattle say they won't raise

World oil prices will enter a prolonged downtrend after the present crisis in the Persian Gulf is re

Shortly after United Airlines ordered 34 Boeing 777 twin-jets - launching Boeing Co.'s first new mod

Wed., Oct. 31, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Crude oil stocks for the week ending Oct. 26 decreased by 0.9 million barrelsfrom the previo

NESTE PART OF VENTURE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIANeste Chemicals of Finland and Chemical Works Litinov

The government moved Wednesday to end a simmering row between cable and satellite television operato

Polyvinyl chloride manufacturers said they are banking on a new bottle separation process to anchor

Foreign-flag lines serving the Great Lakes are not enthused about a provision in the new PL-480 II l

A Panama Canal marine services surcharge, imposed in April to recoup additional operating expenses a

W. INDIA GROUP HIKES CURRENCY SURCHARGELONDON - The members of the Association of West India

FORMER SAUDI MINISTER EXPECTS WAR SOONCARACAS, Venezuela - War in the Persian Gulf is an "im

The volume of U.S.-grown apples and pears shipped to Scandinavia will soar in the next few weeks fol

Oct. 31, 1990 Copper Total, 8,337. Gold Total, .1,545,333.Silver Total, .259,140,522.

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Japanese city banks, feeling the pinch of tightening international capital standards, are pushing fo

The haunting prospect of a widespread dock strike faded away Allhallows Eve when waterfront business

RUSSIAN REPUBLIC STARTS ITS OWN REFORM PLANThe Russian Federation, most powerful of the Sovi

South Korean ports recently began to increase their exports of bunker oil due to lower domestic pric

Threats of a nationwide Brazilian port strike were averted at least temporarily Wednesday while repr

California's top less-than-truckload carriers are outperforming the trucking industry as a whole, pr

AMPACET CORP. (Tarrytown, N.Y.) - W. Edward James was appointed as Ampacet International Corp.'s new

Domestic political pressure will keep South Korea from liberalizing its agricultural market in multi

A proliferation of new federal taxes and user fees on shipping could harm U.S. bulk commodity export

Oct. 31, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1309 (Oct. 31, 1990) Previous day - 1308 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

RECENTLY, A FRIEND OF OURS received a phone call from Perillo Bros., a fuel oil dealer in Farmingdal

Members of the European Community show no signs of compromising in multilateral talks to protect int

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations moved one step closer to becoming a regional common mark

Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.'s newly filed lawsuit against The Equitable Life Assurance Society o

In the first glimpse of this month's economic activity, local purchasing managers said Wednesday tha

CANADIAN ECONOMY SHRANK 0.5 PERCENT IN AUGUSTOTTAWA - Canada said Wednesday that its economy

U.S. ocean carriers could face serious hardship if the present system of government regulation is ch

For the third year in a row, the Japanese were the world's top savers last year, salting away nearly

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

In a classic David-and-Goliath confrontation, the upstart producer of America's only videocassette r

RUMORED US CORN SALE TO HUNGARY UNVERIFIEDA top grain official at Hungary's state commodity

The European Commission Wednesday announced a ban on pigmeat shipments from the United States effect