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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE'S decision last week to move up by 90 minutes the deadline for delivery of ove

The Howland Hook container terminal on Staten Island, N.Y., was closed by its financially troubled o

Up to $8 billion in aid for sub-Saharan Africa over the next three years has been pledged by the Uni

Indications point to renewed interest among foreign investors in China, shunned since its army crush

Tuesday Oct. 30, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

On Tuesday, the European Commission reached an agreement with Air France and French authorities on t

The worldwide insurance industry was sharply attacked Tuesday by one of its best-known insureds for

A shipping line that controls about half of the Alaskan cruise market says it will pursue developmen

The initial performance of the U.S. Military Sealift Command in the current Middle East crisis has g

Average residential natural gas prices in the United States are expected to increase to $5.79 a thou

Massachusetts aviation officials say they have no problem with a New Hampshire official's statement

Political reform in Pretoria means bread on the table for factory workers in Peoria. Caterpi

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VNESHECONOMBANK, THE SOVIET BANK for Economic Affairs, plans to upgrade its New York representative

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COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

The International Chamber of Commerce has charged leaders of the seven major industrialized countrie

VENEZUELA - Up to $39.4 million from the International Finance Corp. to Productora del Alcoholes Hid

Two Italian representatives from the European Community plan to hold talks with European Community a

ECONOMY GREW 1.8 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTERWASHINGTON - A surge in purchases of new cars helpe

Customer demand will force liner shipping companies that offer inland as well as seaborne transport

U.S. heating oil supplies should be adequate to meet winter demand, Charles DiBona, American Petrole

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

Tue., Oct. 30, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

U.S. grain exports will drop about 12 percent this year because of a record world production, an ind

World crude oil prices should stabilize by the end of 1993 regardless of whether the United States a

Precious metals futures surged Tuesday - closing just off their highs - on a combination of technica

The International Natural Rubber Organization may have to intervene to shore up prices during the ye

Growers estimate planted area for cotton in the current 1990-91 (October- Septem ber) season will pr

Long Island-based First Central Financial Corp. will begin underwriting insurance for business syste

Shipping lines in the Far East are growing much more rapidly than those in the rest of the world and

The chart showing Bulk Shipping Rates, 1980-90, which appeared on Page 1C of the Bulk Transportation

China intends to become the world's largest shipbreaker, an official said Monday in outlining plans

Oct. 30, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Canada's maritime sector is one of the country's few remaining enterprises that continues to flouris

Iraq said it is prepared to release a fourth aircraft still grounded in Kuwait, but only if British

AGENCY FINDS DUMPING OF CEMENT BY JAPANESEJapanese companies are selling gray portland cemen

Programs and policy actions by the U.S. government are is causing a shift in the country's predomina

An affiliate of Shell Oil Co. announced that it has begun building a plant that will convert sub-bit

COTTON FUTURES, having retreated in August on recession worries and the stock market plunge, have ra