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Fri., Nov. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Staffa oil field, the small North Sea field to be developed by Lasmo PLC, has a projected life o

THE TRUCK-RAIL WAR over bigger and heavier trucks hasn't even been declared, but the fighting alread

The thriving economies of Southeast Asia are renewing pledges of closer cooperation. But they've bee

Thursday's Federal Reserve data was stirring speculation that the United States is raising a $10 bil

Electronic communications technology is enabling shippers to track carrier performance with never-be

California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan's governing board has been condemned by the state's two lar

MC Shipping Inc. posted the weakest quarterly earnings in its brief history Friday, and cut its divi

The president of the International Longshoremen's Association, John Bowers, hopes to attract the Tri

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Down on the farm in Argentina they are not complaining about taxes, government policies or the weat

Opinion among grain traders about the success of a planned London-based international rice futures c

Hanlin Chemicals West Virginia Inc., a manufacturer of chlorine, caustic soda and certain chlorinate

President Corazon Aquino Friday ordered government offices to cut down on electricity and fuel consu

As of Nov. 2, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

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Nov. 2, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.00

The United States will put more emphasis on structural trade issues with Japan if the Uruguay Round

The embattled Frank family, under fire from officials in two states for allegedly operating the barg

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

Nov. 2, 1990 Copper Total, 8,337. Gold Total, .1,585,607.Silver Total, .258,614,170.

A stiff rate hike by Mexico's national railroad last month has begun pushing Mexican and U.S. freigh

A group representing American pork producers urged Friday that U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hi

While Asian companies say they welcome Western expertise in accident prevention, safety systems and

MOBAY CORP. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - Douglas A. Henderson, president and chief executive of Polysar Rubbe

MEXICO'S PETROLEUM NOT PART OF TRADE PACTMEXICO CITY - Mexico's petroleum will not be includ

Ongoing fears of war in the Middle East are likely to continue to fuel gains in cash propane prices

LEADING INDICATORS OFF 2ND MONTH IN ROWThe U.S. government's main forecasting gauge for the

Nov. 2, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1312 (Nov. 2, 1990) Previous day - 1311 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

OVERSEAS BUYERS CATCH CANADIAN 'CABIN FEVER'Cabin fever has hit overseas buyers of Canada's

Picture a company with several hundred employees and only one phone, and a work force accustomed to

Cigna Corp., the Philadelphia-based insurance and financial services company, reported a 91.7 percen

The cost of health care in Massachusetts, already the highest in the nation, will more than double t

HYDRAULIC SHIP LAB INAUGURATED IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Japanese and Mexican officials recentl

Johnson & Higgins still doggedly seeks a London-based replacement for its former U.K. brokerage conn

Faced with an impending decline in direct U.S. government subsidies, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is ta

Sagging cocoa production in West Africa should keep 1990-91 (October- September) world output at 2.3

In a move that might anger the Soviet Union's increasingly independent-minded republics, President M

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 2, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-