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US FACTORY ORDERS UP 0.1 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERWASHINGTON - Oil price increases inflated the v

CHINA'S LI RULES OUT SOVIET-STYLE REFORMSChina's Premier Li Peng Wednesday ruled out fast-tr

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Free trade between the United States and Canada will not only boost legitimate commerce between the

South Korea's Goldstar Co. announced Wednesday that it signed five contracts valued at $769 million

Insurance and financial services giant Travelers Corp. reported Wednesday a net loss for the third q

Oct. 31, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

General purpose software publishers are putting paperless trading capabilities in their programs, as

The addition of Maersk Line to its ranks is making a difficult time of year for the rate-making grou

Members of the international trading community who want to start using Edifact, the electronic data

Gilbert E. Carmichael, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, hit back at rail labor

FREIGHTLINER CORP. (Portland, Ore.) - Michael von Mayenburg was named senior vice president, enginee

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Wednesday Oct. 31, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Shipments of petroleum products in the U.S. market will be affected more than crude oil shipments if

David Drimer was named assistant vice president/promotion and research at The Journal of Commerce,

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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International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 31, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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