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Oil futures prices gained sharply Wednesday on re-emerging fears of war in the Persian Gulf and on t

Home buyers' costs will increase sharply and thousands of prospective owners will be eliminated from

* Trading With Suriname 4A * Brazil Farmers Favor Coordination With U.S. 4A* Soviet-Taiwan L

Foreign investors have long urged the Taiwanese government to allow them direct access to the island

BRAZILIAN AGENCY CUTS COFFEE CROP ESTIMATERIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's 1990-91 (May-Apr

The Port of Grays Harbor plans to spend $6.4 million on operations and $5 million on capital improve

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 24, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 24, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.8

HARTFORD STEAM POSTS HIGHER NET INCOMEHARTFORD, Conn. - Third quarter net income of Hartford

State Insurance Commissioner Samuel Fortunato warned insurance companies Tuesday that failing to vol

Solvency regulation could best be handled by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or

The biggest single issue facing the reinsurance industry is one that "only seems to be discussed in

If all goes as planned, a tidy lot of Budapest citizens will begin doing their laundry American-sty

Orders received by factories for long-lasting goods fell sharply by 1.7 percent in September becaus

The Canadian pork industry has until Nov. 7 to appeal a Tuesday finding by the U.S. International Tr

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

House and Senate aviation leaders remained at odds Wednesday over landmark legislation that would se

U.S. Agricultural Secretary Clayton Yeutter's mission to Brazil this week should be a resounding suc

Budget negotiators racing to meet a midnight Wednesday deadline were close to a deficit reduction pl

Rob Quartel's suggestions for reforming U.S. maritime law are considered radical coming from a membe

Lim Kit Siang, leader of Malaysia's largest opposition group, the Democratic Action Party, or DAP, s

Officials at Norfolk Southern Corp. are cautiously optimistic about business. "There may not

Once more defying a federal court order, striking Santos port employees voted Tuesday and Wednesday

Aluminum ingots- $1,970-$1,980 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

A Norfolk Southern train wreck south of Columbia, S.C., Tuesday combined numerous riskfactors to dea

Excess capacity, heavy dependence on foreign technology and flat U.S. demand could stall South Korea

The United States Wednesday made a proposal that would reduce by 43 percent the average U.S. tariff

Before Iceland takes delivery of a new ambulance, frozen fish is packed into the freighter "M.V. Hof

American Airlines planned $100 million investment to expand operations at Luis Munoz Marin Internati

Arch Mineral Corp., one of Kentucky's fastest-growing coal operators, is buying more coal reserves i

1328 (Oct. 24, 1990) Previous day - 1336 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Wed., Oct. 24, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Oct. 24, 1990 Copper Total, 5,927. Gold Total, .1,562,106.Silver Total, .263,875,857.

Shipping experts predict that U.S. shipyards could soon be competing internationally as the cost of

The U.S. National Security Council approved a plan to ease export curbs to the Soviet Union and East

BRAZIL'S TRADE SURPLUS NARROWED IN SEPTEMBERSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's September trade sur

The story headlined, "Producer Rule: Industry Hits Liability Clause," which appeared on Page 9A in

The European Commission's antitrust division is continuing its investigation of a $500 million agree

Pan American World Airways, the pioneer of trans-Atlantic air travel that is now struggling to remai