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KEMPER CHIEF HAILS AUTO CRASH STANDARDSLONG GROVE, Ill. - Gerald L. Maatman, president and c

About 84 metric tons of munitions that were supposed to have been unloaded in the Middle East showed

Fri., Oct. 26, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

For the first time in 41 years of communist rule, China plans to raise state- controlled grain price

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Canadians have been spooked by the use of the dreaded "R" word by their finance minister, but econom

As Polish politicians wrangle over the pace of economic reform, three key projects are proceeding qu

New York state has until today to find an able and responsible oil and sludge hauler to replace the

A decision seems near on hotly contested bidding for rights to operate container terminals at Thaila

BAKARY KAMARA, SECRETARY-GENERAL of Africa Reinsurance Corp. in Lagos, Nigeria, wantsAfrican governm

EUROPE-US CONFERENCE MODIFIES ITS TARIFFGENOA, Italy - A group of shipping lines carrying ca

FREIGHT CAR ORDERS DIP IN QUARTERWASHINGTON - Orders for new and rebuilt freight cars declin

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1320 (Oct. 26, 1990) Previous day - 1327 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

It's generally assumed that the demand for gasoline has fallen since the Middle East crisis began an

VINYL ACETATE Hoechst-Celanese Corp.'s Chemical Group will remove a temporary voluntary allo

NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS COCOA BAN IS ONLAGOS, Nigeria - A proposed ban on the export of

The climate for foreign investors in Hong Kong could deteriorate if the level of Japanese investment

The privatization of property is emerging as the most divisive issue in the stormy economic debate u

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DECLINED IN OCTOBERNEW YORK - Consumer confidence, as measured by a Conf

ACS/PREMENOS (Concord, Calif.) - Klaus-Dieter Naujok was named manager of electronic data interchang

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The dollar is sinking and no one is bailing out the boat, currency traders warned. "There is

Many corporate executives in Ontario's insurance industry are casting their eyes somewhat nervously

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Staten Island, N.Y.) - William C. Connor was named line manager of the G

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 26, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

JAPAN REPORTS DROP IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTTOKYO - Japan's industrial production in September fe

The Federal Maritime Commission is making it tougher for small shippers and off-pier freight consoli

Western Europe's arms industry, its orders dwindling in the post-Cold War era, could shrink by nearl

Congressional aviation leaders were moving toward a compromise agreement that would establish for th

The launch last June of the Dubai crude oil futures contract by the International Petroleum Exchange

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 26, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

A senior European Community official said Friday that Japan's trade barriers are costing European pr

Latin America can look to a decade of renewed economic growth in the 1990s, based largely on exports

State University of New York trustees sympathized with graduate instructors who live "like church mo

A Soviet plan to re-enter the International Coffee Organization has upset coffee growers in India.

Hoechst AG and Imperial Chemical Industries PLC are the latest to join the list of western chemical

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The Senate late Friday was expected to consider a hazardous materials transportation bill that would