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Fri., Oct. 19, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Oct. 19, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The Commerce Ministry is working on policy changes to tone up the working of the country's free trad

The U.S. Department of Agriculture could be required to allow as much as 300 million bushels of whea

CHINA EXPECTS TO BOOST OIL EXPORTS THIS YEARHONG KONG - China's oil industry said crude oil

1274 (Oct. 19, 1990) Previous day - 1268 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

This table lists spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and coal producer

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 18, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

As airports increase in value, and the struggling municipalities that run them seek ways to convert

Liner shipping agents are warning of closures and bankruptcies unless they can negotiate higher fees

A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge agreed to waive over $31,000 in incorrect fre

The West Coast-Middle East Rate Agreement, a rate-making group of three shipping lines serving the w

The prospect of Congress' requiring China to make new political concessions for continued U.S. trade

MIDWAY TO SCALE BACK ITS PRESENCE IN PHILA.CHICAGO - Midway Airlines will significantly redu

U.S. and Canadian business interests have filed requests to accelerate tariff cuts on more than 1,00

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index softened last week on lower oil prices. The p

Mobil Oil Corp. agreed last week to a seven-year phase-out of deadly hydrogen fluoride at a refinery

After years of complaints about the quality of its export coal, China says it will take action promp

The glut of sour crude on the U.S. West Coast is continuing to grow due to increased Alaskan crude o

United Parcel Service quietly is upgrading its overnight domestic express service to better compete

Rockefeller Center. CBS Records. Columbia Pictures. The highly publicized Japanese acquisiti

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

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U.S. and Canadian corporations view Pacific Rim countries as a greater competitive threat than Europ

A U.S. demand for exemptions from a Uruguay Round draft accord on telecommunications met with anger

Prices of all products sold by Dow Corning will be increased 5 percent to 8 percent, effective Nov.

Philipp Bros Inc., the ailing commodities trading arm of Salomon Inc., rejected an offer by Newco AG

Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd., parent of Hong Kong's largest containership operator, will show a s

P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd. and seven employees were cleared ofmanslaughter charges in a Briti

The country may be sliding into a recession, but rail freight carloading data do not give clear evid

Yellow Freight System Inc. said it does not plan to raise rates in Januarybecause future ind

Daimler-Benz AG of Germany named Ernst G. Stoeckl, chairman and chief executive officer of Freightli

The Energy Department announced it will allocate funds under the Clean Coal Technology program for a

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES rose last week as the spot Baltic Freight Index continued to advance. T

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

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN FRANCE RISES 2.12 PERCENTFrench industrial production in July-Augus

BELL NICHOLSON HENDERSON (USA) INC. (New York) - George J. Daddario Jr. was appointed assistant vice

Civil engineers reviewing the Loma Prieta earthquake one year later are urging cities in 39 states p

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CARRIERS DEFER HIKE IN BUNKER SURCHARGESAN FRANCISCO - The Mediterranean-Pacific Coast Confe