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Barging operations of the embattled Frank family empire apparently continued operating over the week

After a scramble of last-minute lobbying by anti-Castro forces, House and Senate negotiators last w

LIBYA PURCHASES BARLEY POSSIBLY SET FOR IRAQLibya's purchase Thursday of 500,000 metric tons

Some Japanese life insurance companies face sizable losses on loans they made linked to the Nikkei S

U.S. cotton industry officials are optimistic the Soviet Union will permit its republics, and even f

A kind of mass euphoria has infected Atlanta, an epidemic of Olympic fever, since this self-proclaim

MISS. RIVER EXPORTS OF COAL INCREASE 26 PERCENTNEW ORLEANS - Coal exports through the ports

The Soviet Union's oil production will average 11.6 million barrels a day during 1990, Vladimir Arut

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 19, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Friday Oct. 19, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Big international consulting firms have moved eagerly into Eastern Europe, most of them working for

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * India May Modify Trade Zone Policy 5A* JofC Industri

The United States filed a unfair trade practices action against Canada for that nation's restriction

The U.S. administration's lack of concern about the dollar's fall to record lows portends further lo

Japanese companies, often criticized for neglect of their shareholders, are coming under government

A whirlwind tour to sell the idea of a U.S.-Mexico free trade pact will touch down in five U.S. citi

Australia's Qantas airline will become bigger, stronger and much more competitive next year.

As of Oct. 19, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The successor to I.G. Farben, the infamous chemical works that propelled Adolf Hitler's Nazi war mac

SURFACE SIZE American Cyanamid Co. said its bulk price for Cypres 48 surface size was increa

Lyons Transportation Lines Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, the second trucking company

The Port of Boston threatened Friday to split off from other groups currently negotiating a dockside

MO. SETS HEARINGS ON EARTHQUAKE COVERJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Division of Insuranc

The U.S. livestock industry is developing strategies to take advantage of trade policies that might

Atari Corp.'s Taiwan subsidiary and two of its employees were indicted Friday in Taiwan on charges o

Officials with ITT Hartford Insurance Group are seeking a retraction from Public Citizen, saying the

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 19, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 231.02 off 0.76 which compares

For the week ended Oct. 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

* Senate Leader Targets Caribbean Footwear 3A * Customs Update 3A* Premium Talk 7A*

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When the news comes down that your ship is about to be arrested, it's inevitably at the wrong time.

A gloomy outlook for containership operators in 1991 will be brightened somewhat by an increase in t

Hungary may continue to rely on the Soviet Union for the majority of its crude oil supplies, despite

Two groups of ship lines linking the United States with the Indian subcontinent postponed for one mo

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Growing Japanese economic might will remain a serious threat to U.S. businesses in the next decade u

The U.S. dollar dropped sharply in Thursday afternoon trading after ranging mixed on short covering.

The latest byproduct of the improving trade relationship between the United States and Canada appare

The three main labor unions of UAL Corp. formed a coalition late Wednesday that for the first time e