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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

PLASTICS ADDITIVES Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s Additives division will increase prices of additives f

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 24, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Europe's postal monopolies and foreign express carriers are bracing for battle as the European Commu

Japan's vaunted Just-in-Time parts delivery system, which for years has greatly reduced the need for

Heavy losses on property and auto insurance lines cut third-quarter profits at Safeco Corp., a major

The European Community Commission faced a very simple question when it began to define a post-1992

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

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Santa Fe Pacific Corp. is on the verge of completing its long-planned breakup into three separate co

MEAT IMPORTERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA INC. (Arlington, Va.) - David J. Jackson was elected chairman of t

Results from 1990 field trials of cotton genetically engineered to resist caterpillar insects show t

Supplying U.S. troops in the Middle East is getting to be old hat for the USNS Capella. The

A series of waterfront labor-management grievances at South Atlantic ports dominated the agenda Tues

Cyprus will allow a Lebanese-owned tanker to leave the Port of Larnaca following the unloading of 1,

Oct. 23, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 23, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Creative debt swaps are likely to become more creative, at least when it comes to Ecuadoreans and ed

NORTH AMERICAAuto Expo '91. Uniondale, N.Y. Oct. 25-28. Contact Nassau Veterans Memorial Col

Australian and U.S. sailors Monday boarded an Iraqi ship that had ignored warning shots and orders t

A family-run barge company responsible for a large number of pollution incidents in the New York-New

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STOLT PLANS TO RESELL 1 OF 2 PARCEL TANKERSGREENWICH, Conn. - Stolt Tankers and Terminals (H

United Parcel Service Inc. is launching another attack on general freight truckers by expanding the