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The nation's military sealift fleet will get a big-bucks boost of at least $1 billion after House an

Oct. 17, 1990 Copper Total, 6,090. Gold Total, .1,560,101.Silver Total, .261,011,953.

Oct. 17, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.8

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 17, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

Four big drug companies reported sharply higher third-quarter income in a sign the pharmaceutical in

TAIWANESE POLICE RAID PIRATE SOFTWARE FIRMTAIPEI, Taiwan - Police raided a company that plan

The days when Asia could single-mindedly sell to the United States and Europe ''are over," a trade e

Cleveland's newest museum-to-be arrived at the Ohio city's East Ninth Street pier on Tuesday.

House and Senate conferees have finished mixing the medicine to cure problems with shipping agents i

Secret loans to Iraq by a U.S. branch of a leading Italian bank have helped Saddam Hussein build up

Wed., Oct. 17, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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As of Oct. 17, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Oct. 17, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The king of Tonga, a banana-exporting South Pacific island nation with 443 cars, wants all the tires

CONGO - $15.8 million from the World Bank for agricultural extension and research. A 20-year loan, a

Funding that will allow Amtrak to complete much-needed track work in New York City, continue constru

Producing Brazilian coffee trees highly resistant to leaf rust and other diseases, along with high-

UK TROOPS IN MIDEAST OFFERED LIFE INSURANCELONDON - Bain Clarkson Ltd. , the British insuran

One of Thailand's manufacturers of maritime containers is establishing a second plant with governmen

Trucking giant P-I-E Nationwide Inc. will continue hauling freight despite a Chapter 11 bankruptcy f

FRENCH SURVEY SHOWS INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT DIPFrench industrial production fell slightly in Septe

Improving statewide earthquake preparedness since the California Bay Area's destructive Loma Prieta

FCOJ PRICE CUTS REPORTED IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - Major Brazilian exporters of frozen co

MOTOR FLEET SUPERVISOR TRAINING, SEMINAR FOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. Oct. 22-24. Penn State Universi

Soaring fuel costs due to the Persian Gulf crisis and a sagging economy are playing havoc with the C

MATSON NAVIGATION CO. (San Francisco) - Joseph A. Palazzolo was named treasurer of the shipping line

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

Oct. 17, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

After a bad start to fiscal 1990-91 in July, Pakistan's exports are beginning to look up, though imp

NISSHO IWAI AMERICAN CORP. (New York) - Takehiko Tsuchiya, senior managing director, was named presi

For the port industry, the federal budget crisis has its good and bad sides, the South Atlantic and

The States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force issued recommendations for preventing oil spills in

Crude oil stocks decreased by 6.2 million barrels from the previous week but remained 500,000 barrel

Federal lawmakers and state insurance regulators ordered an analysis of a report issued earlier this

Disputes between U.S. shipyards and their customers are on the rise, according to both a naval archi

Meat supplies in the Soviet Union are significantly lower than normal, with some state stores in lar

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 17, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As the budget clock ticks down to a Friday deadline on Capitol Hill, footwear manufacturers were pus

A scene from the past is coming alive in Havana streets as Cuba resorts to horse-drawn carts to cope