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New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 10, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The Port of Oakland has taken a new approach to its longstanding battle against declining West Coast

Three of the most powerful Canadian business groups Thursday blasted government economic and fiscal

A U.S. International Trade Commission report to the Senate Finance Committee recommended three advan

ON PRODUCTIVITY: Improving the effectiveness of office workers is the key productivity chall

Output of nonferrous metals in China rose about 10 percent in the first nine months of this year com

Railroad officials are bitterly protesting a House Ways and Means Committee budget package that woul

New types of high-speed sea craft could come into their own to bridge the gap between traditional oc

Crude oil stocks decreased by 4.2 million barrels from the previous week but were 13.3 million barre

The government Thursday announced cuts of $661 million in state subsidies for agricultural and other

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" Award on May 23, 1990. "E" Award in 1983.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:

Thursday Oct. 11, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

GERMANY'S POST OFFICE ORDERS TANDEM SYSTEMCUPERTINO, Calif. - Tandem Computers Inc., a compu

A draft law on foreign investment in the Soviet Union, obtained by The Journal of Commerce, may lift

POEHL WELCOMES ENTRY OF STERLING INTO ERMFRANKFURT, Germany - Karl Otto Poehl, Bundesbank Pr

The chairmen of 15 Uruguay Round negotiating groups have painted a grim picture of the progress of t

Rumors on grain trading floors Wednesday that the Soviet Union other Eastern European countries purc

MITSUBISHI METAL HEAD URGES MORE RECYCLINGThe protection of the environment and natural reso

Consumers cut down on buying on credit in August, the Federal Reserve Board reported Tuesday, by sha

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

Two shipping lines that had competed on routes between the U.S. West Coast and Brazil formed a partn

The trade and transportation communities are banding together to create guidelines to make it much e

The Bush administration wants proponents of two bills designed to legalize gambling on U.S.-flag pas

The only way to make the insurance business grow is to develop "good,qualified, educated, in

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Canada's leading airline, Air Canada, is spearheading a severe industry austerity drive by downsizin

GREENPEACE SHIP TOWED TO MURMANSKMOSCOW - The captain and crew of a Greenpeace ship seized b

MOBIL EXPECTS OK ON REFINERY EXPANSIONHOUSTON - Texas regulatory officials are expected to g

In admiralty law, collision liability is assessed against the party who was at fault, either by viol

1183 (Oct. 10, 1990) Previous day - 1179 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 10, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Oct. 10, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Forget McDonald's in Havana. Cuba has "McCastro's." Although McDonald's recently opened outl

Executives from American and European environmental companies are pouring into Budapest to help Hung

On Sept. 26, The Journal of Commerce hosted an insurance forum. Seven industry leaders attended, rep

The European Community Commission Wednesday said it would miss the Oct. 15 deadline to present its p

Triumphant in having "whipped" the arbitrageurs and consummated the merger of his company with Londo

An opportunity to make a quick killing in the Persian Gulf shipping market is being forgone to maint

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