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Tanker and bulk shipowner OMI Corp. announced plans Tuesday to buy up to 1 million shares of its com

The tense U.S.-Japanese dispute over timely access to Tokyo's airport by freight giant United Parcel

GORBACHEV UNVEILS NEW ECONOMIC PLANMikhail S. Gorbachev Tuesday unveiled a new plan to rescu

UK COCOA GRIND ROSE SLIGHTLY IN 3RD QUARTERU.K. third-quarter 1990 cocoa grindings totaled 2

The German food and agro-business consortium Neumann Gruppe AG has fired the first salvo in a public

Prudential Insurance Co. of America is considering cost cuts - possibly including an unspecified num

The availability of dry cargo ship capacity declined slightly during the summer months as combined c

Malaysian International Shipping Corp., confident of a good financial year, intends to expand its fl

Oct. 16, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1236 (Oct. 16, 1990) Previous day - 1230 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 16, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

When Nissan Motor Co. recently combed the globe for future plant sites, it didn't give a passing gla

A Philadelphia area stevedore is claiming that the Port of Philadelphia has given an unfair edge to

U.S. South Atlantic and Caribbean port officials agreed to push strongly for significant reform of t

The president of an Alaskan oil company's tanker operation said a new oil spill law doesn't go far e

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

The government may consider establishing an all-cargo airline in the private sector to satisfy inter

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is looking at ways to replace its aging fleet and may need congressional h

Analysts and insurance rating service representatives on Tuesday disagreed with a consumer group's f

Recently revised figures indicate the insurance industry was only responsible for $600 million of th

South Korea's Dongbu Chemical Co. selected Huntsman Chemical Corp. and ABB Lummus Crest Inc. to prov

Economists expect August's U.S. merchandise trade deficit at $9.4 billion - an insignificant widenin

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 232.10 off 4.10 which compares w

WITASS CONFERENCE HIKES CURRENCY CHARGELONDON - The members of the association of West India

TOKYO, BEIJING AGREE ON LOAN RESUMPTIONTokyo and Beijing have reached agreement on the resum

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday unanimously approved Iowa Power & Light Co.'s application

The U.S. government must develop a maritime program that recognizes the separate interests of intern

Itel Corp. - the "big daddy" container-leasing company that gave rise to a host of other U.S. leasin

The transition to market economies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union will be difficult and disr

Wheat and feedgrain loan rates should increase significantly under the 1990 farm bill compromise wor

New York's superintendent of insurance, Salvatore R. Curiale, on Monday proposed a series of limits

MC Shipping Inc. said one of its vessels that went aground near Buenos Aires on Sept. 15 has been re

Oct. 16, 1990 Copper Total, 6,403. Gold Total, .1,560,502.Silver Total, .259,550,928.

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Oct. 16, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Shippers say it is too early to tell if the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.'s new daily, d

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (New York) - Allyn W. Keiser was named executive vice president a

RIGHT-O-WAY INC. (Tustin, Calif.) - Steve Schields was named director of national accountsfor this m

ETHYL CORP. SELLS INTERMEDIATES BUSINESSEthyl Corp. said it signed a conditional agreement t

US BUSINESSES REPORT RISE IN INVENTORIESWASHINGTON - U.S. business inventories rose 0.5 perc