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Oct. 9, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Three Weeks Ended Sept. 29, 1990, vs. Similar 1989 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedChan

Conrad H.C. Everhard had been in his new job only 72 hours when we lunched last Thursday. "I

China is moving closer to a broad legal framework covering foreign trade, equity positions and joint

U.S. lawmakers, torn between environmental and timber concerns, have abandoned efforts to formulate

INDUSTRY SEEKS ADDED FEDERAL INVOLVEMENTThe insurance industry may not be the next savings a

WE DON'T LIKE this input. That's what some electronic data interchange service suppliers say

Downtown commuters in Seattle apparently won't become hostages of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwai

1179 (Oct. 9, 1990) Previous day - 1180 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * Quota Watch - 3A* Don C. Becker - Publisher's Notebook

The new budget pact hammered out in Congress would still require cuts of at least $13 billion in U.

GLYCERINE PRODUCTION ROSE DURING AUGUSTCrude glycerine production for August, 1990 totaled 2

THIOCHEMICALS W.R. Grace & Co.'s Evans Chemetics unit will increase prices of its Evanstab t

Will a budget-balancing proposal change the Federal Railroad Administrationfrom a watchdog t

Its red, white and blue stacks are streaked white from salt water, and thehull is rusty. But

In Hartford, where civic groups have struggled for years to coax people into a central business dis

TOP COURT WON'T HEAR RAIL BREAKMAN'S CASEWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it woul

Shippers and port officials in Thailand say a steamship conference is proposing yet more surcharges

UAL BOARD TERMINATES EMPLOYEE BUY-OUT BIDCHICAGO - The board of UAL Corp., parent company of

In the 1980s, fearing first an attack by Libyan terrorists and later sabotage by Iranian-sponsored S

A series of one-day walkouts at numerous ports throughout Brazil could escalate into a nationwide st

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 5, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

The story "Port Losses at Seattle Not as Bad as Feared," on page 1A of The Journal of Commerce, Oct.

An internal European Community spat over agricultural reform has further dimmed hopes that a meeting

Chinese Premier Li Peng Tuesday outlined cautious economic plans for the next five years which diplo

Foreign and Trade ministers of the 12 countries of the European Community meet in Luxembourg today

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE (New York) - Ron Thornton, was appointed senior vice president and regional ma

INDUSTRIAL PAY HIKES BEGIN TO SLOW IN UKLONDON - The level of pay increases in manufacturing

Business executives are more pessimistic about the state of the economy than at any time since 1980,

The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that threw out a government plan to charge natural gas customer

Shippers of government-impelled preference cargo routinely have to grapple with the problems of find

TRUCKERS END STRIKE AT PORT OF MIAMIMIAMI - Containers began flowing into and out of the Por

Oct. 9, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 241.97 up 1.55 which compares wi

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Oct. 9, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.80

Oct. 9, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 8, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Oct. 9, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi