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Foreign investors, confused by mixed signals from the government, may withdraw from the Philippines

Germany's BASF AG, the giant chemicals manufacturer, acquired a polyurethane manufacturer in what wa

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index declined slightly last week amid weakness in metal pr

The large-type quote box accompanying, "Dupont Hotel Fire Litigants Hit Insurers for Rejections," on

Matson Navigation Co. said it plans to raise rates 2.9 percent in its U.S. Pacific Coast-Hawaii serv

Navistar International Transportation Corp. maintained a fractional lead among heavy truck manufactu

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Oakland International Airport said it has become the first U.S. airport to operate a noise monitorin

Import liberalization moved to the back burner in the Philippines as commercial banks imposed tough

Brazil proposed a complex debt restructuring package to bank creditors that could include auctioning

Japan's Asahi Breweries, faced with a steep drop in the share price of Elders IXL, Friday revised a

Japan's Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu indicated that the government plans to maintain its virtual ban

The seasonal year-end high crop period may be approaching, but no dramatic movement in the price of

International Business Machines Corp. is expected to re-enter the laptop computer market in 1991, bu

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

DOCK STRIKE CONTINUES AT PORT OF SANTOSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's largest port of Santos c

A House maritime committee approved the first increase in 81 years in ship capacity taxes collected

CONN. COUNCIL OKS IROQUOIS PIPELINENEW BRITAIN, Conn. - The proposed Iroquois natural gas pi

Gasoline prices across New York continued to climb last week, the New York State Energy Office's ret

HOUSTON, THE ENERGY CAPITAL of the world, is on the rebound. After the disastrous 1980s, in

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Oct. 12, 1990 Copper Total, 6,440. Gold Total, .1,561,202.Silver Total, .259,135,280.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 237.02 off 1.34 which compares

As of Oct. 12, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Beijing Jeep Corp., a Chinese joint venture with Chrysler Corp., plans to increase production throug

U.S. East Coast ports will lose market share of imported automobiles as West Coast ports expand thei

EC IMPOSES DUTIES ON THAI BALL BEARINGSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission

New York City fuel oil dealers fear that the coming winter could be a particularly tough one.

Oct. 12, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 12, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.8

A U.S. private sector advisory committee has begun examining the impact of a European Community pro

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 8A* Larry Kaufman - Insi

An unfinished statue of a hard-faced man hunched over a heap of money stands glowering under a green

American President Domestic Co. said it took delivery of 600 new 53-foot containers for use in its d

TRUCK, RAIL OFFICIALS TO SPEAK AT LUNCHEONWASHINGTON - William H. Dempsey, president of the

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher singled out Britain's major ports and railways as candidates for pr

Japanese refiners are attempting to sell more high-sulfur fuel oil to utilities for power generation

Rumors are flying around Europe that Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG will spend as much as $3 billi

The European Community will have to answer to the rest of the world if its internal spat over agricu

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Gerald Grinstein was elected chairman, succeeding