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Dexter Baker, chairman of Air Products and Chemicals Inc., is not an executive satisfied with just s

This table lists spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and coal producer

The "Premium Talk" column on page 15A of The Journal of Commerce, Oct. 5, omitted a paragraph regard

INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COUNCIL. Oct. 11. New York. 6th International Insurance Symposium and Recept

Oct. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Oct. 5, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.80

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 5, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Farmers will store a great deal of this fall's corn and soybean crop, a development that will dampen

The U.S. dollar will stabilize against the deutsche mark in the weeks ahead but has further to fall

The continued slump in manufacturing helped push the U.S. unemployment rate in September up to 5.7

The Soviet Union's next step on the road to a free market could involve overhauling the currency sys

QUIKSILVER INC. TO BUY ITS EUROPEAN LICENSEENEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Quiksilver Inc., a manuf

THE FEDERAL BUDGET AGREEMENT reached on Sept. 30 gave Congress and President Bush an excuse to delay

While most of China's recent transport efforts focus on rail and maritime, it now appears to be targ

An intermodal carrier whose ships never call East Coast ports needs to beinnovative in order

During James J. Carey's long tenure on the Federal Maritime Commission, the FMC worked to modernize

China provided details on Friday on the victims of its worst air disaster in a decade three days aft

The European Community asked the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to extend its waiver of trad

YUGOSLAV NITROCELLULOSE SUBJECT TO US DUTIESImports of industrial nitrocellulose from Yugosl

As of Oct. 5, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Now that Germany is united and the prime ministers of the two Koreas have begun talking with each ot

The Federal Railroad Administration faced heavy criticism from lawmakers, labor unions and carriers

IT'S IRONIC railroad competition is the driving force behind new market openings for Western coal af

Shippers and freight brokers are being urged to deluge Congress with pleas to keep undercharge bills

Sweeping budget cuts in government programs and personnel would dramatically slow operations at many

REGULATORS QUESTION EXPANDED FEDERAL ROLEIn testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Earl R.

Cuts in staff and expenses will keep the losses of the Port of Seattle's marine operations to $3.7 m

Corporate Australia, already bleeding from a spate of billion dollar losses, faces even tougher time

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

INDUSTRIAL ORDERS JUMP 4.8 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - West German industrial

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Leaders of the world's two biggest futures exchanges - once bitter rivals - said last week they shou

EAST GERMAN DEMAND FOR SUGAR SEEN FALLINGEast German sugar consumption will fall 23 percent

European consumers Friday reacted angrily to news that copper producers plan to announce substantial

The Persian Gulf crisis has exposed a gaping contradiction in the way Japan deals with natural resou

Freight rates for medium-sized tankers are likely to fall during the next two to three years as the

KERN RIVER SET TO START GAS LINE CONSTRUCTIONHOUSTON - Kern River Gas Transmission Co., a jo

The Soviet Union is offering two crude oil cargoes for sale in the spot market from Sakhalin, Japane

Oct. 5, 1990 Copper Total, 6,334. Gold Total, .1,564,419.Silver Total, .258,751,965.