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Oct. 11, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

The Port of Miami's decision to hold the line on its cruise ship wharfage tariff has two other Flori

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is seeking to weaken a bill that would halt exports of pesticides banned

THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE emerged from the United Nations after World War II to ref

U.S. farm interests are urging the Bush administration to grant farm credits to the Soviet Union imm

Their comments on what they called the "connectivity of trading systems" at a Futures and Options Ex

Coast Guard Commandant J. William Kime reacted skeptically to Congress' re- cently enacted anti-oil

CPC INTERNATIONAL BUYS WIS. FOOD PROCESSORENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. - CPC International Inc., t

Japanese corn imports are expected to drop slightly in 1990-91 (October- September), but a larger sh

MINERS SEEK PAY HIKE FROM BRITISH COALLONDON - The main UK coal miners' union, the National

The Great Lakes maritime community is pushing hard for the reappointment of James Emery as administr

The McDuffie Export Coal Terminal at Alabama State Docks returned to full operation this week after

Panama introduced new incentives this week to entice shipowners to its registry. Officials, however,

Having cleared a major hurdle with the defeat of the textile quota bill, U.S. trade officials now fa

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

Thu., Oct. 11, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Oct. 11, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

As of Oct. 11, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

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