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The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against most currencies Tuesday afternoon. Trading was slow.

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office in New York are investigating the sinking of a barge that spi

The rate-setting conference that represents lines carrying cargo from Asian countries other than Jap

Christopher L. Koch, nominated to chair the Federal Maritime Commission, says the agency must be pre

NY MARITIME GROUP ELECTS HEARN PRESIDENTGeorge H. Hearn, executive vice president of Waterma

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Tue., Oct. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

At least 120 people died Tuesday in the fiery crash of a Chinese aircraft hijacked while on a short

The movement to replace paper documents with electronic messages in international trade gathered mom

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday unanimously approved the acquisition of Delaware & Hudson

Volume at the Chicago Board of Trade totaled 9.7 million contracts in September, up 3.5 percent from

Marc Rich & Co., the Swiss-based commodities trading firm, is evaluating the copper and nickel tradi

The recommendations to cut farm spending by $13 billion in the proposed five- year U.S. budget agree

When the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds take to the field Thursday night to open the Nationa

Exxon Corp. - by pointing a finger at the U.S. Coast Guard - may have hit upon a viable way of defra

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. confirmed Tuesday that Japanese conglomerate Nippon Yusen Kaisha

CARIBBEAN DUTY STATUS NOT HARMFUL, ITC SAYSThe special duty-free import treatment the United

A Xiamen Airways Boeing 737, which crashed at Canton Tuesday killing at least 120 people following a

DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER SEEKS BIG JET FUEL BIDThe U.S. Defense Fuel Supply Center is accepting

Starting Friday, a second major steamship line will begin calling each week at Dutch Harbor in the A

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 237.01 off 2.16 which compares w

Aluminum ingots- $2,030-$2,040 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

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Tuesday Oct. 2, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 2, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

Oct. 2, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Westwood Shipping Lines Tuesday planned to start shifting more of its intermodal containers to the B

Besides a weakening economy and fuel prices hikes, truckers must contend with continuing price wars.

The inaugural convention of the AFL-CIO's transportation trades department, a group of rail, truck,

Jose Canseco made baseball history when he signed a five-year, $23 million contract with the Oakland

In the most sweeping trade liberalization since the start of the Cold War, the United States plans t

Cargo handling at Paranagua, Brazil's major soybean export port, will be shut down by a 24-hour dock

A planned meeting next week between European Community and Arab League foreign ministers has been p

The Texas insurance industry faces a savings-and-loan-type disaster because of rampant fraud and a l

Here is a partial list of items proposed for export decontrol in sales to the Soviet Union and Warsa

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Tampa Bay International Terminals Inc. paid Eller & Co. $4 million Monday for its stevedoring operat

Oct. 2, 1990 Copper Total, 6,686. Gold Total, .1,564,419.Silver Total, .259,073,005.

Several factors point to a significantly improved outlook for the world container shipping industry