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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

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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.

For the week ended Sept. 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Farm commodity exports are expected to decline a bit in the fiscal year that began this week, mainly

Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange officials will travel to the Soviet Union and

Weakness in soybean oil markets pushed soybean prices lower late Thursday. The nearby soybea

Thursday Oct. 4, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

OECD OIL STOCKS ARE ABOVE YEAR-AGO LEVELSPARIS - Oil stocks held by the world's richest coun

The Department of Environmental Conservation now requires, under a new law, that containment booms b

Calif. auto insurance producer FGS Insurance Agency Inc. on Thursday filed a claim seeking $40 milli

Southeast Asia is riding the crest of the wave of economic growth in the Far East, but will anything

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Angry U.S. officials Thursday thoroughly rejected a European Community farm trade proposal, saying i

Countries in central and eastern Europe have individual development priorities, but a common pattern

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STATE JOBLESS CLAIMS DOWN 13,000 IN WEEKNew claims for state unemployment insurance benefits

Britain's largest telephone company and the U.S. Baby Bells are gearing up to battle for British cab

The Bush administration opposed a bill to give the Coast Guard authority to shoot down aircraft used

More effort must be made by the business community to latch on to new technology in trading, a senio

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 4, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per Ba

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 3, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Oct. 4, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Japan's commodity futures brokerage firms are likely to go through a major reorganization soon by me

West German statistician F.O. Licht Thursday put its first estimate of 1990-91 world coffee producti

The company that operated a barge that spilled at least 40,000 gallons of waste oil into the Kill va