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There is a looming death in New Jersey but no one is rushing to the rescue. The Joint Underw

American President Cos. said Monday its "cost repositioning and process simplification" resulted in

CSX Corp. said its rail, barge and container shipping units all posted higher earnings in the third

A fifth container line has chosen Thamesport, the new terminal on the Isle of Grain near London, as

THE CRB FUTURES PRICE INDEX ended September slightly above the previous month's close, as gains in t

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Sept. 28, 1990* Country Category Description

1167 (Oct. 1, 1990) Previous day - 1168 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Monday Oct. 1, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Oct. 1, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

TURKEY TURNS BACK SHIP WITH CHEMICALSBONN, West Germany - Turkey has turned back a Polish fr

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Railtex Inc., an operator of 11 short-line railroads in the United States, hopes to add its first Ca

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The transportation sector reacted angrily to proposed fuel and ticket tax increases that make up mor

Amid hopeful signs a December dock strike can be avoided, negotiations toward a new labor contract w

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

Parker Automotive Corp. named Diyar Corp. of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the exclusive distributor of its

In America, Valeri Lobanov might be the owner of a successful auto parts store. Here, early Saturday

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

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COMEX TO LIST 5-YEAR GOLD FUTURESThe Commodity Exchange Inc. will begin trading new gold mat

Japanese petrochemical companies are asking for a 25 percent wholesale price increase for ethylene f

Oct. 1, 1990 Copper Total, 6,686. Gold Total, .1,564,419.Silver Total, .260,184,409.

Oct. 1, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 28, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

Dispute settlement procedures, unfair pricing and a timetable for phasing out subsidies remain as st

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. (San Francisco) - Lance Thain was named district manager in Seattle for this

AMERICA WEST TO BUY 118 AIRBUS CRAFTAmerica West Airlines, the Arizona-based airline that ha

Oct. 1, 1990 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

West Germany has made available 8 billion deutsche ($5.1 billion) marks in export subsidies to help

Sterling is likely to enter Europe's exchange rate mechanism by year-end despite the economic uncert

The U.S. dollar cut some of its earlier losses against the deutsche mark, but stepped up its slide a

Detlev Rohwedder, head of the trust company overseeing the disposal of some 8,000 state-owned compan

SONY INTRODUCES DIGITAL TAPE PLAYERSSony Corp. introduced a personal tape player that offers

COMMODORE SUBSIDIARY UNVEILS GAMES CONSOLEWEST CHESTER, Pa. - Commodore International Ltd.'s

MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE (St. Paul, Minn.) - Steiner Opstad, representative of Naeringslivets Hovedor

Procter & Gamble shareholders will vote at the annual meeting Oct. 9 on whether to stop buying Salva

The opening rounds of the Federal Maritime Commission's probe into possible rate malpractices on the

Toy merchants in Japan on Friday formally launched an association to help small toy stores modernize

BUDD CO. (Troy, Mich.) - David Hecker was named vice president and general counsel of this supplier