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A key senator accused the Agriculture Department of trying to push though an illegal plan to end U.S

Olin Corp. said Friday it is ceasing operation of its chlor-alkali unit at its Niagara Falls plant

DANISH INSURER TO BUY STAKE IN NATIONAL FIRMCOPENHAGEN, Denmark - Baltica, a Danish insuranc

BUDGET TIME for commercial insurance professionals, and few signs of a pricing upturn ahead.

1168 (Sept. 28, 1990) Previous day - 1168 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

National Iranian Oil Co. recently placed up to 900,000 metric tons (6.6 million barrels) of oil in f

Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., introduced legislation that would let airports collect a head tax on passe

Malaysia Shipyard & Engineering Sdn. Bhd. secured a US$30 million order to repair four tankers for L

With most of the layoffs now official at American President Cos., the company's attention over the n

Matson Navigation Co. has reached agreement on a new four-year contract with the labor union represe

Sept. 28, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

India will be required to use hard currency in transactions with East Germany as of Dec. 31, the Ind

New York state businesses should not overlook export markets and joint ventures in Canada and Mexico

The far eastern Soviet region of Yakutia became the latest area of the country to declare its sovere

The doubling of oil prices in recent months will not slow Brazil's ambitious plan to privatize its s

REGIONAL BLOCS The Status of the Soviet Union's Pacific Rim Initiative: Implications for Bus

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index on Friday held close to its all-time high, fueled by

The much feared September credit crunch in Brazil has proven as bad or worse than most soybean plant

The Australian government is expected to uphold the use of sex as a criteria in insurance premium ca

ICO COFFEE EXPORTS ROSE 12 PERCENT IN 1989-90The International Coffee Organization said Frid

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

Sept. 28, 1990 Copper Total, 6,775. Gold Total, .1,564,249.Silver Total, .259,612,902.

Marlin Marine Services Inc., an ocean freight consolidator, will have a new receiving station in the

Competition is driving western coal farther into the East as utilities look for clean coal supplies.

A heated competition that could be worth $130 million annually for the winner is taking place betwee

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INDEX UP 2.3 PERCENT IN S. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's industr

Removing import barriers on sugar and meat will hurt some U.S. producers, but help consumers and ind

The good news is that the U.S. government finally opened a databank to keep track of incompetent doc

Sept. 28, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 239.76 up 0.52 which compares

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

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New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 27, 1990*CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cen

The United States and Chile are scheduled to sign a broad agreement today that could lead to free tr

The dollar likely will fall to new lows in the months ahead, given the dismal state of the U.S. econ

ON US EXPORT TARIFFS: I've found that when you ask a potential European customer who's think

HEWLETT-PACKARD PLANS JOINT VENTURE IN CHINAPALO ALTO, Calif. - Computer manufacturer Hewlet

"When will this end and I will be free of this suffering?" a worker scribbled in chalk on a huge hot

NEW PLATINUM MINE PLANNED IN S. AFRICAJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A 1.34-billion-rand plati

The Department of Transportation has taken a tougher stance in auditing chemical trucking and distri