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West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange continued their upward

Fri., Sept. 21, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 237.00 up 0.98 which compares

CONCERN IS GROWING that the economy is slipping into recession. New evidence that things are

An almost tenfold increase in the number of European companies that communicate using standardized e

UPS TO PURCHASE MAIL BOXES ETC. STOCKMail Boxes Etc., the nation's largest franchisor of pos

House and Senate negotiators on the omnibus farm bill face a potentially bitter skirmish over crafti

A settlement that saved the federal pension insurance agency from paying out as much $800 million wi

IT SEEMS REGULATORY FEVER in Congress has abated since the Persian Gulf crisis. Washington's

London sugar trader E.D. & F. Man Friday announced a joint venture with Algeria to build and operate

A major importer of European beer is making a commitment to ship more than 30,000 40-foot containers

IT'S A PLAY-ACTION FAKE, comrade. That's how the latest round of bilateral maritime negotiat

A U.N. proposal to extend the current naval blockade of Iraq and Kuwait to the air has prompted visi

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey remains in control of the city's piers as officials here

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER SERVICES INC. (New York) - William H. Wilson and Michael K. White were electe

A consumer and environmental group says numerous products containing toxic substances in their packa

Years spent operating with impunity in "reserved markets," ignoring the spirit of international pate

US, SOVIET COMPANIES PLAN JOINT VENTUREInterwindows, a joint venture involving four Soviet e

The Journal of Commerce Industrial price index - considered a leading indicator of probable inflatio

Jacksonville Port Authority officials have pooh-poohed past defections of automobile imports to Brun

The Department of Transportation is proposing to restrict China Airlines Ltd.'s cargo-handling opera

American Electric Power Service Corp. said it signed new long-term coal supply contracts with Adding

SEMINAR TO ADDRESS POLLUTION LIABILITYThe Liberian Shipowners' Council is sponsoring a legal

Sept. 21, 1990 Copper Total, 7,807. Gold Total, .1,532,868.Silver Total, .260,410,474.

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As of Sept. 21, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

Sept. 21, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Sept. 21, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Pre

Sept. 21, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 33.

The head of the Small Business Administration called on state governments to help make insurance co

Arco Chemical Co. has resumed production of methyl tertiary butyl ether at its Channelview, Texas, p

GRAIN EXPORTERS URGE US CREDITS TO SOVIETSThe North American Export Grain Association last w

A struggle for control of the Soviet Union's gold reserves is surfacing. Enterprises that mi

The U.S. dollar will stabilize in the absence of an easing of Federal Reserve monetary policy, curre

The journal Foreign Affairs, fresh from a new licensing agreement in Japan, is looking to Germany an

HARRIS CORP. TO BUILD PLANTS IN ENGLANDMELBOURNE, Fla. - Harris Corp. is establishing a beac

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 21, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 20, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

Dismay was the first reaction of New England truckers last week to a competitive attack by the Massa

Commissioners for the Port of Seattle are expected to vote Tuesday to build a $33.5 million waterfro