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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

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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

Growing ethnic unrest and political turmoil in the Soviet Union has Western insurers reluctant to pr

THE DRAMA SURROUNDING last week's vote on the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 was tr

American shipyards might get government financing to sell ships abroad if all goes well in talks inv

The principal ocean carrier group in the westbound trans-Pacific market said it plans to adopt a fle

Federal Express Corp.'s net income leaped to $43 million, or 81 cents a share,from $30.4 mil

The Federal Aviation Administration awarded New Orleans International Airport a $1.3 million grant t

As oil prices have risen in tandem with tension in the Middle East, Americans thinking about replaci

A major conflagration in the Persian Gulf that involves damage to production facilities in Kuwait, I

Crude oil supply and demand will form a precarious balance in the fourth quarter because of higher-t

Sept. 21, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Sept. 21, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per

The Federal Maritime Commission is turning its attention to trans-Atlantic rate practices, shortly a

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Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., the fifth largest life insurer here in terms of assets, has decided

When a drug-addicted Navy employee in Philadelphia threatened suicide in October, a counselor at wor

If American soldiers go to war against Iraq, they could find themselves up against a nasty enemy the

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe Unfolding in the '90s: A Financier's View. Sept. 26. New York. Contact

The European Community today launches an 11th-hour bid to reach agreement on a negotiating position

In the rush to log the vast wilderness of British Columbia, people are beginning to fear that the pu

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The U.S. Maritime Administration stepped into the war-risk insurance market to provide some relief f

"If you can see any shops without a line outside, it means they are already empty," a Bulgarian sai

International credit rating agencies have downgraded Norwegian banks because of their slumbering deb

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 21, 1990Bid AskedCopper-