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A strike at Canada's BC Rail is costing the company C$600,000 (about US$517,000) a day, said Barrie

Today marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, the tropical storm that devastated much of the

Brazil, which has the largest foreign debt in the developing world, is playing tough with creditors

Eastman Kodak Co.'s new high-speed printing system is the first of a planned series of digital produ

A U.S. franchise operator signed joint-venture agreements with two Hungarian companies in a bid to

Sept. 14, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Pre

Friday Sept. 14, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

A shortage of aircraft will force Mexicana Airlines to suspend daily flightsfrom Seattle to

COAL IS KING for the railroad industry. As the one clear growth commodity these days, it is making a

If Europe will soon have a united market, South Asian nations should at least have a common market,

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * Larry Kaufman - Inside Talk on Railroads 2B* Freight

With the heating season nearing, retail home heating oil prices returned to their upward trend durin

JETTY REPAIRS TO CUT SOVIET OIL EXPORTSShipments of Soviet crude oil from the Baltic port of

Japanese refiners are building up high inventories of residual fuel oil, which could depress Asian m

When is a contract not a contract? When it is regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commissio

The World Bank plans to launch shortly a program to expand its co-financing of export credits to hel

Sept. 14, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 13, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Sept. 14, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per

Sept. 14, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 33.

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

Sept. 14, 1990 Copper Total, 7,440. Gold Total, .1,535,287.Silver Total, .259,056,351.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.89 off 2.14 which compares

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Of the hallowed halls and honored precincts of the maritime industry in New York harbor, no quarters

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

United Parcel Service broke ground Friday for a new $53 million hub in Ontario, Calif. The O

Sept. 13, 1990 Copper Total, 7,591. Gold Total, .1,535,287.Silver Total, .258,487,695.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 237.03 up 0.31 which compares

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

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''CANADIAN TRUCK SHIPPER MEMBERS of the Canadian Industrial Transportation League are resisting CITL

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

A Burgundy is not a Burgundy, say the French. And a Zinfandel is not a Zinfandel, say the California

Canadian wheat exports into the United States may increase in the next few months, a development tha

A proposal to sell cocoa stocks to finance research into and promotion of cocoa consumption is doome

The East German agricultural sector is beginning to crumble as quickly as the wall that separated th

A stunned Willis Faber PLC refused to say Thursday how it will respond to Wednesday's surprise bid f

AGENTS GROUP BACKS FEDERAL REGULATIONSThe Independent Insurance Agents of America said insur

An earthquake preparedness magazine sent to 2.4 million San Francisco Bay Area newspaper subscribers