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DESPITE GOLD'S DISMAL RECORD as a store of value and a safe haven during the 1980s, gold's price in

CARGO TRAFFIC UP 133 PERCENT AT OAKLAND AIRPORTOAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland International Airpo

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter of crude oil, virtually doubled shipments to feed markets

Sept. 7, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Sept. 7, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. dollar likely will continue to weaken in the next few weeks, assuming there is no shooting

The Federal Reserve and the Treasury failed to intervene in the foreign exchange markets to support

The Bush administration is moving away from the idea of weakening the Endangered Species Act, but a

The Soviet Union will not buy sugar from the free market this year, an official from Sakhar, the Sov

Are too many trucks chasing too little freight? That was one of the central questions posed

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

HORSE RACING GROUP BUYS US BETTING GEARCARLSBAD, Calif. - International Totalizator Systems

Pandol Bros Inc. isn't interested in seeking punitive damages from the U.S. Food and Drug Administra

Manville Corp. has agreed to inject up to $520 million over the next seven years into a financially

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, a World Bank affiliate, expects to play a markedly lar

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

A call for an early election by David Peterson, Ontario's Liberal premier, led last week to his defe

Deppe Linie GmbH plans to keep its name on two ships in its vessel-sharing service with Lykes Bros.

When Pizza Hut began plans to open Moscow's first pizza places three years ago, both the U.S. and So

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose last week despite late weakness in the price of

ASSOCIATED CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION/PACE LINE (New York) - James T. Jenkins was named senior manager

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HARTFORD ACQUIRES CU SURETY BUSINESSITT Hartford Insurance Group signed a letter of intent t

SINGAPORE RE REPORTS SIX-MONTH GAINSingapore Reinsurance Corp., the national reinsurance com

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 238.67 up 2.22 which compares

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 6, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Some of the world's most influential bankers and petroleum economists are deeply divided over the li

Japanese investors are shifting away from U.S. Treasury bonds, adding to the credit crunch and incre

The administration of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu will dispatch a team of economic specialists to M

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES eased early last week as a major grain house chartered a Panamax ship o

There's a familiar refrain concerning vessel subsidy revision legislation: Wait 'til next year.<

SWEDES TO MANUFACTURE ELECTRIC CARS FOR LAThe city of Los Angeles, which is smothered by the

REGIONAL BLOCS Trade With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Sept. 11. Madison, Wis

NO AGREEMENT REACHED ON GERMAN UNIFICATIONThe United States, the Soviet Union and four other

Fiscal incentives are being introduced in India to spur exports of computer software in an effort to

Leaner and meaner, West German sports carmaker Porsche AG is roaring back toward the top speed sales

HUNGARY TOLD OF NEED TO HIKE FOOD IMPORTSFRANKFURT, West Germany - Hungary will have to boos

ICC SCHEDULES VOTE ON FOUR RAIL CASESThe Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a voting c