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* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * Import Quota Watch 5A* JofC Industrial Price Index 6

The Chicagoland business barometer, a measure of economic activity in the Chicago area, gained sligh

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1208 (Aug. 31, 1990) Previous day - 1210 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 31, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 33.5

TURKEY IS ADAMANT ON IRAQI SANCTIONSANKARA, Turkey - Turkey will stick to the U.N. trade ban

NO SELF-RESPECTING PUBLIC RELATIONS GUY enjoys having to confess: "I don't know." But sometimes he h

The future of Alliance Airport has officials at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport concerned. Allianc

The American unit of United Arab Shipping Co. was almost blocked from doing business by the U.S. Tre

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved down last week on lower oil prices. Aft

Australia's beef industry could lose as much as A$200 million in 1990-91 (July-June) if the Australi

In the 1950s, moviegoers wearing special eyeglasses would sit in dark theaters and scream in terror

Field adjusters and branch office investigators with an American International Group Inc. subsidiary

Times change, and the 75-year-old workers compensation system may need to do the same. Some alternat

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE (New York) - William N. Burkett was named vice president and regional manager

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

BUSINESSLAND VENTURE GETS CANADA MAIL PACTSAN JOSE, Calif. - Businessland Inc. said a joint-

EC OFFICIAL URGES END TO COAL PROTECTIONBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission vice preside

Aug. 31, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The International Energy Agency estimated crude oil production by members of the Organization of Pet

Phillips Petroleum Co. is weighing the potential to help market compressed natural gas as a motor fu

The Texas Railroad Commission ruled that oil wells are permitted to produce beyond their current res

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 31, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per B

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. (Philadelphia) - Robert E. Baker Jr. was named executive director,state and

Norton Lilly International Inc. was appointed U.S. agent for Holland Canada Line's weekly containers

Prices for all grades of polyethylene have risen 5 cents a pound in the last two weeks, pushed up by

Aug. 30, 1990 Copper Total, 8,925. Gold Total, .1,518,405.Silver Total, .256,119,577.

Textile Quotas to Watch As of Aug. 30, 1990* Country Category Description

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/31 8/30 Change % Change

The story "Sealift Command Sets Charter Rates" in The Journal of Commerce of Aug. 30, Page 8B, shoul

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

Lewis Frauenfelder should be a happy man. His Longmont, Colo., high-technology company has 130 emplo

Aug. 31, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Top officials from the Port of New Orleans will meet this week with leading Soviet shipping official

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America and Ocean Forwarders Credit Agency

INDIA PLANS TO EXPORT WHEAT, BASMATI RICENEW DELHI, India - India will export 1 million metr

Van Ommeren Ceteco posted sharply higher earnings for the first half of 1990 compared with the same

At a meeting last week between the directors of four London UnitedInvestments PLC subsidiar

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES moved downward last week, reflecting a combination of low trading volum

Is Crowley Maritime Corp. going to stay out of the European trades completely? News that Cro