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BEKNIGHTED PETROL: With all the fuel add-ons seen resulting from Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion ofKuwait, it

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. struggled in the first half to post an unusually small profit increase,

U.S. cargo airlines serving Mexico are jockeying to improve their competitive positions by proposing

The crisis in the Persian Gulf could doom older oil tankers for the scrap heap, driving down scrap p

W.R. Grace & Co. said it purchased a larger share of a Swiss company that makes vacuum packaging ma

Scientists at FMC Corp. say they are developing new uses for its air freshener gels as pesticides a

Hoechst Celanese Corp. and General Electric Co. said they settled a dispute over polyester-based the

State insurance regulation is not working, leaving the industry with no alternative but to consider

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JAPAN'S FUJITSU UNVEILS SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMFujitsu, Japan's largest computer maker, Wednesd

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Aug. 24, 1990.

Aug. 29, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 33.5

RENAMED EXXON VALDEZ SAILS FOR SEA TRIALSThe Exxon Valdez, the supertanker involved in the w

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 238.37 off 2.48 which compares

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/29 8/28 Change % Change

For decades this tropical port, like many in the South Pacific, has been home to a small fleet of ol

PAN AM TO HIKE FREIGHT RATES OCT. 1Pan American World Airways said it will hike domestic and

Alaskan coal producers this week offered a low-risk plank for the National Energy Strategy that they

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reached an accord Wednesday to permit members to r

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The U.S. Court of International Trade is pressing the government to apply tighter guidelines as to w

The U.S. Navy stopped a ship from entering the Jordanian Port of Aqaba after it was discovered the v

With possible budget cuts of 30 percent or more looming at least for a limited time, the U.S. Custom

President Fernando Collor de Mello hopes France's Renault will be the first automaker to set up a pl

The quality of China's exports is improving, but there's still a way to go, senior officials said We

USDA DECIDES MEANS TO RENEW WHEAT STOCKThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will use Commodity

As of Aug 29, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Aug. 29, 1990 Copper Total, 9,342. Gold Total, .1,519,595.Silver Total, .256,119,577.

Several oil companies lowered their wholesale gasoline prices by as much as a nickel a gallon Tuesda

Sea-Land Service Inc. and P&O Containers Ltd. are planning to go after a bigger chunk of the traffic

The Port of New Orleans, its warehouses bursting with coffee beans, may reverse its plan to sell off

A small Boeing freighter that previously had been operated only by U.S. cargo lines will begin flyin

AIR MIDWEST flew 16.1 million revenue passenger miles in July, down from the 17.1 million recorded i

Aug. 28, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

President Corazon Aquino's government and the Roman Catholic church appear headed for a clash over d

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., largest in the colony and with globe- spanning interests, stunned

Roughly $8 million in goods destined for or coming from Iraq and Kuwait were seized by U.S. Customs

The U.S. court of appeals here stopped Rainbow Navigation Co.'s winning streak in its battles with t

Cocoa futures were sharply lower Tuesday amid speculative selling that triggered stop-loss selling.<