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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

A U.S. court of appeals here determined that passenger cruise lines are ''common carriers" as define

U.S. shipowners faced with skyrocketing insurance costs for vessels entering Middle Eastern waters w

Exports from the Western United States grew 20 percent, to $85 billion, last year, largely on the st

HOW IMPORTANT REALLY are standards? Vital, say some Canadians, pointing to the way many of t

Italy reopened its borders to Austrian trucks Friday, one week after closing them to protest Vienna'

A U.S. delegation is attempting to assure Japanese officials in Tokyo that U.S. hog producers are se

A top-ranking U.S. Department of Agriculture official said he expects the release this week of conse

Hoechst Celanese Corp. and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. are just two producers among many that an

Swire Pacific Ltd., the blue-chip trading and transport conglomerate, reported a lower interim profi

The federal government filed a civil suit against nine companies alleging they violated pollution la

CRUM AND FORSTER SETS SALE OF NAVCO CORP.BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Crum and Forster Inc., the Ne

Aug. 31, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

CHINA ECONOMIC ZONE SEEKS FOREIGN FUNDSHainan island, China's largest tropical island and bi

U.S. business leaders will brainstorm with East European officials at a Geonomics Institute seminar

Aug. 31, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

As of Aug. 31, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Federal Express Corp.'s proposal to serve Mexico from Miami as well as Texas will allow it to develo

A combined German shipbuilding industry will be the third-largest in the world with orders of more t

Safety investigators this week put most of the blame on the U.S. Navy for a bizarre accident last ye

The 600-passenger Boeing Co. jetliner was cruising along at 37,000 feet when a Boeing vice president

EPA ADDS 106 SITES TO CLEANUP LISTThe Environmental Protection Agency said it added 106 haza

If the strike at Peru's state-owned mining company Mineroperu is not settled by Sept. 10, Southern P

In the style of the early days of the Reagan administration, the Commerce Department plans to lead a

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