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Japanese beef processors have received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare to expor

FOOD SECURITY PLAN SPURS GATT REJECTIONA Japanese proposal to include "food security" in the

JAPAN'S PAYMENTS SURPLUS FALLS SHARPLYJapan's current account surplus fell by 63.3 percent i

Venezuela will raise its oil production potential by 60,000 barrels a day to2.86 million b/d

France hopes to join the International Energy Agency, a government foreign ministry spokesman said.<

ENERGY AGENCY DECIDES AGAINST USING STOCKSThe International Energy Agency's governing board

Southern Co. Services Inc., Birmingham, Ala., said it's looking in the spot market to buy coal neede

If a challenge to the New York Power Authority's purchase of Hydro-Quebec electricity is fully uphel

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will be allowed to modernize a part of its aging fleet with the help of di

A Chicago company has added a new twist to the old phrase "guns for butter." It is making toys in a

* 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