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Japan Air Lines said Wednesday it would help transport supplies to the Persian Gulf region, but dema

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 29, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

A project to construct the world's tallest building at around a fifth of the usual cost was launched

The International Energy Agency is ready to declare this week that its member governments will relea

SERVICE SECTOR INDEX FELL SLIGHTLY IN JULYNEW YORK - The leading index of service sector act

Shippers can expect to pay up to US$1 a kilogram in war-risk premiums for air cargo moving to or fro

Swamped by a flood of last-minute filings from shippers admitting involvement in illegal price-disco

Japanese petrochemical companies will be hurt by the doubling of imported naphtha prices if they can

Huge sums of money were siphoned off by Lloyd's underwriters and others to finance lavish lifestyles

The nation's shipping sector posted total revenue of 1.3 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) and pretax ea

The Communists who ruled East Germany for 40 years still dominate the country's ailing economy and a

Enterprising sanctions-busters already have found cracks in the U.N. blockade of Iraq. Leban

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended8-24 8-17

The Military Sealift Command has set rates for the merchant ships it has chartered mostrecently to t

Aug. 29, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 28, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

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

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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