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IRAQ REOPENS AIRSPACE, SOVIET AIDE SAYSIraq has reopened its airspace to all foreign airline

A worsening drought along the upper Missouri River sent a big regional hydroelectric producer shoppi

U.S. gasoline supplies, already nearly 10 million barrels below year-ago levels, could tighten furth

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' average crude oil supply in the first three weeks

Second-quarter profits for the nation's major truck lines fell more than 14%from 1989 levels

For the week ended Aug. 18, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Easterners continued to have the highest per capita incomes in 1989, but nine of the 10 states with

The underdeveloped Caribbean Basin republic of Guyana faces severe infrastructural problems, but the

WISDOM IMPORT SALES CO. (Irving, Calif.) - John Lennon was named vice president of marketing, effect

MORE RESERVE SHIPS ARE BEING MOBILIZEDForty ships in the U.S. Maritime Administration's Read

The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry has approved confectionery manufacturer Jacobs Suchard's b

A three-way argument over $5.5 million worth of fiberglass pipe put Baltimore- based Meridian Ship I

The Brazilian government eliminated its 20 percent duty on imported beef in order to stem rising pri

FMC Corp.'s Food and Pharmaceuticals Products division said it is investing more than $10 million to

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.49 off 1.06 which compares

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 22, 1990Bid AskedCopper-Grade A

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 22, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per B

Aug. 22, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aug. 22, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The United States and Mexico reached an agreement that permits U.S. air cargo carriers to fly direct

Sea-Land Service Inc. is expected to get the major part of a contract to haul large numbers of conta

BRITISH RAIL TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD-ONMANCHESTER, England - Two British Rail trains collided he

A Canadian shipping line that specializes in hauling lumber announced Wednesday that it will begin m

The United States asked China to cooperate in halting allegedly illegal shipments of textiles design

HYDRO-QUEBEC INSTALLS CRAY SUPERCOMPUTERHydro-Quebec, Canada's principal supplier of hydroel

The majority of the physical Ivorian coffee sold in the past few days has come from trade houses and

Unless sustained combat erupts in the Persian Gulf, major oil field production again will exceed dem

Britain's sea transport services achieved a small international trade surplus last year, the first s

INDIA SUGAR PRODUCTION COULD HIT NEW RECORDNEW DELHI, India - Indian sugar output, which tot

A Los Angeles judge set aside new air pollution rules to limit the solvent content of paints and coa

The South Korean government has raised prices of packed imported beef in an effort to cool down shar

Wed., Aug. 22, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The price of tea has been hit by the Persian Gulf crisis. The U.N. embargo against tea-drinking Iraq

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended8-17 8-10

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 21, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

NC INSURANCE CHIEF HITS HOMEOWNER RATESRALEIGH, N.C. - Jim Long, North Carolina insurance co

Allstate Life Insurance Co., concerned about potential claims from U.S. troops serving in the Persi

Washington state ports would not be allowed to raise taxes to pay for newprojects without voter appr

Japan may be intentionally driving down the value of the yen against the deutsche mark and the Swiss