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Nicaragua devalued its old currency 8.9 percent against the U.S. dollar Monday, but its recently cir

Australia risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and

The pell-mell growth of Malaysia's plastics industry means the country must work aggressively to exp

Worries over interest rates and the Middle East crisis have yanked the Tokyo stock market into a tai

With Mack Trucks Inc.'s financial plight worsening, principal shareholder Renault Vehicules Industri

Schenker AG, a subsidiary of the West German federal railway, is pooling its international operation

RAILROAD HIKES RATES 5 PERCENT-10 PERCENT ON PERISHABLESSAN FRANCISCO - Southern Pacific Tra

The '80s were boom times for most businesses, but Bechtel Group Inc. only recently has begun rebound

Austria's largest bank and its U.S. affiliate said they plan to assemble a $100 million fund by late

Legal wrangling over three U.S. liquefied natural gas tankers currently laid up in Rhode Island shou

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 27, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Aug. 27, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Rescue teams found the bodies of 65 miners killed in a coal mine explosion in central Yugoslavia and

Governments of the main industrial nations remain opposed to drawing down their strategic crude oil

Maersk Line confirmed that it will join the North Europe-USA Rate Agreement, the rate-making group f

The U.S. government is asking American-flag shipping lines to redeploy additional container vessels

The government here is moving to ease trade frictions with the United States ahead of the next round

Trucking companies and their customers have begun a war of words that ultimately could lead to impor

Traffic began backing up Monday at Italy's border crossings with Austria, two days after an Italian

Brazil's third-largest producer and exporter of frozen orange juice concentrate announced plans to i

The environmentalist group Greenpeace sharply criticized a key United Nations conference on global w

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Aug. 27, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Aug. 27, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Monday Aug. 27, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. in Sendai are planning to add a 500,000-volt

A/S Thor Dahl Group acquired a majority interest in South Seas Steamship Co. for an undisclosed sum.

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

U.S. high-technology companies are ready to service the European computer market. According

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

INVESTORS' IMPROVES NET, COMBINED RATIOLAURENCE HARBOR, N.J. - Investors Insurance Holding C

Venezuela's decision to ease trade barriers for a variety of agricultural goods could help reinvigor

Fresh from signing a contract in Taiwan, the Port of Baltimore is hoping to woo at least one local s

The U.S.-led economic embargo against Iraq has brought shipping and tourism in Jordan's main port to

JORDAN AIRLINE ESCHEWS WAR RISK INSURANCENEW YORK - Royal Jordanian Airlines is not imposing

SAUDIS, VENEZUELANS TO BOOST OIL OUTPUTVIENNA, Austria - Saudi Arabia and Venezuela will rai

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in wareh

Aug. 27, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Aug. 27, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley f32.5

Iraqi tankers and other cargo ships have been given new orders by Baghdad not to defy the Western bl