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Is war good for business? Faced with that cold-blooded query, most people would say yes, pro

Silicon Valley, the hub of the U.S. electronics industry, is moving more operations overseas to sat

DANISH FIRM DEVELOPS LOW-FAT SAUSAGECOPENHAGEN, Denmark - A Danish company is offering the w

Cocoa, coffee and sugar prices moved lower Monday in cautious trading dampened by lower oil and prec

THOUGH SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS REPLACED the program trader as the stock market's main bogeyman, the "cir

FATTY ACIDS Procter & Gamble Co. said it increased fatty acid prices by 2.5 cents a pound, e

Out beyond the billowing clouds of sulfur steam, where lava spills over the trails and escaping gase

Gold market players are bracing themselves for further price weakness in the aftermath of Monday's s

* Import Quota Watch 5A * Commodity Research Bureau 7A* Miriam Widman - Europe View 8A

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Officials appear to be rushing to reassure potential investors in a mammoth airport-seaport developm

JAPAN WEIGHS HIKING SHORT-TERM PRIME RATESurging market interest rates could force Japan's m

This is a land of images in conflict: Fully veiled women usher their children into the local "Pizza

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Mobil Chemical Canada Ltd. will double its polyethylene stretch film operations in Belleville, Ontar

REINSURERS REPORT RISE IN WRITTEN PREMIUMSA Reinsurance Association of America survey of 68

The United States imported record levels of farm goods in the first half of this year but also incre

You almost have to feel sorry for the airline industry, caught between the rock of rising fuel costs

JUNE PLASTICS OUTPUT OVER 4 BILLION POUNDSPlastics resin production totaled nearly 4.5 billi

The table "Leading Commodities Carried by Ivaran Lines," on Page 4 of the Special Advertising Supple

SP TO RAISE RATES ON PERISHABLE TRAFFICSouthern Pacific Transportation Co. is raising rates

With a major contract about to be awarded in October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is approachin

The U.S. economy grew at sluggish 1.2 percent annual rate between April and June after expanding at

REGIONAL BLOCS European Trade and Technology - 1992 and Beyond. Sept. 3-6. Sunderland, Engla

Fri., Aug. 24, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Adidas AG, Europe's leading sporting goods maker, on Friday said its losses rose to 112 million deut

The Malaysian Cocoa Board, seeking new markets in East Asia, is planning its first ever promotional

Big Oil is again getting hit over prices at the gasoline pump, but this time the complaint is that t

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Friday hailed East Germany's agreement on a timetable for German

A compromise bill aimed at making low-cost auto insurance available to California drivers is one-thi

A growing number of economists are predicting that the sluggish U.S. economy will slide into recessi

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

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7

1220 (Aug. 24, 1990) Previous day - 1221 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose to a new 1990 high of 106.8 Friday in response t

TOKYO TO DELAY START OF COMPUTERIZED TRADEThe Tokyo Commodity Exchange for Industry will del

Executives at DHL Worldwide Express' North American operation are concentrating on establishing stro

COATING RESINS Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Coating Polymers & Resins division said it will in

Higher oil prices have given chemical manufacturers a rationale to raise prices and try to generate

A recent trade mission to the Soviet Union and Western Europe is generating promising prospects for