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International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 16, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Some normally scheduled features do not appear today because of fire damage to a lower Manhattan po

The Interstate Commerce Commission "regretfully" let stand its earlier decision rejecting Burlington

Asia is watching nervously as the crisis in the Persian Gulf holds an ax to the taproot of its enorm

Like Coca-Cola's logo and McDonald's golden arches, the familiar brown vans of United Parcel Service

Current congressional debate on H.R. 3283, to extend U.S. labor laws to cover certain foreign-flag v

Container feeder operators in the Singapore-Indonesia trade will introduce a stevedoring surcharge S

As of Aug 15, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Long-shelved plans for a fourth nuclear power plant in Taiwan are being critically re-examined in th

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BUSINESS MEN'S ASSURANCE CO. of AMERICA (Kansas City, Mo.) - The Kansas City, Missouri-based life an

The 1990s may be the decade for the large firm in the futures industry as high costs force small cle

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY (Wilmington, N.C.) - Frederick W. Bayers was named tothe new po

George W. Raley, a tugboat crewman with Mobile Bay Towing, has received the Silver Lifesaving Medal

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

Authorities of Japan's central bank are worried that surging world crude oil prices may spark domest

Port officials will meet Friday with a contingent from nearby Port Manatee to discuss complaints fro

The Dubai contract, the latest energy contract on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, saw

Mammoth camouflaged gray and green C5A Galaxy airlift planes, the largest aircraft in the free world

KENWORTH BEGINS USED TRUCK PROGRAMKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. created an "Elite" Us

Antifreeze supplies are beginning to tighten as the price of a key raw material, ethylene glycol, ri

China expects to stop importing soda ash this year as production rises enough to meet demand and pos

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

EX-IM BANK CAN AID SALES IN E. GERMANYWASHINGTON - President Bush Wednesday waived trade law

An express air carrier and the Port of Portland (Ore.) this week opened a new $5 million air cargo c

Sea Containers Ltd., the container-leasing, ferries and ports group, reported a net profit of $141.8

Officials in the Philippines are appealing for help from Hong Kong and the United States to stamp ou

Nine of Canada's 10 provinces pledged to sign a deal at the end of October that would eliminate a nu

THIS BALDNESS REMEDY A REAL HAIR-RAISERJust a zip and a zap with a minuscule electrical char

1236 (Aug. 15, 1990) Previous day - 1237 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie filed a $66 million civil suit against the former

MARSH CONSOLIDATING REINSURANCE BROKINGInsurance broker Marsh & McLennan Co. will integrate

When the Commerce Department published a notice in the Federal Register on May 18 announcing a new p

Industrial production was unchanged in July after two consecutive monthly advances, held down by a s

The tanker and dry bulk freight markets face a severe downturn that could last well into next year i

Demand for private air cargo buildings such as the one that opened this week at Portland Internation

Three months ago, the semiconductor manufacturing consortium Sematech vowed to fight to keep Semi-Ga

IRAQ LAUNCHES BID FOR PEACE WITH IRANNICOSIA, Cyprus - With U.S. ground, sea and air forces