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ELF AFFILIATES PLAN CAUSTIC SODA VENTURETg Soda Ash Inc. and Atochem North America Inc. both

U.N. sanctions on Baghdad survived their first major test when Saudi Arabia turned back an Iraqi tan

The U.S. dollar remained weak Monday as support from the Middle East conflict failed to outweigh com

Major ocean carrier groups in the trans-Pacific market are taking emergency steps to compensate for

Truck drivers and package handlers at United Parcel Service Inc. narrowly approved a new three-year

As American investors wade into Eastern Europe, few are choosing politically volatile Romania.

Uncertainty over Middle East oil supplies and rising prices could spur Australia to become a signifi

Fri., Aug.10, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The crisis in the Persian Gulf has left India with only five weeks of petroleum stocks, and the coun

Stanley Brezenoff, the newly appointed executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Je

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CHINA TO PURCHASE OIL FROM INDONESIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - China will buy up to 300,000 metric

KAMAN AEROSPACE GETS GE PARTS CONTRACTBLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Kaman Aerospace Corp. has won an $

The National Industrial Transportation League urged the Interstate CommerceCommission to per

Eleven years ago, Sarajuddin Aryobi was a small-time merchant struggling with the family livestock b

The Trans-Siberian Railroad readily could become a low-cost landbridge handling several times as man

1237 (Aug. 13, 1990) Previous day - 1232 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 13, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 13, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

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A delegation from Thailand, formed mainly by representatives of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand,

FUEL COSTS DRIVE BARGE RATES UPKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Barge freight rates jumped 10 percent to 1

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Neal P. Gillen is the new executive vice president of the American Cotton Shipper

Fierce resistance from labor and trucking company creditors is threatening to bring to a halt a ship

Insurance groups said they are considering legal action against the Federal Reserve Board in an effo

Israeli media Monday said Iraq was using the Jordanian Red Sea Port of Aqaba to break the United Nat

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MOODY'S CUTS RATINGS OF 2 JAPANESE BANKSMoody's Investors Services Inc. cut its long-term cr

An American-backed manufacturer of maritime containers in China intends to expand production and beg

Aug. 13, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

From the docks along the Port of Aqaba, an observer can gaze out on four nations simultaneously: Egy

Criticism concerning lease negotiations with one of the main stevedores at the Port of Philadelphia

High oil prices and a weakening U.S. economy may lead to a shakeout of the airline industry, killing

The Navy will have to rely heavily on the merchant marine to help supply troops in the Persian Gulf,

Japanese participation in the U.S. Treasury's August quarterly refunding was less than in past aucti

The tanker industry may be entering a period of slow steaming and increased lay-ups reminiscent of

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. said net income for the quarter ended June 30 rose sharply from the

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Lawyers for Guilford Transportation Industries plan to turn the relative simplicity of a trackage co

The French insurance firm AGF International has secured a foothold in Singapore's growing industry w