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A scarcity of foreign buyers for U.S. grain, and crop production that is expected to be higher than

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33 HUNGARIAN FIRMS SEEK FOREIGN OWNERSThe Hungarian government next month will identify 33 s

Energy companies are working with federal and state regulators to convert reams of paper to electron

A rise in German interest rates cannot be ruled out if people expect conditions in East Germany to c

An explosive situation in the Middle East Friday sent gold traders scurrying to buy futures contract

The Association of Transportation Practitioners has about 1,800 members, contrary to what was stated

Top staff at Miami International Airport wants to spend nearly $200 million by 1996 to put greens in

Spare a thought for the millions left behind by Thailand's economic boom. Of the country's populatio

In a move that could drive up the price of diesel fuel but which could virtually eliminate the belch

High Japanese prices are starting to attract jet fuel cargoes from the Caribbean, traders said.<

Mexico's pledge to boost oil production by 100,000 barrels a day in response to the Persian Gulf cri

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

1232 (Aug. 10, 1990) Previous day - 1220 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Texas always does things bigger, the myth goes, but few Texans can boast of state's record-setting w

Manville Corp. needs to speed up payments to the cash-strapped fund created to pay asbestos victims

UK INSURER BACKS BID BY UNION FOR UTILITYU.K. insurance company Legal & General Group PLC ag

Open interest in Chicago Mercantile Exchange pork belly futures has fallen to the lowest point in at

Why does the endangered Houston toad cross the road? To make whoopee.The 2- to 3-inch toads

During a trip to China not long ago, Paul Liu lectured at Beijing University on the value of honorin

U.S. retail sales in July are expected to rise 0.4 percent, weakening slightly from June's gain of 0

The international community is pushing ahead with an economic embargo and a likely naval blockade ag

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JAPAN TO INCLUDE RICE ON GATT SUBSIDY LISTRice will be included in Japan's list of farm subs

The Texas General Land Office proposed Thursday that a fee, possibly between 1 cent and 10 cents a b

An official of the Federal Maritime Commission spent two days last week hearing testimony from produ

Responding to the growing U.S. economic slump, Miami International Airport officials last week scale

PHOSPHORIC ACID FMC Corp. will increase prices on its line of industrial phosphoric acids, e

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 235.66 up 0.37 which compares

Barge lines are raising rates for spot coal movements and there is a new element of uncertainty in d

The story "Allianz to Aid Fireman's," on Page 9A of The Journal of Commerce, Aug. 7, should have sai

Despite the freeze on Kuwaiti assets, the two largest state-owned Kuwaiti corporations - with billio

Japanese commercial banks will be hardly affected by the Persian Gulf crisis as they have minimum e

Exports in the first quarter of fiscal 1990, ended in June, earned India 74 billion rupees (about $4

The International Trade Facilitation Council has proposed an electronic bill of lading it claims is

The Military Sealift Command is activating its fast sealift fleet to support the U.S. military build

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The ship channel leading to the Port of Houston is expected to be operating without restrictions tod

Soviet citizens were given the right to set up small businesses under regulations approved Wednesday