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The government is allowing a state-owned company to raise equity from the public for the first time

While the U.S. Navy's commanders' handbook lays out in exacting detail how a naval blockade should w

The Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear plant is producing electricity for the first time in over two and a ha

SOME OPEC MEMBERS CALL FOR MEETINGCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela and Saudi Arabia called for

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 237.29 up 0.12 whichcompares wit

Aug. 14, 1990 Copper Total, 7,061. Gold Total, .1,526,048.Silver Total, .253,779,354.

This week: NEW ENGLAND: United Illuminating Co., New Haven, Conn.MID-ATLANTIC: General Publi

Poland said Tuesday it's possible that an Iraqi freighter bound for Jordan was loaded with Polish ar

The Crown Princess gives Frank Braynard a feeling of deja vu. Thirty-four years ago, Mr. Bra

The number of workers employed by farmers showed a seasonal increase in July but was down about 8 pe

Reusable canvas shopping bags are starting to catch on at some Connecticut grocery stores as superma

The first concrete results of restored relations between China and Indonesia will be a hydrogen pero

Pepsico Inc. is ready to make a big splash on Indian television today, but its advertising is out o

Tuesday Aug. 14, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Aug. 14, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

*Aug. 13, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Aug. 14, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 28.10

MALAYSIAN COCOA SALES ROSE IN FIRST 5 MONTHSKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia exported 92,04

AMERICAN TO INCREASE DOMESTIC CARGO RATESAmerican Airlines will increase domestic airport-to

Danzas GmbH, the West German subsidiary of the Swiss-based international freight forwarding holding

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd., flush with cash after a record year, is moving into Europe through it

The number of ships calling at the Jordanian Port of Aqaba has dropped since the United Nations impo

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney cut the number of new "Seawolf" attack submarines and Arleigh Burke de

Depriving Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein of oil revenues is one thing - but can the Western world reall

RETAIL SALES ROSE 0.1 PERCENT DURING JULYRetail sales rose a fractional 0.1 percent in July,

The International Trade Commission cleared the way for anti-dumping duties on imports of Mexican gra

The United States should bail out U.S. businesses hurt by trade sanctions against Iraq and Kuwait, a

Canadian Trade Minister John Crosbie's swift rejection of a proposed stiffening of North American c

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

Amoco Oil Corp. is embarking on a new hunt for oil off China's southern coast, its seventh contract

Ships in the Persian Gulf were warned to be on the lookout for mines Tuesday, and Iraq threatened to

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Aug. 14, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1237 (Aug. 14, 1990) Previous day - 1237 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The power outage that shuttered part of New York's financial district Monday didn't stop affected mo

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Richard G. Barbaria was named regional director of

Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner said the Mideast crisisunderscores the usefulness

Jordan's King Hussein left for Washington Tuesday on a surprise trip aimed at averting war in the Pe

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SLIPS 0.2 PERCENT IN JAPANJapan's industrial production in June fell 0

U.S. companies remain enormously concerned about China's political status at a time when many Japane