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Be prepared. Oil spill legislation approved by Congress endorses the Boy Scout motto by sett

A "tight rein" will be imposed on purchases of cotton by Chinese entities this year to try to bridge

Crude oil stocks for the week ending Aug. 3 declined by 6.9 million barrelsfrom the previous

Aug. 8, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aug. 8, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A $32.6 million U.S. court judgment awarded last month could prevent a medium-sized Japanese shippin

One victim of Iraq's explosive quarrel with Kuwait may be the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Co

The United States, having put an embargo on countries that supplied nearly 10 percent of last year's

Aug. 7, 1990 Copper Total, 10,471. Gold Total, .1,528,760.Silver Total, .251,062,504.

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA is going into the tank container- leas ing business.

A bridge blamed for dozens of ship and barge accidents should be eliminated by 1992 and replaced wit

One of the great immigrant success stories in the United States has been the collective track record

AANCOR HOLDINGS INC. (Dallas) - Peter C. Browning was named president and chief executive officer o

Dana Para is 37, aggressive and volubly enthusiastic. Though his title at Chicago-based Seko Air Fre

The top adviser to President Bush on small business issues is calling for a private sector-led blitz

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

Business grew strongly for China's state-run insurance company in the first half of 1990, but a welt

Insurance industry defendants continued to do battle this week against the broad antitrust charges f

HONG KONG TO FREEZE IRAQI, KUWAITI ASSETSHong Kong is to join the United Kingdom in freezing

Aug. 7, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Aug. 7, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

TOTEM OCEAN TRAILER EXPRESS INC. (Seattle) - Rick Short joined the sales force in Anchorage for the

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is adding the ability to handle export-oriented data to

BRITISH AIRWAYS EARNINGS SOARED IN FISCAL 1ST QUARTERBritish Air- ways earned 111 million (

Transportation interests in Southern California next week will hold a series of free workshops on th

Polystyrene producers have raised prices in a bid to recapture lost profitmargins, butsevera

GLOBE ORDERED TO HALT BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIAThe California Department of Insurance ordered G

Tuesday Aug. 7, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Spending cuts and strong container traffic helped turn around the North Carolina State Ports Authori

AUSTRALIAN AIRCRAFT TO BUY 7 DELTA JETSATLANTA - Delta Air Lines has agreed to sell seven DC

A couple more weeks of favorable weather in many corn areas could mean a plentiful fall harvest, whi

TURKEY CUTS OFF FLOW OF IRAQI CRUDE OILANKARA, Turkey - Turkey banned the loading of Iraqi o

Natural gas, in good supply at the wellhead and in the ground, could replace only limited amounts of

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 236.07 up 3.02 which compares wi

The White House nominated Gail C. McDonald, a former energy conservation specialist with an Oklahoma

The Port Everglades Authority expects to find several quality candidates eager to replace Joel Alesi

It's turning into a long hot summer for the Port of Baltimore. Cargo figures are down, again

A picture caption labeled "World's Their Oyster," which appeared on page 9A in The Journal of Commer

Ports normally lag several months behind the general economy in feeling the effects of a downturn, a

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