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

HEAVY IVORIAN RAINFALL SENDS COCOA DOWNCocoa futures fell sharply here and in London Monday

MANDELA SAYS ANC MAY RELAX SANCTIONSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Anti-apartheid leader Nelso

U.S. and Japanese shipbuilders last week called on negotiators to conclude an agreement by the end o

Officials of the Port of Philadelphia are going to press agencies in their state to impose quality i

Key Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries member-states, including Saudi Arabia and Venezuel

Due to an editing error, a name was incorrectly rendered in a story, "Oakland Body Ousts O'Brien, Ab

The domestic rig count jumped by 26 to a total of 992 last week, Baker Hughes Inc. said. The

Rail and finance industry people expressed bewilderment Monday at a bland announcement by China that

The band of rain that is expected to cross the south of England Wednesday is not likely to bring any

Japanese traders and petrochemical companies have already found supplies to substitute for the napht

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

The following business missions are scheduled. The Journal of Commerce assumes no responsibility for

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-

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

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