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CHARTWELL REINSURANCE CO. (Minneapolis) - Richard E. Cole was named president and chief executive o

A new independent farmers' trade union, the National Agricultural Union of Ivory Coast, or SYNACI, h

Japanese selling of platinum led an assault on other precious metal prices Thursday as the nearby Ne

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PERMANENT EXHIBITION BOND ENTRIES. Customs requires that entry type code ''21" be used for merchand

The U.S. dollar tumbled Thursday afternoon after Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, said the

The East German government is keeping hundreds of thousands of workers off unemployment registers by

Thu., July 12, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Compagnie Generale Maritime, Paris, said Thursday that it would join three other major ocean carrier

Some may not have realized it at the time, but the air freight industry of the 21st century was born

FRENCH GROWTH RATE UP IN SIX MONTHSFrench gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2

PORT OF GALVESTON (Galveston, Texas) - Robert Schulz was named director of operations. He wa

MAERSK UNIT WINS MILITARY CONTRACTThe Military Sealift Command has awarded a $161.5 million

The Port of Oakland's bid to dredge its inner harbor to 38 feet received a boost Tuesday when a judg

As of July 12, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

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Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus soared 27.6 percent at $6.7 billion on a year-to-year basis i

* Customs Update 4A * Craig Dunlap - Inside Talk From the Southeast 1B* Greg Johnson - Manag

Has Canada's competition watchdog become a paper tiger? This question is being raised by obs

When Connecticut governors travel abroad, they take along small gifts embossed with the state seal t

For Gyorgy Tothfalusi, the 27-year-old owner of an import-export company, his ability to speak three

Crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange soared Thursday, with the August contract up 9

After a year of major oil spills, including the nation's worst, Marc Jones figured 1990 would be a b

Should a supermarket and a hardware store worry about competing with one another? They migh

A shipyard in Hokkaido, Japan will build an icebreaker cruise ship to carry passengers into the froz

OIL COMPANIES RAISE POSTINGS FOR CRUDEMajor U.S. crude oil refiners raised the price they wi

VINYL EMULSIONS Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will increase prices of its polyvinyl acetat

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 12, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 231.97 off 0.65 which compare

At the beginning of June, Bell Atlantic Corp. had a computer-maintenance business in Europe and a fe

Aviation and highway groups joined state officials in endorsing a House transportation bill that wou

The dozen U.S. ports that still forbid ships crewed by East Europeans from entering their waters are

Frustrated House members criticized the Bush administration Thursday for failure to tackle the probl

Whether you're in the market for a fake Chanel handbag, a Rolex watch or a Kalashnikov assault rifle

SAS PILOTS STAGE WALKOUT OVER WAGESSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Th

IT'S NOT HOW MUCH HE EARNS, but how much he owes. Such is the age-old advice passed down fro

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Britain's shipping companies and seamen agreed this week on the abolition of a 71-year-old system wh

July 12, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Formation of a new company that specifically seeks to improve the quality of the electronic data int