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International Petroleum Exchange July 12, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

The Federal Trade Commission Thursday ruled that Olin Corp. must sell a swimming pool chemicals busi

The unification of the European Community market in 1992 should present enormous opportunities for U

State insurance regulators and risk management interests are among those facing off over proposed Ho

KOREAN ETHYLENE PLANT BACK IN OPERATIONYukong's new ethylene plant in South Korea is back in

The "Flame Retardants" brief, which appeared on Page 7A in The Journal of Commerce of July 3, should

RADICAL SOVIETS FORM NEW POLITICAL PARTYThe radical Democratic Platform faction of the Sovie

INTERNATIONAL COMMODITIES EXPORT CORP. (Purchase, N.Y.) - Dirk C. Van Meurs was named executive vice

In a charming valley on the Saale River sits one of the few gems of East Germany's crumbling industr

The world's second- and third-largest textile exporters may be on the verge of forging cooperative l

New England business executives say they want government export curbs eased so U.S. manufacturers ca

Membership in labor unions that represent workers in manufacturing registered its biggest drop in th

NIGERIA RESCHEDULES $3.27 BILLION OF DEBTNigeria has rescheduled more than US$3.27 billion o

David R. Hinson, Midway Airlines chairman, is remarkably cheerful these days. His Chicago-ba

Under pressure from the National Transportation Safety Board to improve ship safety, some cruise lin

In a wave of protest Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of striking coal miners and other workers call

Seminar for Latin American ports. July 15-20. San Jose, Costa Rica. American Association of Port Aut

Expansion at United Parcel Service Inc.'s air hub and a rebirth at Jeffboat, a barge builder, helpe

July 12, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

IBM and Diebold Inc. Thursday said they will combine their automated teller machine operations and m

While France's property and casualty sector continues to advance at an annual rate of about 5 percen

Taxpayers are paying at least $400 million each year for Medicare costs that should be paid instead

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

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West Germany is expected to overtake the United States as Britain's largest export market within thr

Vital International Freight Services Inc. is taking a chance that good will can pay off. The

July 12, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.2

Long lines of river barge hulls in various stages of assembly here mark a resurgence both for the Je

The Department of Transportation asked for comment this week on proposals for new ways to protect co

Nikou Shipping Co., a steamship agent and ocean freight consolidator, relocated to a recently purcha

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

New York Mercantile Exchange July 11, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

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