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AUSTRALIA BEEF GAINING EDGE OVER US IN JAPANJapan's high import duties on beef in 1991 shoul

in U.S. dollars per metric ton unless otherwise indicated. Europe/MediterraneanPort

Most American workers "will see their dreams slip away" unless society invests far more in improving

How do 180,000 pounds of live lobsters get from Boston's coastal waters to Father's Day dinner plate

The map accompanying the story headlined "Auto Parts Negotiators Find the Going Rough," which appea

A cruise liner damaged in a June 10 grounding off Cape Cod was expected to start a tow to a New York

Navistar International Transportation Corp. eked out a small gain in May heavy truck sales, allowing

FRENCH, QUEBEC GROUPS FORM JOINT ALLIANCEThe Paris-based Compagnie Financiere du Groupe Vict

Bankers lobbying for expanded insurance powers scored another big victory late last week when the Il

After months of adverse attention resulting from the depreciation of its massive junk bond holdings,

June 18, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Gearing up for a June 20 House subcommittee vote on legislation to extend U.S. labor regulations to

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VOLVO WANTS TO BOOST STAKE IN DUTCH UNITTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - Swedish automaker Volvo AB

As if Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev didn't have enough problems already, it now appears that

TRANSPORT GROUP SETS SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEONThe Action 35 Committee of the National Defense Tra

June 18, 1990 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

THE SUPREME COURT may issue a ruling on the "filed rate doctrine" case as early as today, but it pro

The Quebec government will introduce legislation this September allowing provincially chartered insu

Despite the dearth of mentors in a business still dominated by men, Janet R. Nelson has stuck with t

The 'BBB+' (good) claims-paying ability rating of the Home Insurance Intercompany Pool remains on St

Fowler West, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner, was unfazed by a pair of studies concluding the

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 236.44 off 3.89 which compares

Like many ports all over the world, the Port of Tokyo faces competition for space from other potenti

The French inflation rate will fall to about 2.5 percent on an annual basis by the end of this year,

The trade association representing North Atlantic ports hopes to become more active, now it has shed

Lost in the textile industry's clamor for protection from imports is the fact that U.S. exports of t

IRAQI CRUDE OIL TANKER ARRESTED IN ITALYTRIESTE, Italy - An Italian magistrate ordered the a

1219 (June 15, 1990) Previous day - 1232 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Legislation introduced in the House overturns a recent Internal Revenue Service ruling that set a ne

Federal Express Corp. said Friday it acquired a French trucking and express courier company, Transpo

Fri., June 15, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

THE NATIONAL GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION is prodding senators to retain current loan rate formulas an

As of June 15, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

CYANURIC CHLORIDE Degussa Corp. will increase the price of cyanuric chloride crystal by 6 pe

REGIONAL BLOCS Why North American Free Trade? June 19. New York. Guest speaker Sidney Weintr

FMC Corp. is building a 2,000 metric tons a year facility at its Buffalo, N.Y., plant to produce pha

Two days of talks on agricultural cooperation between China and Canada open today in Ottawa, in what

U.S. Customs Commissioner Carol Boyd Hallett has announced a number of new measures designed to furt