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An abnormally high rate of cancer deaths among the wives and children of asbestos factory workers ra

Chemical industry executives meeting here this week say environmental issues will soon rival war and

New York Mercantile Exchange June 6, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Corn prices were higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday with the July 1991 futures contract h

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Thursday announced a new 5-year program for the management of

South Africa's drive for political reform may bring changes to its oil industry, one of the most sec

Pertamina, the Indonesian state oil company, plans to build three oil refineries. Each will have a p

A squeeze on airline profits could cause USAir to slow purchases of $6.8 billion in new airplanes it

Thyssen Trans GmbH and Haniel Spedition GmbH, two West German freight forwarders, announced their in

Plans are in hand for Taiwan to enter the aerospace business with a new company producing components

SEA-LAND UNIT EXPANDS EUROPEAN BOX SERVICEROTTERDAM, Netherlands - A unit of Sea-Land Servic

The Chinese government is allowing Chinese firms to use prisoners in their manufacturing operations,

Japan intends to reject the U.S. idea of quarterly monitoring of agreed-upon reforms to lower trade

ARGENTINA MAKES PAYMENT ON DEBTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina has made a $40 million pa

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Business pressure will be essential if negotiators engaged in trade liberalization talks are to agre

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Quick, circle the carriers! Cut the rates!

International Petroleum Exchange June 7, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

When troubled Interstate Casualty Insurance Co. of Kinston needed help with state regulators in late

June 7, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The Maritime Administration proposed increasing the number of U.S.-owned or U.S.-controlled foreign-

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE. June 10-13. Pebble Beach, Calif. Tanker Conference - Managing Change i

PVM OIL ASSOCIATES INC. (Fort Lee, N.J.) - Cynthia A. Pollinger joined the company's refined product

AIR NEW ZEALAND EARNINGS JUMP 39 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEARAUCKLAND, New Zealand - Air New Zeala

IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LABELING LAWS UNDER 19CFR PART 134. Final interpretive rules for country of or

AIRLINE ECONOMICS INC. (Washington) - Harold "Hap" Pareti was named president and chief operating of

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The number of new containerships on order worldwide "is absolutely flabbergasting" when compared wit

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

Industrial plants released more than 1.3 billion pounds of chemicals suspected or known to be linked

A White House proposal designed to toughen regulation of some futures contracts by shifting them to

Aluminum ingots- $1,900-$1,990 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

The Port of Philadelphia Thursday came to terms with a local stevedore that was blocking changes to

BACKGROUND: Latin America underwent a profound recession in the 1980s. After vigorous expansion in t

The Coast Guard's new commandant wants to bring a new balance among the agency's missions and a new

BRITISH COLUMBIA SHIPPERS are girding for prolonged disruptions by striking owner-operators in the p

U.S. sanctions against South Africa will remain in effect despite the announcement Thursday by Presi

The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department sold a total of $1.78 billion worth of U.S. dollars

LAURENTIAN ORDERED TO DROP TAKEOVER BIDPORTLAND, Ore.- The Oregan Insurance Commissioner ord

Concerned about the viability of private health insurance, the Health Insurance Association of Ameri