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June 11, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

June 11, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE TO CLOSE FOR 12 HOURSThe trans-Alaska oil pipeline will be shut down f

Nigeria exported 1.45 million barrels of oil a day in January and February 1990, official figures sh

The continued piracy of U.S. copyrighted books, videotapes, computer programs and recordings in Thai

It's not over until it's over, especially in the complex world of Canadian politics. That is

Canada responded protectively to low-cost U.S. asparagus exports in May and, in an unprecedented mov

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

A Boston Harbor marine pilot was due to start a 30-day suspension at midnight Monday after admitting

Fernandina Beach, Fla., is a nice place to live, but those trucking costs from the Jacksonville rail

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Canada's Dollar 7A* Edwin Unsworth - Eu

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending June 8, 1990. U

June 11, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.5

CIGNA PLANS TO OPEN EAST GERMAN OFFICEBrus- sels-based Cigna Insurance Co. of Europe SA-NV i

At Smith & Nephew Perry, an executive said the surgical glove manufacturer will be watching latex pr

U.S. banking group PaineWebber Monday began trading in London Metal Exchange base metals with a team

What do air freight forwarders and air cargo managers think of a proposal to sell New York's La Guar

When Amway Corp. decided to enter the Mexican market, the company's traffic department figured it'd

The Port of Hamburg is poised to cash in its "peace dividend" as the collapse of communism in Easter

A new type of ferryboat is to depart today for an attempt to set a newtrans-Atlantic speed

Shippers are hoping a new agreement on bunker fuel surcharges for westbound North Atlantic traffic w

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

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. will launch a pilot port automation project in August.

NFC PLC EARNINGS SHOW 16 PERCENT INCREASEBEDFORD, England - NFC PLC reported first-quarter e

No one here expects the Soviet transition to a market economy to be smooth sailing, but Moscow is re

Uruguay's export-promotion activities will get a boost from the United Nations Development Program,

New York Mercantile Exchange June 8, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

As of June 11, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

An accounting scheme that artificially boosts an insurance company's capital by sidestepping agent c

GERMAN BUSINESSMAN TRIED IN LIBYAN AFFAIRMANNHEIM, West Germany - The former manager of a We

THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL for the French insurance industry. Union des Assurances de Par

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago6/11 6/8 Change % Change: 5

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Czechoslovakia is negotiating the purchase of natural gas from Norway, Iran and Algeria, according t

Consumers Power Co. signed its first contract to purchase electricity produced from a sanitary landf

After nearly five years as the bad boy of world financial circles, Peru can now clear the way toward

The Coast Guard Monday was probing the cause of Sunday's cruise ship grounding that punctured fuel t

Salvage crews Friday sank a petrochemical ship that had been burning for six weeks off the southern