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Having managed to recover further in 1989, the shipping industry must now concentrate on the twin is

International Petroleum Exchange June 5, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended6-1 5-25

The demand for insurance in East Germany "will rise considerably" after July 2, an insurance broker

Western allies began meetings in Paris Wednesday to explore the easing of curbs on high technology

LUGAR WON'T BUDGE ON TARGET PRICE FREEZEThe Senate Agriculture Committee is getting strong o

Major ports in the Pacific Northwest intend to ask President Bush to change a new U.S.-Soviet mariti

Soviet radicals, led by new Russian President Boris Yeltsin, plan to push the process of reforming t

The six leased MD-83 planes used by the bankrupt German Wings airline will be returned to their owne

Import capacity at Frankfurt Airport has increased 60 percent with the recent introduction of a new

The U.S. dollar was higher late Wednesday on technical buying in the absence of new fundamental news

FED UNLIKELY TO EASE RATES BEFORE AUGUSTU.S. stock and bond markets, buoyed recently by pros

The jointly managed ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven in West Germany expect to handle a rising amount

CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.) - Robert T. Robertson was elected senior vice pre

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A hearing today before a federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Del., should indicate when Canadia

Japan should offer more know-how on technology, management and industrial policy as part of its econ

Armed with a court order from British Columbia's Supreme Court, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pe

FOREIGN FREIGHT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION, lunch cruise, June 8. From South Street Seaport, New York. Cont

* Trading With Greece 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Garamendi Wins. Calif. Insurance Rac

South African gold mines are battling against losses and closure because a slump in the price of gol

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Wednesday insisted that Japan loosen its ba

Aided by full order books and high utilization of its shipyard capacity, Bremer Vulkan AG moved into

JAPANESE BUILDING KEROSENE STOCKS EARLYJapanese refiners have begun building kerosene stocks

Gleaming, foreign-owned assembly plants are springing up along the U.S.-Mexican border, attracting d

Trade talks here Friday between the United States and Argentina will focus on state subsidies for oi

US TO PROBE DUMPING OF POLYETHYLENE FILMThe International Trade Commission cleared the way W

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

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd. is close to concluding a deal to buy a European shipping line, the com

International standards for paperless trading received their most resounding praise from the U.S. Cu

Wed., June 5, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Soviet Union is pressing the United States for both trade credits and joint business ventures fo

Japan, long the whipping boy in international trade circles, is getting a rare respite from pressure

Freegold, the world's largest gold mine, has closed down two shafts on which 921 million rand had be

Insurance issues were guaranteed a prominent position in California politics, when Diane Feinstein,

PENTAERYTHRITOL AND TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE Perstorp Polyols Inc. is raising prices of pentaeryth

"Examination hell" looked like doomsday for Kenichi Takeda. Twice, the 21- year-old failed the make-

June 6, 1990 Copper Total, 14,354. Gold Total, .1,749,507.Silver Total, .252,781,312.

The short-term horizons of many Norwegian shipowners may have contributed to declining maritime stan

A move by the U.S. Air Force to use the same jet fuel that powers commercial airliners could squeeze