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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (Chicago) - David Prosperi was named vice president, communications for the c

THE SCRAP STEEL MARKET has reheated to the point where prices have jumped nearly 10 percent in April

Occidental Chemical Corp.'s ambitious plans to build large petrochemical plants in the Soviet Union

Forest Service officials Wednesday refused to release details to a House panel on how efforts to pro

It now takes $231 million and 12 years to develop the average prescriptiondrug - a figure th

BFGoodrich sees more people brushing their teeth, moisturizing their skin and styling their hair.

New trade agreements with Japan won't do much to end the U.S. trade deficit, but should provide some

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ICO TALKS WON'T COVER THORNY ISSUE OF QUOTASAn executive committee meeting of the Internatio

Striking union officials at Southern Peru Copper Corp. have refused to adhere to a return-to-work go

Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner William Albrecht lent his support to CFTC Chairman Wendy Gram

Chinese agricultural officials predict a bumper grain harvest in 1990 and foreign analysts said this

As the Philippines' energy crisis worsened, President Corazon Aquino issued a decree Thursday reinst

A major International Monetary Fund package, featuring a roughly $60 billion boost in the agency's r

May 3, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Companies from the United States and Canada must become an integral part of the future European trad

President Bush Thursday pledged U.S. efforts to help Jamaica's economic growth, and Prime Minister M

MONITORING OF CATEGORIES 341/641 FROM THAILAND. In anticipation of the establishment of absolute qu

The U.S. dollar declined against key currencies except the Japanese yen Thursday in continued dull t

OPEC ministers unanimously agreed Thursday to cut the cartel's total crude output by 1.45 million ba

The prospect that Mexico will soon return its commercial banks to private control has even the harsh

''WARNING: THESE EXPORTS COULD BE INJURIOUS to the economic health of the nation." You're not likely

Independent power producers in New York state say their financing could dry up for two important uti

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

There will be smooth sailing for export coal barges on the Mississippi River system this year, U.S.

MOROCCO SET TO CREATE OFFSHORE BANK SYSTEMRABAT, Morocco - Morocco plans to create an offsho

Liquid propane Thursday began flowing through a 165-mile pipeline that ruptured in March, causing an

Public Service Electric and Gas Co. and the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection power p

Higher interest rates in Canada will keep the Canadian dollar attractive to investors disenchanted w

Thu., May 3, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

NJ UTILITY BOARD PLANS CONSERVATION INCENTIVESNEWARK, N.J. - The Board of Public Utilities a

A completed wharf extension project at Maersk Line's terminal facility in Oakland will give the Dani

May 3, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1345 (May 3, 1990) Previous day - 1352 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Customs services around the world have begun to use international paperless trading standards, accor

Heavy rainstorms and flooding have disrupted rail freight service on several lines serving major Sou

RAIL DAMAGE PAY-OUTS ROSE 3.6 PERCENT IN 1989Railroad pay-outs for freight and damage claims

One of the nation's largest pension funds filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles to force Transc

A bill to restrict U.S. textile imports, twice vetoed by former President Ronald Reagan, is again ga

INTERMODALISM WAS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND at this week's National Association of Rail Shippers' annual m