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Mar. 30, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

THE PROBLEM WITH FORTRESSES is that someone always seems to be trying to storm them. That ma

These days, every traffic manager has to come up with ways of saving money. Especially when the carg

Constitutional law expert Floyd Abrams will lead Allstate Insurance Co.'s fight against New Jersey's

Tokyo's consumer price index for March 11-20 averaged 107.1, up 0.4 percentfrom mid-February

George F.W. Telfer was named senior news editor of The Journal of Commerce today, and Leo Abruzzese

When U.S. or Soviet astronauts arrive on the moon sometime in the 21st century to launch constructio

The Bush administration hopes its biggest trade dispute with Brazil will be settled soon. Ca

The Inter-American Development Bank may set records this year in both its lending and borrowing, acc

Fri., Mar. 30, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

American food exporters are losing out to Western Europeans in sales to the huge Soviet consumer mar

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COCOA GROUP EXTENDS AGREEMENT FOR 2 YEARSThe International Cocoa Organization council voted

Tokyo traders are bracing themselves for a crash by the bruised and battered Nikkei Stock Average to

1529 (Mar. 30, 1990) Previous day - 1539 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

WASHINGTON - For the week ended March 24, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

After years of hearing no, Vietnam veterans with a rare cancer they believe was caused by the defoli

North European ports are bracing for an outbreak of fierce competition next month when a giant new c

Mexico will reopen its debt-for-equity swap program to allow creditors to invest in infrastructure p

Sears Roebuck & Co. is using computerized messages that combine business information and electronic

Throughout the United States' two-century-old battle between importers and manufacturers of textiles

Fresh talks will be held April 9 in Washington to try to untangle what's being called an "unfortunat

JAPAN'S STEEL EXPORTS TO US INCREASE 14 PERCENTTotal Japanese steel exports fell 19.5 percen

A two-tier tanker market is likely to evolve as more stringent safety and pollution regulations are

Harry Bridges, former president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, who he

Robust orders for transportation equipment led overall factory orders up 1.8 percent in February, re

A European Community panel proposal to ban the import of green lumber from the United States by Aug.

CONRAIL PICKS PHILA. SITE FOR NEW CORPORATE HUBConsolidated Rail Corp. has chosen Commerce S

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. and Allstate Insurance Co. filed a suit in San a Diego federal court se

Coast Savings, a thrift with $11.2 billion in assets, provides free insurance on many items purchase

Monsanto Co. and Mitsubishi Kasei Corp. said they will restructure their 38- year old joint venture,

A congressional watchdog agency has given U.S. owners of foreign-flag ships a boost in their efforts

Plans to blow the cobwebs off a 1988 textile bill have triggered another round of bitter exchanges o

Mar. 30, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

JURONG YARD REPORTS 31 PERCENT RISE IN PROFITJurong Shipyard Ltd. posted a 31 percent increa

There will be a new coal supply competitor in the international market in 1991. Drummond Co.

SOME CANADIAN FEATHERS HAVE BEEN RUFFLED by reports last week of exploratory U.S.-Mexico talks aimed

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Soft exchange rates coupled with shrinking crop forecasts continued to weigh on forward sales of Bra

EC LOAN TO HUNGARY TO BE AVAILABLE SOONBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Friday si