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Mar. 13, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Six people were seriously injured early Tuesday when liquid propane leakingfrom a pipeline e

US RIG COUNT SOARS TO 923 DURING WEEKNEW YORK - The number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil and

Royal Dutch/Shell Group's Malaysian units will spend about M$5 billion (US$1.9 billion) on so-called

U.S. polyethylene producers are optimistic that their planned April price hikes will stick despite s

Towering domestic coffee prices, fueled by the speculation, uncertainty and unease over the economy,

STYRENE BUTADIENE EMULSIONS Unocal Polymers, based in Schaumburg, Ill., announced it will in

BP CHEMICALS FINISHES RESIN PLANT EXPANSIONBP Chemicals Inc. announced it has completed a $3

PERU OFFICIALS DECLARE COPPER STRIKE ILLEGALLIMA, Peru - The Tacna city office of Peru's Min

ALTHOUGH 1990 HOUSING STARTS are expected to match last year's disappointing 1.4 million dwelling un

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The long-term trade consensus continues to be bearish for wheat futures, with Chicago Board of Trade

Coffee prices recovered from sharp declines to close only moderately lower Monday. Prices fo

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A Pennsylvania publisher plans to provide food for Soviet minds along with better-tasting sausage fo

An easing of Cocom regulations is expected by this summer, but a dismantling of U.S. export controls

European Community policies aimed at forcing foreign manufacturers to produce semiconductors inside

A group of skeptical state agriculture officials challenged U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills on

JAPAN'S MITI DENIES PRESSURING CARMAKERSJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry

VOLKSWAGEN TO PRODUCE CARS IN EAST GERMANYLEIPZIG, East Germany - West German carmaker Volks

SWISS INSURER ACQUIRES GENERAL CASUALTY OF USWINTERTHUR, Switzerland - The Winterthur Insura

Respected Cresap-Tillinghast actuaries diagnosed what ails Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts a

United Community Insurance Co., a subsidiary of the Lawrence Group, has filed a $42 million defamati

The Pepper Commission's plan to guarantee Americans access to health care would have little effect o

General Casualty Cos., a subsidiary of Reliance Group Holdings Inc., will be sold to Winterthur Swis

John T. Lynch was elected president of management consultant and reinsurance intermediary Towers Per

Motorists who drive without insurance may soon have to face the tale of the tape. The state

Unemployed persons with AIDS would continue to be covered by private health insurance under legislat

T.W. BOSWELL ELECTED TO POST AT OVERNITERICHMOND, Va. - Thomas W. Boswell was elected chief

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION (West Sacramento, Calif.) - Robert J. Crites was elected president f

Heavy truck sales continued to fall sharply in February, marking their sixth month of double-digit d

NOWHERE TO RUN, nowhere to hide: That's the position transportation companies will find themselves i

HOW DO YOU HAUL garbage without everyone knowing it's garbage? That was a much debated quest

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and city officials broke ground Monday on a critical truck access road in So

CP Rail and Consolidated Rail Corp. executives are scheduled to meet here today in an attempt to res

The calendar says 1990, but in regards to a new union dockworkers contract, the year is beginning to

Conterm Consolidation Services (U.S.A.) Inc., Los Angeles, has established a new gateway operation i

Mar. 12, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

World demand for steam coal was forecast this week to double by 2000 before being overtaken by other

The Japanese government announced its intention Monday to take the initiative in promoting nuclear p