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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Intercargo Corp., which underwrites U.S. Customs Bonds for forwarders and brokers, said its fourth q

The U.S. dollar rose Monday, particularly against the Japanese yen, sparking further dollar sales by

Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, said Monday it plans to build a huge proving ground n

Maxwell House Coffee Co. plans to close one of two roasting plants in either Hoboken, N.J., or Jacks

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

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

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

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, founded 30 years ago, is at a turning point.<

A maritime brief on Page 3B of The Journal of Commerce March 12, headlined ''US Merchant Fleet Decli

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Marine insurers are bracing themselves for a surge in claims from the exceptionally severe winter st

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. signed an agreement Monday to share a key technology used in maki

Japanese corporations intend to expand their capital investments by 8.6 percent on a year-to-year ba

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

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

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

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau:

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

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

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

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

The Maritime Administration announced Monday that a third round of U.S.-Soviet bilateral maritime ta

Mar. 12, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

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The Military Sealift Command has handed over a multimillion-dollar tanker contract to a new operator

Textiles Minister Shard Yadav is trying to arrange more cargo flights to clear a backlog of export g

SEA-LAND EXECUTIVE URGES CBI EXPANSIONOAKLAND, Calif. - A senior executive of Sea-Land Servi

Next time you slip into a Liz Claiborne skirt, think Costa Rica. Levi's Dockers? Try the Dom

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CITES EXXON NEGLIGENCEWEST ORANGE, N.J. - Exxon Corp.'s negligence in m

China's return to tight centralization is achieving some of its short-term goals, but is unsettling

Manufacturers of hydrofluoric acid are likely to reap enormous profits in the next decade supplying

World coal suppliers wondering if recent developments in South Africa would lead to the relaxation o

Congressional leaders said here they will be fair-minded in support of legislation affecting the fut

Commercial navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway will open March 28 at 0800 hours Eastern Standard T

TNT RED STAR OPENS NEW TERMINAL IN NJTNT Red Star has opened a new terminal in South Brunswi

FEW REMEMBER IT, but more than 15 years ago the Interstate Commerce Commission predicted theDelaware

Rail suppliers who specialize in reconditioning old locomotives expect business to be booming in the

FRENCH INSURER PLANS NEW EUROPEAN VENTUREFrance's biggest car insurer, Mutuelle Assurance de