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ISOSTEARIC ACID Union Camp Corp., Wayne, N.J., announced a 5 cents-a-pound increase on its c

NESTLE EXECUTIVE BACKS COFFEE, COCOA INCREASESHigher raw coffee and cocoa prices could ease

Feedgrain shipments for fiscal 1990 were expected to lead a forecast rise in U.S. agricultural expo

* Gordon Platt - Credit Outlook 3A * EC 1992 Regulatory Roundup 5A* A.E. Cullison - Asia Vie

Domestic oil drillers are trying to enlist the aid of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Texas, in fighting legi

The New York Futures Exchange has an "effective" market surveillance program, and its members mainta

Several state-owned Soviet trading companies have fallen behind on payments to Western suppliers and

SOVIET LAWMAKERS PASS PRIVATE PROPERTY BILLThe Soviet parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly appr

The total combined crude oil production of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose by

FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH KUWAITI TANKER BLAZEDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Firefighters Tuesd

PTL Transportation Services Inc. started a new life Tuesday as an independent trucking company no lo

ICC SETS HEARINGS ON UP ABANDONMENTThe Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the U

Owners of the world's largest steamship companies meeting in Singapore this week are facing a key ju

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

The Export-Import Bank said Tuesday it is ready to finance a wide array of U.S. exports to Czechoslo

The United States, West Germany and Japan are waging an undeclared interest rate war that could soon

A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE AVAILABILITY of credit threatens to curtail U.S. economic growth, eco

Tue., Mar. 6, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The timing of a House-Senate conference to iron out key provisions in oil spill legislation may depe

The executive board of the International Coffee Organization ended the first day of its two-day meet

Copper prices fell sharply here and at London on profit-taking after weeks of generally higher price

Getty Petroleum Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of the Virginia assets of Hop-I

MOBIL TO SUPPLY LUBES TO SEALIFT COMMANDFAIRFAX, Va. - Mobil Oil Corp. won a $22.4 million,

PAUL JACKSON has strong opinions. With a successful career spanning air and surface freight transpor

AIR TRAFFIC STRIKE EXPECTED IN FRANCEFrance's air traffic is expected to be disrupted today

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. kept their top spots for the carriage of defense

Mar. 6, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

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

At least one U.S. shoe manufacturer is cashing in on golf mania in Japan. Bostonian Shoe Co.

Ocean carriers feel content about the 1984 Shipping Act in its present form, whereas shippers are re

After a recent blitz of new plant approvals, Malaysia appears to be tightening controls on further p

Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Norfolk Southern Corp. and New York, Susquehanna and Western Ra

PLANT, MACHINE ORDERS RISE IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Orders for West German p

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Just as the United States considers adopting Canadian-style national health insurance, hundreds of C

Millions of bottles of Bacardi rum will now bear labels manufactured in the Dominican Republic, foll

Du Pont Co., the world's largest manufacturer of ozone-depleting chlorofluoroca rbons, said Monday t

A small cargo airline is crying foul over Federal Express Corp.'s cancellation of its contract to op

By the year 2000, 14 independent financial service companies could control the European market, acco

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