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The Ministry of Finance Monday announced it will ease foreign exchange regulations March 1, allowin

BLAST HITS POWER PLANT IN NORTHERN AZERBAIJANA unit at one of the largest hydroelectric stat

POLISH JOBLESS RATE SURGED IN JANUARYWARSAW, Poland - The number of unemployed in Poland jum

One-third of the truck drivers killed in recent highway accidents tested positive for alcohol or ill

The Coast Guard is proposing to revive the New York vessel traffic safety service closed down in 198

International Paper Co. knows the horrors of failing to communicate. About a year ago, the M

When Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov travels to Australia next week, the Soviet Union will con

McDonnell Douglas Corp., facing the end of two military aircraft contracts by 1993, may shift some w

Paul Hyman is the director of industry services for the Air Transport Association of America. His af

Warren G. Leback, U.S. maritime administrator, Monday urged federal, state and local officials to co

The cost of health insurance to supplement government-sponsored Medicare is likely to increase in 19

US FARM MISSION SET FOR VISIT TO POLANDA team of seven U.S. agricultural experts will travel

Obtaining insurance for underground petroleum storage tanks is a problem that's growing worse, a tra

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

1619 (Feb. 5, 1990) Previous day - 1638 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

NS INTERMODAL FACILITY OPENS IN OHIO CITYCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Norfolk Southern Corp. opened an i

LAST WEEK was a quiet one for freight futures traders, with the Baltic Freight Index continuing to d

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WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RATE COMPETITION that still refuses to abate in property/casualty markets?

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Some time ago, the Soviet Union sold a piece of capital equipment to a buyer in Austria. The

Feb. 2, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Sea-Land Service Inc. is the latest ocean carrier to install a system allowing computers to respond

Guilty pleas on criminal conspiracy charges were expected to be entered Friday in Brooklyn's Federal

REGIONAL BLOCS California Council for International Trade. Feb. 8. Santa Clara, Calif. Senio

COMMERCE TO REVOKE DUTIES ON 8 PRODUCTSThe Commerce Department plans to revoke anti-dumping

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor said Friday that a longshoreman had been arrested for c

For managers of XTRA Corp., the last three years have been like jumping out of the frying pan into a

Burlington Northern Railroad Co. has signed an agreement with the Soviet Ministry of Railroads to mo

Norsk Hydro said Tuesday that oil production from its new Troll West oil field is averaging 25,000 b

US OIL WORKERS UNION AGREES ON LABOR PACTThe trade union representing 40,000 U.S. oil worker

Analysts expect the $1.1 billion sale of certain parts of Sea Containers Ltd. to Temple Holdings Ltd

AIDS RESEARCH CENTER TO OPEN IN MANHATTANAn institute devoted solely to AIDS research will o

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM on soybeans, that South American producers will reap a smaller 1990 harvest, is

The Chicago Board of Trade signed a memo of understanding Friday to assist China's preparations in e

The dollar remains locked in a narrow, nervous trading range, torn between uncertainties in Eastern

Fri., Feb. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

While the rest of Texas struggles to pull itself out of economic depression, this dusty town in the

Commercial air freighters would get a new place to land in the Pacific Northwest under a proposal by

FEDERAL EXPRESS ADDS TO MD-11 ORDERSLONG BEACH, Calif. - Federal Express Corp. converted thr