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U.S. securities houses, eager to grab a piece of Tokyo's booming currency market, are opening bankin

TRADE SURPLUS GROWS BY 107 PERCENT IN HONG KONGHong Kong posted a provisional trade surplus

Allstate Insurance Co. reported income of $126.1 million for the third- quarter of this year, down 3

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Taiwan's two biggest shipping lines both say they are continuing negotiations with shipyards after p

The crew of foreign nationals had to collect rainwater for their laundry and showers. Anothe

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GREENSPAN REITERATES ZERO INFLATION SUPPORTThe current U.S. inflation rate of 4.5 percent is

SENATE JOINS HOUSE IN QUAKE AID APPROVALThe Senate Wednesday voted 97-1 to join the House in

President Bush flies to Costa Rica Friday for the first summit of American heads of state in 22 year

LOOK FOR BUDGET DIRECTOR RICHARD DARMAN to step up the pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower inte

If anyone has a sure-fire way to take the risk out of farming without boosting costs to taxpayers, l

New York Stock Exchange Chairman John J. Phelan told the press Tuesday that the calming strength of

The economic minister at the Polish Embassy here said his country would move toward a convertible cu

A massive explosion and fire at a Phillips Petroleum Co. plant has apparently destroyed 17 percent o

Togo Tuesday urged cocoa producers to show unity and solidarity to support the current depressed mar

From the Jacuzzi bubbling in the bedroom to the boot dryer whirring in the mudroom, the 21st century

SUGAR CONTENT OF BEETS IN W. GERMANY RISESFRANKFURT, West Germany - The sugar content of sug

The United States is falling into the same old trap again trying to negotiate with Japan. Fo

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says he'll talk with Agriculture Secretary Clayton Y

Brazil plans to file a formal protest with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade against U.S.

The volatile benzene market is on the move again. Spot prices surged to $1.53 last Thursday,

Oil prices are unstable and too low in part because some members of the Organization of Petroleum Ex

QUAKE LOSSES BELOW HUGO'S, LLOYD'S SAYSA spokesman at Lloyd's of London said Tuesday that th

Y.F. Chang, founder of Taiwan's Evergreen Group, started slowly when he launched his shipping empire

BRAZILIAN OIL COMPANY THREATENS IMPORT CUTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's state oil company is

The environmental group Greenpeace is joining a coalition of Canadian groups to fight a plan to expo

Major airlines carrying export cargo across the Pacific have backed Japan Air Lines' call for higher

A landlord who fails to keep his apartment free of lead-based paint can be held liable for damages i

PERHAPS FINDING INSPIRATION in his composer namesake, ex-forwarder executive Robert Schumann derives

FEDERAL EXPRESS CHIEF RECEIVES SERVICE AWARDST. LOUIS - Frederick W. Smith, chairman and chi

SEATTLE - Airborne Freight Corp., which operates under the trade name Airborne Express, increased ne

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Oct. 24, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A new deep-sea port in Thailand, hailed as the savior of a harried industry, will be ready on time,

1612 (Oct. 24, 1989) Previous day - 1599 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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The impending bankruptcy filing of a major Finnish shipyard is having ripple effects this week on a

NAVIERAS HELPS OUT IN HUGO RELIEF EFFORTSEDISON, N.J. Navieras de Puerto Rico has carried f

Recent large Soviet corn purchases should keep the movement of grain shipments out of U.S. Great Lak