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FUTURES PRICES REACHED life-of-contract highs, with the November, January and April contracts all bu

Nervousness in the financial markets and signs of a weakening economy continue to cast a pall over t

CMS ENERGY APPROVES DIVIDEND RESTORATIONDEARBORN, Mich. - CMS Energy Corp.'s board approved

Argentina will start sounding out creditors this week, seeking a substantialcut in capital a

INCREASE IN SPENDING CALLED WEAKEST IN YEARConsumer spending in September posted its weakest

South Korea's Ministry of Finance formally announced Thursday that the government's revision of the

The spread of the life insurance habit in France boosted French companies' premium income to 411 bil

Pan Ocean Shipping Co., operator of South Korea's largest fleet of tramp ships, moved its Pacific No

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Airlines can take a number of steps to reduce cargo theft, speakers at a Cargo Security Council meet

WEST GERMAN PLANT, MACHINERY ORDERS FALLFRANKFURT, West Germany - Foreign orders in the West

The New Jersey Supreme Court has thrown another roadblock in the way of oil companies that want to o

Trade Representative Carla Hills said Friday the United States will not support the Soviet Union's d

THE SUGAR CLUB (New York) - David C. Carter was elected president of the international sugar forum.<

Local governments that urged peasants to grow more grain are too short of cash to buy the bumper har

MALAYSIA MAY EFFECT ITS PRIVATIZATION PLANKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's Finance Minist

South Korea's ostensible agreement to lift all import restrictions by July 1997 may not open up the

NJ DUMP FIRE CLEANUP COULD COST $8 MILLIONNEWARK, N.J. - It could cost $8 million to clean u

1636 (Oct. 27, 1989) Previous day - 1627 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. said the diversified transportation company should exceed

As if it hadn't had enough of controversy lately, the Massachusetts Port Authority now finds itself

Two more Latin American countries - Venezuela and Peru - are cranking up debt/equity swap programs.<

Digital Equipment Corp. sold its first mainframe computers in Asia in a deal estimated to be worth U

IND. PORT AGENCY, CERES FAIL TO REACH ACCORDThe Indiana Port Commission and Ceres Terminals

Great Lakes maritime officials are fighting a congressional bill that would require all ships enteri

When a Dutch customer told representatives of Jet Spray Corp. last year that their hot chocolate dis

Deputy Energy Secretary W. Henson Moore told a House subcommittee that domestic oil production is de

Courier services, among the toughest segments of the aviation sector, are donning the gloves in earn

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

Although this is a major intermodal market, some local transportation leaders say the area needs mor

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. today is starting up a round-the-bay shuttle service for con

Oct. 27, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

National railroad contract talks are foundering and headed for federal mediation, prompting the head

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 will cost the property and casualty insurance industry $7.8 billion more

Emerging trading blocks in North America, Western Europe and the Asia-Pacific will require new breed

Oct. 27, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

THE SERVICE FACTORY WILL BE THE KEY to competing in the next generation, according to Richard Chase,

Despite the old saw about the inevitability of death and taxes, tourists from overseas will be able

As Japanese capital investment continued to flow into U.S. factory and warehouse construction projec

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