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Oct. 20, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

More than 2,800 transportation executives from all over the world are expected to converge here this

The Soviet Baltic republic of Estonia announced plans to issue its own currency, an Estonian newspap

China Friday reported that inflation had slowed dramatically due to its 13- month-old austerity prog

Burlington Northern Railroad, happy with its joint marketing agreement with Atchison, Topeka and San

Fri., Oct. 20, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. and Canadian northern native leaders accused the animal rights' movement of using racism in its

It's their first line of defense. When Japanese auto executives come under attack for displa

West Point-Pepperell Inc., the big Georgia-based textile producer, said it agreed to sell three of t

Two giants of the computer industry will butt heads Tuesday when IBM and Digital Equipment Corp. bot

Eastman Kodak Co. will introduce a disposable, wide-angle camera in the United States, company offic

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 5A* Stanford Erickson -

High-tech concrete is making its debut, not a moment too soon. As many of America's highways, bridge

The ports of Oakland and San Francisco are speaking with Crowley Maritime Corp. about a plan to move

Union des Assurances de Paris and Transatlantic Holdings have signed a truce over their stakes in Br

An insurance payoff of $2 billion, the largest in California's history, may be required to cover dam

In any catastrophe, some groups benefit. Aside from the stockholders of the biggest U.S. ins

The government is expected to seek 10 years to phase out certain import restrictions when officials

A ringing endorsement by Australian Trade Minister Michael Duffy of the U.S. agricultural trade refo

Some of the sounds coming out of new Japanese luxury cars are so good, you'll wonder where they're c

FUND'S QUAKE CHARGE SEEN AT $50 MILLIONFireman's Fund Corp. said it expects to take a charge

A group of seven Massachusetts hospitals has formed the state's first private-sector, self-insured w

The major participants in California's Proposition 103 dispute have signed off on a legal stipulatio

Jon M. Huntsman's bid to take over Aristech Chemical Corp. is only the latest of a series of moves a

The government's Superfund money has not been spent wisely, with only some 40 percent going to clean

Improved prospects for the Soviet grain crop, which officially is forecast to rise 7 percent this ye

Moscow's longstanding commitment to put more meat on family tables is the compelling reason behind t

Because of tight domestic supplies, about 10 percent less U.S. wheatwill be available to low-income

OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON FERTILIZER PRICESThe chairman of IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. said that

ARGENTINA NEGOTIATES BIG LATIN GRAIN SALESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina has begun nego

Canadian 1989-1990 (August-July) all wheat ending stocks are now forecast to come in at 5.90 million

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year10/20 00/19 Ch

One-upmanship going on between two of the nation's leading coal-buying utility systems could spell t

The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded two weekly spot coal contracts in the first half of this mont

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will regain its market clout in the 1990s, but thi

CANADA OKS EXPORT OF ARCTIC GAS TO USCanada's National Energy Board late Thursday approved t

CRA LTD. ACQUIRES BP AUSTRALIA MINESSYDNEY, Australia - CRA Ltd., a major Australian mining

EARLY THIS MONTH, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. asked a federal appeals court in New

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