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HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

Oct. 13, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The suspension of Richco Grain Ltd. from the export bonus subsidy program will not prompt the Depart

Iran's Bandar Khomeini petrochemical complex in southern Iran will open in two or three years, yield

A no-fault insurance bill similar to the New York model has been slowly moving through the Californi

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Negotiators from the Paris Financial Futures Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange held long

On a story that appeared on Page 1A on Friday, Oct. 13, concerning a minor lawsuit by a trucking fir

Small, family-owned customs brokers are losing at least $250,000 in fees each year because of the U.

Arnold B. McKinnon, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Norfolk Southern Corp., t

Hapag-Lloyd AG chairman Hans Jakob Kruse is warning that overcapacity in the Europe-Far East trades

2Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, plans to spend $15 billion in the next six years to

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved to a new high of 107.9 Friday on the heels of a

RETURN OF MINERS UNION TO AFL-CIO IS OFFICIALThe AFL-CIO has officially welcomed the United

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAM SKINNER gets high marks from two railroad chief executives for his effo

Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole met with striking Pittston Co. coal miners Friday and announced that

BEKINS VAN LINES (Hillside, Ill.) - Carl Walker was promoted to vice president, marketing, household

A group led by Salt Lake industrialist Jon Huntsman has offered to acquire Pittsburgh's Aristech Che

Twenty-five years ago, the biggest U.S. lockset maker created a small international department to ha

The Foreign Trade Association of Southern California has asked that a search begin immediately for a

A hardening strike of the Finance Ministry staff is starting to hurt the French economy. The

HALLETT MAY TAKE HELM AT CUSTOMS THIS WEEKCarol Boyd Hallett, the new customs commissioner,

For every bull on 1992, there is a bear. That proposition was nowhere more evident than at a

LOOK PAST THOSE roller-coaster government statistics if you really want a feel for what's happening

Minnesota Power and Northern States Power Co. settled a dispute out of court, agreeing to void a 198

CARE SHIPPING INC. (Houston) - Leroy Smith was named general traffic manager of this shipping agent'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the 1989 corn harvest at 7.45 billion bushels, up 51 pe

Mitsui and Co. will pay Iran 130 billion yen ($900 million) to compensate for the company's withdraw

Trading in the London Metal Exchange's high-grade zinc contract will end in March 1990, LME Chief Ex

The Sydney Futures Exchange plans to launch an off-hours, computerized trading system in the near fu

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Washington has thrown the ball into China's court in response to charges by American importers that

Recent economic developments in the United Kingdom could lead sterling to join the European Monetary

Air freight volume increased 1.4 percent in August from the same period a year ago, a much slower gr

Texas insurance regulators are set to begin hearings Tuesday on the state's crumbling workers compen

Crews from as far away as Guam have arrived to help restore electric power to the 55,000 residents o

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As the Senate and House try to resolve their deficit-reduction strategies, government agencies, incl

The AIDS epidemic is hitting the U.S. workplace, and the shock waves of higher costs and ethical dil

SOVIET GRAIN IMPORTS PUT AT 34 MILLION TONSTotal Soviet grain imports in 1989-90 (July-June)