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CHEVRON SET TO RESTART ITS NINIAN PLATFORMSLimited crude oil production was expected to rest

The heavily weighted plywood component of the Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index helped push

London cocoa traders say they don't understand what role Moutafian Commodities Ltd. could have in ma

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

CONTAINERPORT OFFERS LOUISVILLE SERVICESContainerPort Group is offering transportation servi

The gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Rep. James Florio is charging thata car insurance consumer ac

UAE TO BOOST TAX ON CIGARETTE IMPORTSABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emira

In the 1960s, it was unisex haircuts. In the '70s, it was unisex fashion. This decade? How about uni

The International Institute of Container Lessors has released its 1989 edition of the Directory of C

Great Lakes port officials will get a close look this week at some slime- covered visitors from over

The two-week old walkout by thousands of union miners sympathetic to the plight of striking employee

The Tennessee Valley Authority said its weekly spot coal purchases declined to only 6,000 tons under

Two companies involved in a complicated subsidized tug-barge vessel charter arrangement are seeking

The 8,000 ships outfitted with Inmarsat's Standard-A satellite terminals will now have access to the

Software from a Chicago company will soon be flowing into the Soviet Union in exchange for hard curr

Net new orders for U.S.-built machine tools plummeted 36.8 percent in Mayfrom the same month

Doubts over China's long-term stability may linger for months after the bloody suppression of pro-de

U.S. investment in Malaysia rocketed 263 percent in the first quarter ofthis year from the correspon

There is no doubt that the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is well known in Mexico.

MALAYSIANS REVISE GROWTH FORECASTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Malaysian Institute of Economi

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 10A* Kevin Commins - Currency F

Pertamina, the Indonesian state oil company, expects to increase sales of liquefied natural gas to J

The leaky old "rustbuckets" plying the world's shipping lanes have never been worth more money, at l

The nation's chemical manufacturers said last week they have abandoned their previous opposition and

June 23, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Earnings and Profits of Foreign Subsidiaries. July 13-14. Chicago. Seminar is designed for internati

ARGENTINA RESTRICTS FOREIGN CURRENCY SALESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Citing low official rese

European Community Commission President Jacques Delors appeared to raise the stakes Friday for agree

The Supreme Court, in line with its recent rulings, sharply narrowed a federal age discrimination la

A unit of Exxon Corp. is being offered a stake in the aromatics section of Thailand's US$1.25 billio

When 11-year-old Douglas Buchan worked in his father's filling station 40 years ago, he never dreame

June 23, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

USE FREIGHT FUTURES BY BARRY PARKER LOGO The ocean freight futures market came down early la

An administrative law judge has recommended dismissing a complaint against two major U.S.-flag carri

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

The West German Parliament Friday forbade export insurance and development aid for China, and asked

The long-term direction of the dollar could be determined in the next few weeks, currency traders an

Millions of households are expected to face higher water bills because of new federal rules that are

Propylene Glycol Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn., said it would raise off-schedule prices for pr

Fruit and vegetable growers testifying before a congressional subcommittee last week defended their