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The average price of gasoline rose a cent a gallon in the last two weeks, the smallest increase sinc

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

1730 (May 22, 1989) Previous day - 1744 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

KEMP CALLS FOR FED TO CUT DISCOUNT RATESecretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp

Cray Research Inc., by splitting into two companies, may have taken a key step in helping the United

Gov. Bob Martinez may try to use Florida's $17 billion pension fund to back the purchase of Eastern

TRANSCO ENERGY TO SELL GULF RESERVES TO HESSTransco Energy Co., taking a major step to get o

Like a thirsting man crawling across a desert, cash-poor motorists come to Charlotte, N.C., agent La

After months of threats and challenges, the United States soon may raise the stakes in its game of g

The steep fall in the value of sterling Monday rekindled the increasingly bitter debate over whether

Direct shipping services between Shanghai, China, and the Soviet Union are expected to begin shortly

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey dedicated a 145-acre automobile terminal in Bayonne and

With no fanfare, one of the Philadelphia region's most venerable truckers, Matlack Inc., has become

THANK GOD IT WORKED. Another working meeting of the American National Standards Institute's

With the driving season just days away, families across the United States are about to hit the road

Within weeks, scientists at the National Institutes for Health expect to begin splicing genes from a

Two-thirds of all prescriptions written in the state during 1988 could be filled with generic drugs,

American Trucking Associations announced a staff reorganization that will elevate five senior manage

One of the world's largest and most far-flung freight forwarders - Schenker Worldwide Forwarding Org

Forwarders, shippers and carriers in the New York area, should forge a partnership to improve the in

The Irish government, in an effort to smash a multi-million-dollar fuel- smuggling racket, will put

YEUTTER HINTS AT 10 PERCENT FOR WHEAT SET-ASIDECENTRAL CITY, Neb. - U.S. Agriculture Secreta

Isaac Shafran says that when he talks about Seagirt, this port's new intermodal marine terminal, he

AMTRAK INAUGURATES ATLANTIC CITY SERVICEATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Amtrak inaugurated service to

The White House, in an apparent coordinated effort with the Federal Reserve Board, Monday moved to t

A British-based merchant bank is weighing an offer to introduce what it calls a unique insurance-fin

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May 22, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

European Community External Relations Commissioner Frans Andriessen Monday said the United States an

FMC Corp.'s Peroxygen Chemicals division is sponsoring a multiyear research program at the Pulp & Pa

The sharp, burning smell of sulfur roused Jonnie Pielen in the middle of the night. The odor

Ten national farm organizations urged President Bush Monday to relax steel import controls.

LTV, SUMITOMO PLAN TO MAKE STEEL IN OHIOCLEVELAND - LTV Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Indus

Capital Holding Corp. and Southlife Holding Co. announced Monday that they entered into a merger agr

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for trial in a damage suit brought by passengers of the Achill

Several U.S. companies operating in China have begun pulling out expatriates and dependents as the c

Nearly one-third of the trucks inspected during the first two days of a roadside safety campaign las

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Mon., May 22, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Saudi Arabia has revived proposals for an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' floor price