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W. GERMANS TO SHUN IRAQI WORLD TRADE FAIRFRANKFURT, West Germany - The participation of arou

Railroads' share of export grain shipments dropped to 41.7 percent in 1989from 46 percent th

Despite a huge state deficit and a declining economy, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis has vetoed

As of Aug 8, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list prices

China's textile and garment exports earned $5.7 billion in the first half of this year, the customs

The main downtown repair facility of Jacksonville Shipyards Inc. will reopen this month, but an Alab

France is imposing temporary controls on gasoline prices to protect motoristsfrom excessive

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait emphasized America's dependence on foreign oil and boosted the likelihood

Massachusetts Attorney General James M. Shannon filed a motion with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm

The Port of Baltimore and its high-technology Seagirt Marine Terminal will receive a major boost lat

Aug. 8, 1990 Copper Total, 9,914. Gold Total, .1,527,193.Silver Total, .251,228,137.

LAKE CHARLES HARBOR & TERMINAL DISTRICT (Lake Charles, La.) - Glenn Feilner was named director of op

In America, business travel usually means tedious sales calls and unfamiliar hotels. In China, thoug

The jammed food stalls in this hustling city give no hint that, under U.S. law, trading with Vietnam

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 7, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 8, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

Efforts by major steamship lines to regain lost market share on the Atlantic are holding down prices

The Interstate Commerce Commission voted Wednesday to let trucking companies quickly raise their rat

The Port of Houston is drawing up a plan to waive some port charges for ships that were delayed by l

Aug. 8, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 8, 1990Bid AskedCopper-G

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

DANGEROUS GOODS SEMINAR, SPONSORED BY QANTAS AIRWAYS. Aug. 13-15. Stouffer Concourse Hotel, Denver,

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD (Detroit) - John A. Ponitz was promoted to general counsel. Mr. Ponitz,

The United States may have to maintain forces in Saudi Arabia for years to safeguard the country's r

Sea-Land Service Inc. and P&O Containers Ltd. are close to an agreement with Maersk Line for sharing

A rift is developing inside the East Coast's leading management organization devoted to dockside lab

Analysts here are shaving only a few tenths of a percentage point off their estimates of Japanese ec

The United Nations embargo against Iraq does not include food or raw food products, the United Natio

Be prepared. Oil spill legislation approved by Congress endorses the Boy Scout motto by sett

A "tight rein" will be imposed on purchases of cotton by Chinese entities this year to try to bridge

Crude oil stocks for the week ending Aug. 3 declined by 6.9 million barrelsfrom the previous

Aug. 8, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aug. 8, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A $32.6 million U.S. court judgment awarded last month could prevent a medium-sized Japanese shippin

One victim of Iraq's explosive quarrel with Kuwait may be the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Co

The United States, having put an embargo on countries that supplied nearly 10 percent of last year's

Aug. 7, 1990 Copper Total, 10,471. Gold Total, .1,528,760.Silver Total, .251,062,504.

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA is going into the tank container- leas ing business.

A bridge blamed for dozens of ship and barge accidents should be eliminated by 1992 and replaced wit