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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index accelerated swiftly late last week following soaring

While Kuwait Petroleum Corp.'s refineries in Europe appeared to be operating normally on Friday, oil

DOT BANS TRANSPORT TO OR FROM IRAQThe Department of Transportation last week prohibited all

Costa Rica is making an early bid for stronger trade and investment ties with the United States unde

TEXAS REGULATORS SEEK 21.1 PERCENT BUDGET INCREASEAUSTIN, Texas - State insur ance regulator

The Takeover Attempt from Hell is 1 year old. The merger world's problem child, the proposed

Some British economists are raising their forecasts for U.K. August inflation by as much as 0.6 perc

President Bush is lending his name to a maritime industry event in honor of one of his few early sup

1180 (Aug. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1185 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 3, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.55

Weight and fuel-efficiency problems are keeping Douglas Aircraft Co.'s new MD-11 jetliner from flyin

Just as the United States and Europe are waking up to the "green" potential of alternative fuels in

Maritime and trade interests that work in and around the Port of New York are slowly accepting an el

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Overland Park, Kan.) - Tom Witty was named director, marketing informati

Reports late Friday that the Soviet Union was assured by Iraq that it would soon withdraw forces fro

Soviet cattle production will continue to be troubled in 1990 as the country struggles to maintain

Aug. 3, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A Port of Seattle shake-up scheduled for next month will install new top managers, propose the spino

A national action program for freight forwarders is beginning to take shape, with an emphasis on tra

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Boeing Co. forecasts that worldwide available air cargo capacity will increase 97 percent during the

CIGNA'S INCOME ROSE IN SECOND QUARTERSecond quarter operating income at Cigna Corp. rose to

London's marine insurers reacted quickly to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait by putting premium surcharges

NEW YORK DISTRICT - REVISED AIR CARGO MANIFEST. Effective July 9, 1990, air carriers will be require

A subscription warrant market is scheduled to open for business in the Japanese capital on Sept. 25

An American-backed chemical plant in Indonesia is due to begin commercial production this week, with

The 1990 farm bill approved Thursday by the House would require the United States to import a minimu

Motorists who clog California's freeways began paying the state's biggest tax hike ever on Aug. 1. T

TRADERS FEAR DAMAGE TO KUWAITI REFINERIESOil traders in Asia are concerned about possible da

Tension is mounting between Sea-Land Service Inc. and its unionized office workers in New Jersey and

Thur., Aug. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Aug. 2, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.55

Aug. 2, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Renewed drought and the closure of a key Red Sea port threaten up to 4 million people in northern Et

Salomon Inc. on Thursday declined to comment on rumors of impending cutbacks at commodities trading

TAIWAN TO ESTABLISH CHINA RELATIONS OFFICETAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will set up a new office t

The fourth round of U.S.-Japan negotiations on amorphous metals ended here Thursday without signific

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" Award on May 23, 1990. ("E" Award in October 1984; Iowa Governor's E

HALIFAX-DARTMOUTH PORT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. Sept. 9-10. Halifax. Conference: "Halifax PortDays '9

The Port of Savannah, Ga., continued in fiscal 1990 to climb out of the deep hole left by the 1986 d