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GLUCONATES Akzo Chemicals Inc. will eliminate all off-list price discounts on sodium glucona

SALARIED PORT WORKERS MAY STRIKE IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil faces the threat of its

Malaysia has turned down an offer from Thailand to purchase low grade rice at a discount, or what it

A $100 million upgrade planned for New York's only oil refinery will allow it to convert waste oil b

After two years of explosive growth in the latter half of the 1980s, the international condom and ru

In 1988, the 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa bought $56 billion worth of goods manufactured outsi

Witco Corp. of New York Wednesday reported net income of $23.3 million, or 98 cents a share, for the

Maritime Administration proposals on ship sales and financing could discourage foreign investment an

Western Canadian grain and oilseed production continued to benefit from near-ideal growing conditio

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 231.52 off 0.98 which compares

July 25, 1990 Copper Total, 12,146. Gold Total, .1,558,558.Silver Total, .252,880,767.

For years, Art Centrum sold Czechoslovakian modern art abroad. What it sold at home was propaganda.

In an effort to spur stalled multilateral talks on shipbuilding subsidies, House and Senate members

1142 (July 25, 1990) Previous day - 1141 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Malaysian Airline Systems is developing a M$35 million (US$13 million) cargo complex on the northwes

The tiny Persian Gulf archipelago state of Bahrain has long been a Middle Eastfinancial cent

In a move to strengthen its control over intermodal operations, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (North Amer

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

Conoco Inc. has begun construction of a $95 million plant that will extract propane and butane from

After 22 years of waiting for "socialism with a human face," Czechoslovakia is searching for capital

The delicate cultural issues involved in any mention of sexual issues require different and often di

Six independent insurance brokers in the Far East have set up a regional alliance to expand the scop

OPEC is close to approving a rise in its self-imposed production ceiling of nearly half a million ba

Japan's Idemitsu Petrochemical is negotiating a joint venture with Spain's national oil company, Rep

July 25, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Zinc's persistent trend upward since January, which saw prices rise by 40 percent, has gone into rev

With the growth in shipping demand comes the need for ever more containers, largely the preserve of

July 25, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

In the high-stakes game of foreign exchange speculation, where millions ofdollars can be won

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July 25, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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Norfolk Southern Corp. earnings fell 10.2 percent in the second quarter, as strong coal shipments fa

ASSOCIATED AVIATION ASSOCIATION (Short Hills, N.J.) - David Alfson was appointed claims manager of t

YOU AIN'T SEEN nothin' yet. At least, that's what Maersk Inc. and P&O Containers Ltd. are ho

Even though the cost of container terminals may be soaring, Port of Seattle managers say they have l

Crude oil stocks fell by 1.6 million barrels but were 53.2 million barrels higher than year-ago leve

ETHICS QUESTIONED IN S&L INVESTIGATIONThe Senate Ethics Committee received a formal complain

When Japanese investors bought Hollywood studios and Manhattan real estate, no one stood in their wa