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China's efforts to tighten control of materials for key state enterprises are succeeding in alleviat

The impact of fuel cost surcharges on cargoes from North Europe to the United States will be less on

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

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

''K" LINE AMERICA INC. (New York) - Robert T. Sherman was named district manager in Boston for the s

Pierre Rinfret, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, says he would like to see Kennedy

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

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell sharply last week as prices turned lower for scr

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

June 8, 1990 Copper Total, 14,012. Gold Total, .1,748,060.Silver Total, .254,160,933.

Ocean freight futures contracts last week traded within their recent price ranges, ending near the b

A story that appeared in The Journal of Commerce June 5 on Page 1B under the headline, "Mitsui & Co.

With sentiment shifting more and more against log exports, the Port of Tacoma plans to pump $50,000

U.S. exports to Taiwan this year could top $13 billion, representing a 16 percent increase over 1989

The BT Nautilus, the tanker that spilled an estimated 260,000 gallons of oil in the Kill Van Kull in

After a prolonged gestation period, Hong Kong's first separate insurancecommission is in ope

''The industry needs price increases, but they might not come until 1991," says Udayan Ghose, an ana

June 8, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Maritime safety legislation pending in Congress would do "immense harm" to U.S. interests, a leading

STUDY: EXPORTS HIKE US BEEF, PORK VALUESU.S. beef exports in 1989 contributed $4.66 per hund

Gold prices are headed lower, with no apparent signs of a halt to selling in sight despite this week

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 47,100 tons of steam coal for power plants in Tennesse

TOUGH RHETORIC MAY BELIE an empty threat in the battle to override President Bush's veto of the Amtr

In the coming decade, port managers will have to meet the rising challenges of environmental issues

Waste Management Inc. is betting time, energy and millions of dollars that pollution control will be

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 8, 1990(Dollars Per Metric Ton)Open

Now that we've all learned what NATO, GATT and EC stand for, it's time to add another acronym to ou

THE LAST THING Port Everglades Authority commissioners want to hear is that they need to continue le

June 8, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The New York Legislature recently voted a hefty boost in the state's petroleum gross receipts tax, a

SPAIN TO ABANDON NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAMFRANKFURT, West Germany - Spain will abandon its atomi

Major U.S. business groups are encouraged by both the Bush administration's and Congress' moves to l

The cruise industry has its collective fingers crossed, hoping that more Americans will opt for crui

SINGAPORE'S TRADE CLIMBED 5 PERCENT IN APRILSingapore's total trade grew 5 percent in April

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Janet Aschkenasy - I

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Fri., June 8, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

At precisely 8:30 a.m., as an electronic tone pings dully from a loudspeaker, the mechanics of Nehas

The U.S. electronics industry is fast losing ground to foreign rivals and this decade could slip beh