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The Jacksonville, Fla., port community will lose a bit of its color later this year when Paul D. deM

Eight years after launching a disastrous war to recover the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great B

SmithKline Beecham said Wednesday it will sell its Margaret Astor and Lancaster cosmetics units to J

Wed., May 30, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

STATE DEPARTMENT OPPOSES AT&T PLANThe State Department opposes an American Telephone & Teleg

Two shareholder lawsuits against Federal Express Corp., both spurred by the recent decline of the co

Four years after it was completed and 14 years after construction began, the Seabrook nuclear plant

Rising demand will steady gasoline prices at current levels and calm fears that high crude inventori

National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier, Vt., filed suit last week against the Phillips Publishing

The United States came under fire here for attempting to bring farm trade negotiations from the Gene

Automation of international trade is proving to be more costly, time- consuming and complex than com

JAPAN EXPECTS 6 PERCENT RISE IN ELECTRONICS EXPORTSThe Electronic Industries Association of

A compromise between Chicago and Indiana that would bolster the prospects for construction of a thir

JAPAN AIRLINES EARNINGS RISE 32.6 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEARJapan Airlines earned $147.4 million

As of May 30, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list price

MERRILL CONFIRMS TALKS TO BUY ELDERS FUTURESA Merrill Lynch spokesman confirmed that the bro

Roadway Express Inc. has broken new ground in Mexico by setting up a fully integrated warehousing an

* Trading With Luxembourg 6A * Tom Connors - Washington 10A* Roadway Express Outlines Mexica

Seven large ocean carriers are working with the government to develop Taiwan's first electronic data

The British pound rose Wednesday on foreign exchange markets following news of a pledge from John Ma

The world shipbuilding order book climbed by almost 12 percent during the first three months of the

May 30, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Mexican President Carlos Salinas said Tuesday he would introduce legislation to upgrade the country'

DELTA HOPES TO SERVE MOSCOW BY MAY 1991Delta Air Lines has filed an application with the U.S

May 30, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Alex Krychev, president of AKX Importers Inc., has found the secret to successful negotiations with

World sugar futures plunged late Wednesday on heavy commodity fund selling. The active March

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. and the Teamsters union settled an employee hiring dispute arising out of the

1303 (May 30, 1990) Previous day - 1304 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

BONN SAYS TIMETABLE FOR UNION TO BE METBONN, West Germany - The West German government said

HIGHWAY ACCESS FOR HEAVY RIGS EASEDThe Department of Transportation issued new rules Wednesd

U.S.-Soviet negotiations toward an investment protection pact and a new tax treaty that American com

Lufthansa German Airlines said this week it will transfer some freighter capacity from the North Atl

Petroleum demand in China will continue to grow despite the sharp reduction in imports of crude oil

An agreement that will freeze the basic rate for electricity in New York City and Westchester for th

Price premiums on spot shipments of aluminum on the London Metal Exchange strengthened this week ami

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV is relying on rationalization and asset sales to maintain its forecast profi

To the delight of $130-a-seat Japanese tourists aboard a prototype vessel co- designed by Steven Lou

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Brazil's trade surplus plunged to a two-year low in March before stumbling to recovery in April as t