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Crude oil inventories posted a 4.4 million-barrel rise this week, the American Petroleum Institute's

SWITZERLAND TO JOIN BANK FOR EAST EUROPEBERN, Switzerland - The Swiss government announced W

Most American banks and securities companies do not plan to expand their business in the European Co

1317 (May 23, 1990) Previous day - 1316 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A highway blockade by independent Canadian truckers of major border crossings between Quebec and the

MINNESOTA OFFICIALS WEIGH SOLVENCY ISSUESThe Chairman of the joint board of directors of the

Senate farm panel leaders have asked George Mitchell, majority leader, to schedule Senate considerat

Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference, which sets rates for ocean carriers trading between E

May 23, 1990 Copper Total, 10,169. Gold Total, .1,881,811.Silver Total, .255,610,869.

U.S. aircraft makers Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. have joined a Western European study to

A procedural rift between the United States and other industrial countries threatens U.S. hopes for

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line boosted the frequency of its service to North America from the Aus

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS FELL 4.1 PERCENT IN APRILOrders for durable goods fell a wider-than-exp

Environmental concerns were the only source of friction at a high-level U.S.-European Community "tea

MERCK UNIT ENTERS JOINT RESEARCH VENTUREMerck & Co., a Rahway, N.J.-based pharmaceutical com

OXY STOCKHOLDERS NIX MANDATORY RETIREMENTOccidental Petroleum Corp. shareholders Tuesday vot

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Conceding defeat at the hands of the oil industry, U.S. Customs officials have been trying to negoti

The troubled Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate managed by RHM Outhwaite (Underwriting Agencies)

NY GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW TRUCK SAFETY LAWALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Mario Cuomo Wednesday signed a swe

May 23, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Legislation to alter insurers' limited antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act could be

Foreign insurers are being granted access to American consumers, but domestic companies are being sh

Con-Way Southern Express has expanded its service in Tennessee. This week the regional motor

Wandering the streets of Paris on a warm and sunny May Day, my wife and I chanced upon a political r

Brazilians have adopted often ingenious, extralegal and sometimes downrightcriminal economic

One hundred and twenty-three years after then-U.S. Secretary of State William Seward managed to buy

May 22, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Western companies eventually may be granted energy exploration concessions in the Soviet Union becau

Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are likely to reach an agreeme

JAPAN IS NEXT TO LAST IN LABOR PRODUCTIVITYJapan's labor productivity ranks second to last a

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NORTH AMERICA World Pork Expo 1990. June 2-4. Des Moines, Iowa. Contact Sharon Middleton, ad

PHILLIPS 66 TO STOP SALE OF LEADED FUEL IN UTAHPhillips 66 Co. will discontinue the sale of

NORTH PENN TRANSFER INC. (Landsdale, Pa.) - Tony Mancino has joined this family owned regional carri

Massachusetts truckers, who have been rumbling and grumbling over higher state taxes and fees, struc

A state monopoly on domestic air services is being broken in a small first step that could open up a

Product liability legislation authored by Sen. Bob Kasten, R-Wis., cleared the Senate Commerce Commi