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Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The World Bank, which lends billions of dollars a year for global development projects, has set up a

Analysts turned thumbs down on Brazil's $80 billion multiyear fiscal package announced Wednesday, sa

U.S. importers may not like the idea of paying even a fraction of the estimated $1 billion to bring

As of Oct. 29, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

After decades with a single telephone company, and only a couple of years with a handful, Hong Kong

Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan's finance minister, said his ministry has a plan to dispatch a special missio

Gaza International Airport has shiny new terminals, a control tower ready to be filled with state-of

You'd think that with all the bad news about its economy, its reputation for having a near-impenetra

China is restricting the felling of its trees to protect the environment, and that could mean a wind

October 29, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

Before the Iron Curtain fell, commercial links between the Soviet Union and its communist allies wer

The United States, backed by other major industrial powers, has called for greater global market ope

British port industry experts and financial investors have toured Mexican ports in search of opportu

Penn Treaty American Corp. intends to purchase United Insurance Group, a privately held consortium o

In a surprise move, a textile union is trying to upset the billion-dollar merger of Berkshire Hathaw

A discussion of whether to provide extremely large emergency loans to Brazil and Argentina, possibly

Dockworkers in a dispute that has shut down the main cargo terminal here have agreed to arbitration.

ARGENTINA: Carmakers are stepping on the brakes in Argentina. Ford plans to reduce production at its

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. A

The United States hopes a finding by the World Trade Organization will open access to Japanese marke

Kazakstan's authorities have approved a feasibility study for the modernization of the Kazak sector

The pipeline connecting Azerbaijan's Caspian oil fields to world markets will be fully operational b

Insurance companies need to choose carefully the Year 2000 (Y2K) coverage disputes they want to batt

Customers seeking changes in the Canadian National Railway-Illinois Central merger focused on a U.S.

U.S. officials who track Japan's food market in order to identify opportunities for U.S. exporters o

Oct. 29, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Global grain production this season will be marginally lower than expected, says a forecast issued T

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 28, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Lo

FUTURES - October 28, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - October 27, 1998All life-of-

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Who's afraid of a little competition?Not Intermarine Inc., a leading breakbulk carrier handl

International expansion by life insurers has been nominal. But as these businesses grow, they may af

Releasing data showing a shrinking economy and rising unemployment, Singapore Prime Minister Goh Cho

A union representing some 800 Airborne Express pilots says its members are refusing to fly voluntary

Truck maker Navistar International Corp. has agreed to form a joint venture with a Brazilian company

If you read my last column, you know how to find out whether you can conduct business in Pakistan or

Despite yet another protest by the United States over export subsidies, China said Thursday its expo

The United States has given the European Union until January to comply with World Trade Organization

Mexico has imposed compensatory duties on cut bond paper imported from the United states, the commer