Latest news

The new regional bourse in Abidjan opened this week, but trading was just as thin as in the old Abid

The level of debate on the comprehensive banking and insurance reform bill has increased. The bill i

The World Bank will issue $11 billion in loans to East Asia for 60 projects during the 1998-99 fisca

South Dakota's ban on Canadian livestock moving through the state is causing concern on both sides o

FUTURES - September 23, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 22, 1998All life

The largest terminal operator in the Port of Buenos Aires plans to renegotiate its contracts with sh

Thursday Sept. 24, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

A.C.E. Insurance Co., in conjunction with X.L. Insurance Co. and Overseas Partners Re Ltd., agreed t

Cynthia A. Stoddard was appointed vice president and chief information officer of Circle Internation

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

Japan's ruling and opposition parties resumed talks Thursday over bills to stabilize the banking sec

Bolivia has said it has become the second country in the world and the first in Latin America to ben

Daimler-Benz AG said Thursday its shareholders started exchanging their stock for new shares in Daim

Chief executives of 20 of the world's biggest oil companies will meet in Italy next month amid depre

An end to the three-year-long controversy over Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co.'s relocation

The Philippine Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has suspended passenger operations of Sulpicio L

Federal aviation officials will investigate a passenger said to have caused the unscheduled landing

PALISADES SAFETY & INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONGlenn K. Tippy joined the company as chief operating

Europe's railroads are missing an opportunity offered by the single market to pull their networks to

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

September 23, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repre

New York Mercantile Exchange - September 22, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

Royal & SunAlliance USA has announced a decision by its parent company, Royal & Sun Alliance Insuran

The Federal Maritime Commission adjusted some service fees as of Nov. 2.The changes apply to

Countries that won billions of dollars of international loans are seen as among the most corrupt nat

Richard Branson, owner of Britain's Virgin Atlantic Airlines, is poised to challenge U.S. carriers o

A 1990s-style range war is raging across the northern plains as critics of a tiny South Dakota railr

FUTURES - September 22, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 21, 1998All life

Duff & Phelps assigned Singapore an ''AA'' rating for its foreign currency obligations and an ''AAA'

A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in the industry suit against Massachusetts' sanctions on M

With the last of nine negotiating groups wrapping up their first round of bargaining next week towar

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

Sept. 22, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service Inc. will decide before the end of the year on the location of thei

U.S. importers, faced with the reality that untreated wood pallets and other packaging will be banne

Unemployment is projected to dramatically increase this year in the Asian nations hit by the economi

Chile's Interior Ministry said daylight savings time would begin midnight Saturday, Sept. 26, two we

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.78 up 1.06 wh

The United States, predicting another poor harvest in North Korea, said it would contribute 300,000

Wednesday Sept. 23, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen