Latest news

Sept. 1, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

FUTURES - September 1, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - August 31, 1998All life-of-

Youths of Nigeria's Fishtown community, who had been holding hostage up to 16 Texaco oil contractor

The world's largest privately owned stand of ancient redwoods will be transformed into a public pres

A planned pipeline to take crude oil from Chad to a port in Cameroon faces construction delays if ci

American International Group Inc.'s subsidiary American Life Insurance Co. (Alico) together with Con

Thousands of BarrelsWeek Week Week Ended Ended Ended8-28

U.S. crude oil inventories fell almost 3 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 28, as compared with

Atlantic Richfield Co. is negotiating further development of its Ashtart offshore oil field with the

Through seven years of crises, U.S. business leaders have insisted that you can't turn back the cloc

The Mexican economy may have avoided the Asian flu, but it sure has caught the Russian cold.

Aon Worldwide Inc. has formed Aon Re Europe, which will integrate its reinsurance brokering operatio

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will acquire Arista Insurance Co.'s entire block of group

The International Finance Corp. today signed an agreement to invest up to $400,000 in NICO Insurance

Canada's independent property/casualty insurance brokers, worried that the country's nationally char

California Gov. Pete Wilson has vetoed A.B. 1643, legislation aimed at protecting jobs of older work

A prominent consulting firm's request for a court to decide if a decade-old computer software contra

A powerful California lawmaker has virtually single handedly killed S.B. 225, a measure that would h

The Senate Banking Committee may vote this week on a controversial overhaul of U.S. banking laws, on

Grain farmers in North Dakota, where King Wheat still rules from a shaky throne, are looking across

Productivity at West Coast ports continues to erode despite huge investments in terminals and equipm

Atlas Air said it intends to expand its program to repurchase shares of its common stock in the open

A government panel will review aviation policies to see how they could be modified to help rescue Ph

Ampace Corp. has sold its Orlando, Fla., and Columbus, Ohio, operations to LinkAmerica Corp. of Tuls

Schneider Logistics Inc., the third-party logistics subsidiary of trucking company Schneider Nationa

Stevens Air Transport, a freight forwarder, has established a regional headquarters to promote sales

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

Frank K. Turner, a rail executive with experience operating regional railroads, was selected by a se

Bangladesh has officially requested international assistance of $680 million, including help with dr

A closely watched rate case that pits Union Pacific Railroad against FMC Corp., a major shipper of s

Leave it to the U.S. auto industry. These are the guys who didn't listen in the '60s and '70s when p

The container shipping industry has entered a new phase of shipbuilding orders, with contracts place

As the International Monetary Fund comes to grips with its inability to stave off a financial collap

Air Canada's 600 daily flights carrying 60,000 passengers and cargo to international markets were gr

The National Mediation Board on Wednesday called an ''exploration meeting'' to bring Northwest Airli

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 17, 1997 - Sept. 2, 1998 (a graph)*

In a searing summer sun, Pat Lee staves off the near 100-degree heat and thinks of colder matters. H

State-owned Shipping Corp. of India has stopped calling at the Port of Calcutta indefinitely because

Chinese ocean carriers are showing buoyant results in the face of regional economic uncertainty.

The Philippines may tap into a $1.4 billion standby International Monetary Fund loan after shelving