Latest news

COMBINED NET OF AIRPORTSIN NEW YORK AREA RISESNEW YORK - The three New York area airports ha

CHINA, VIETNAM ADDRESSTERRITORIAL WATERS SPATBEIJING - China and Vietnam plan to hold expert

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

As of April 1, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 245.17 off 0.92 wh

SURVEY: CALIFORNIANSUNSHAKEN OVER QUAKESNORTHBROOK, Ill. - A survey conducted by Allstate In

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for committing

You're an ocean shipowner and you see two economic icebergs ahead: rising fuel prices and dropping f

The future of many of Russia's biggest enterprises hangs on significant state holdings that have yet

Ports in the Caribbean, Florida and on the U.S. South Atlantic coast are watching anxiously as a new

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, 1996 - April 1, 1997 (a graph)*

Not long ago, only the largest companies had the critical mass necessary to find cost savings by tra

Asia offers both the biggest market and the most significant competitive threat for U.S. companies.<

ETHANOL USE SEEN HELPINGNW GASOLINE SUPPLIESLOS ANGELES - Tosco and Arco's move to use ethan

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 31, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 1, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

ASHLAND, MARATHON OILREPORTEDLY TALK MERGERRUSSELL, Ky. - Ashland Inc. is discussing merging

Once upon a time, letters of credit arrived nicely typed on the letterhead of the opening bank or th

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for April 1997 (see Note

As the government in Lagos encourages continued exploration of Nigeria's vast oil reserves, sales op

Rural Canadians are the foot servants of Canada's resource-based economy, a role that earns them low

SHIPSA.N. DERINGER BUYSMARON SHIPPING AGENCYMIAMI - A.N. Deringer Inc. of Ve

Photo only

U.S. officials will campaign for improved aviation services in two European capitals over the next w

More than 90 percent of about 70 senior executives at top U.S. companies plan to make new or additio

Like an invading army laying siege to a well-defended medieval capital, the U.S. Embassy has gone on

1107 (April 1, 1997) Previous day - 1109The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

The Japanese economy has had its ups and downs in recent years, but Japan should not be counted out

Russian metal traders with the London-based Trans-World group say that when the dust settles in thei

Six catastrophes cost property/catastrophe insurers an estimated $675 million in losses for the firs

Tuesday April 1, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

China will slowly phase out monopoly trade in six important commodities as part of its long-stalled

WESTERN EUROPESPAINLabor reforms in December 1994 made it easier and cheaper to hire

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

International trade has always contained a certain amount of risk and uncertainty. The booming trade

Joe Hughes, chairman and chief executive of the company that manages the American P&I Club, has sent

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

For the week ended March 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Scientists believe an Italian airliner that crashed in mysterious circumstances in 1980, killing 81