Latest news

Three weeks ended Oct. 26, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

WTO ADOPTS REPORTON JAPAN'S LIQUOR TAXGENEVA - The World Trade Organization adopted a report

A regulatory OK of MCI's purchase by British Telecommunications would depend on how open U.S. regula

ASARCO CHIEF DISMISSESCOPPER STOCKS RUMORNEW YORK - Asarco Inc.'s chairman of the board Frid

BERGESEN BUYING VLCCSFROM EXXON SUBSIDIARYLONDON - Bergesen d.y. ASA, Norway's largest shipp

Friday, Nov. 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 31, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 31, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The impact of drought is still being felt from Oklahoma to Kansas as farmers begin winter wheat plan

Pitco Frialator's international business is heating up.As fast-food chains pop up in places

ARNOLD INDUSTRIES REPORTSIMPROVED EARNINGSLEBANON, Pa. - Arnold Industries Inc., which owns

CENTRAL ASIAN NATIONSGET $450 MILLION IN AIDTOKYO - A group of 24 countries and internationa

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.65 up 0.54

The Virginia V, the lone remaining wooden, steam-powered member of Seattle's famed Mosquito Fleet of

Working to muscle Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. through bankruptcy's thickets, turnaround pro Joe Freema

The largest private landowner in the Mojave National Preserve says the U.S. government must follow t

On the heels of the Mexican government's about-face decision to avoid privatizing state petrochemica

S&P LOWERS CHUBB LIFECLAIMS-PAYING RATINGNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's Corp. has lowered the

Fritz Cos., in a long-term shift in strategy, is negotiating logistics contracts to receive a percen

Thursday, Oct. 31, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

ECU-LINE BEGINS SERVICEFROM BELGIUM TO SUDANANTWERP, Belgium - Ecu-Line NV said it is starti

In an unprecedented step, John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, convened a national coalition of rail uni

''South Carolina's chest is all puffed up because of this. It is something to be proud of.''

The Thai economy is at a crossroads as labor-intensive industries give way to higher technology prod

It wasn't long ago that a dozen roses bought for Valentines' Day almost certainly were grown in an A

A court is to mark out the field of battle today for a constitutional fight that legal experts say c

Oct. 31, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

DATA TECH COSTS OIL, GASFIRMS $6 BILLION A YEARHOUSTON - Cambridge Energy Research Associate

Oct. 31, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Oct. 31, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 31, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Efforts by members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference to persuade three South Korean lines to joi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 3, '95 - Oct. 31, '96 (a graph)* An

EASTMAN NOT A PARTOF OLEFINS PLANNEW YORK - Eastman Chemical Co. Thursday said it does not p

The Clinton administration warned the Surface Transportation Board not to take a back-door approach

Only table.

In the past 18 months, 15 small earthquakes have shaken the remote Nevada desert where federal offic

AIRPLANE CRASHES INTO HOMESAFTER SAO PAULO TAKEOFFSAO PAULO - A Fokker-100 aircraft

Two Journal of Commerce subsidiaries - PIERS and Transax Data - are joining forces to form a single