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The waters may seem calm for now but rough seas remain for container shipping lines.Even tho

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

Alaska's boom-and-bust oil business is heading toward another uptick with the announcement last week

As of Oct. 7, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.97 up 0.13 whi

Oct. 7, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

Oct. 7, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 7, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 7, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 7, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Oct. 7, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Monday Oct. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Oil prices are strong. Natural-gas prices are up.And yet layoffs continue in the Oil Patch.A

OIL, GAS RIG COUNTS DOWNFOR WYOMING, REGIONCASPER, Wyo. - Wyoming's rig count reached 45 for

Looking for a hydroelectric dam? A Massachusetts utility is planning to sell five of them on the Con

BRITISH EXPERTS TO RUNARGENTINE PORTLONDON - A British joint venture has won the contract to

PORT OF SAN FRANCISCOLewis H. Wiseman was named director of tenant and maritime services. He

Maritime subsidy legislation passed last week by Congress should prevent further shrinkage of the U.

CHINA INSURER PAYS OUT$26 MILLION ON SATELLITEBEIJING - The People's Insurance (Property) Co

GATX Logistics Inc. has developed a trucking yard management system that allows shippers to electron

Thai Airways International, in a move to expand cargo services amid rising shipments, has entered a

County commissioners and a university in this bustling border zone want Environmental Protection Age

A $10,000 treatment for a runny nose. A hysterectomy on a 16-year-old boy.Two examples, expe

To the relief of small Florida companies, rates for workers compensation insurance will drop an aver

Lloyd's of London is taking to the road in all sorts of ways in order to promote itself as a reforme

A state senator wants to offer a $100 tax credit to North Dakotans who buy insurance to cover stays

To some, Maryland trucker Mark Gunther was a warm-hearted guy, the kind who would drive 150 miles to

A spokesman for Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig unveiled some of the agency's strategies f

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The nation's largest parcel delivery service Monday launched another foray into the traditional less

Monday, Oct. 7, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, particularly against the Japanese yen, in lackluster trading.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 7, '96 (a graph)* An

Three of the world's biggest oil companies - Texaco Inc., Shell Oil Co. and Saudi Aramco - are talki

Cuba's hard currency crisis is worse than ever and urgent action is needed to remedy the situation,

South Africa's Agriculture Ministry Monday threatened to pull out of free-trade talks with the Europ

BankBoston will open a new office in Lima, Peru, by the middle of this month to provide local bankin

Mexico's three largest political parties Monday awaited election results in polling that took place