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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 6, '95 - Oct. 2, '96 (a graph)* Ann

A Florida government survey conducted in September shows the state's banks are eager to start sellin

The European Commission agreed Wednesday to accelerate free trade in textiles and clothing, but it f

When it opens its doors in Atlanta Friday, a federal appeals court could succeed where several Congr

Lloyd's of London has appointed a former deputy president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Kun

Hopes that Singapore's general insurance sector might help put the whole industry back onto a growth

The world's two most populous nations - China and India - expect further economic gains in 1996-97,

As of Oct. 2, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Panama and Bulgaria were given the green light Wednesday to become members of the World Trade Organi

Japan said Wednesday it would complain to the World Trade Organization over Indonesia's national car

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.20 off 1.43 w

Oct. 2, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Gov. Fob James is a business associate of a Mobil Oil Co. lobbyist, but the governor said their rela

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 2, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 2, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Japanese prosecutors are seeking help from local trade houses in their probe into Sumitomo Corp.'s $

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 100,000 barrels

Wednesday Oct. 2, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said she will consider ways to prevent major price increases in home

BRITISH PORT TRAFFIC UPFOR 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEARLONDON - Traffic through British ports regist

IRAQI NEWSPAPER ASSAILSUN CHIEF'S ACTIONSBAGHDAD - An official Iraqi newspaper lambasted the

Members of the rate-setting conference for ocean carriers operating in the Europe-Asia trades remain

FOREST LINES INC.Mikael F. Hansen was named assistant vice president of traffic at this New

The Port of Portland, Ore., is poised to expand private-sector involvement in the operation of its c

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes became the last large rail union to ratify a contract

Bulk carriers accounted for nearly half the ships detained in ports in the Asia-Pacific region last

After a 15-day rethink ordered by President Fidel Ramos, the Subic Bay port agency confirmed its int

AT&T DIGITAL PCSOFFERED IN 40 MARKETSNEW YORK - AT&T Corp. said Wednesday it introduced AT&T

As part of the extended U.S. push to stem software and other piracy in Asia, another U.S.-based indu

An alliance of computer software producers said Wednesday it had identified about 100 companies usin

U.S. exporters are trying to melt down resistence to U.S. cheese in the Japanese market, where they

South America's largest trading bloc is reaching across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, even as it wraps

''The ILA knows it's in a fight. And the ILA knows how to fight.''

ECONOMIC OUTPUT GROWTHSEEN FOR LATIN AMERICAWASHINGTON - The World Bank expects Latin Americ

A controversial federal agency with tremendous clout in the U.S. textile market has come under renew

US CHALLENGES 4 NATIONSON TRADE PRACTICESWASHINGTON - The United States targeted four nation

The global trading community urged South Korea this week to open its markets in farm and services se

The U.S. Department of Commerce has slapped a $55,000 civil penalty on a Redmond, Wash., paper compa