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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.40 up 0.22 wh

Sept. 18, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

SHIPSAUSTRALIAN WORKERS CALLBANS ON INDONESIAN SHIPSMELBOURNE, Australia - Australia

This not-so-distant outpost of the British Empire, where businessmen in shorts zoom to work on motor

The Senate today will vote on new operating subsidies for ships, two decades after ocean carriers fi

Container carrier executives are furiously debating what to do about the dramatic drop in freight ra

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

Economic reforms in Egypt are opening new opportunities for U.S. exporters and investors.The

COAL MINE TO CLOSEAS SCHEDULEDSESSER, Ill. - One coal mine here will close on schedule in De

U.S., European and regional telecommunications companies are investing about $150 million over two y

U.S. and Canadian transportation officials agreed to form a joint working group to examine ways to c

Ports are pushing hard for full funding of an intermodal transport law and for changes that will giv

Cargo theft in the United States costs $3 billion to $10 billion a year, said the American Institute

If marine underwriters would stick to evaluating risks based on sound loss statistics, the market wo

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit soared in July to $15.6 billion, its highest monthly level in 11

Sept. 18, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs.Value Prior 2 Mos. 1995 1994 Mil. $ Mo. Back

(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)TRADE BALANCE EXP

Sept. 18, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Stymied free-trade talks have put a state visit by Chilean President Eduardo Frei on hold.Fo

The world financial system has ''emerged stronger and more resilient'' from the costly exchange rate

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 18, '96 (a graph)*

KUWAIT DETAINS SHIPFOR VIOLATING IRAQ BANKUWAIT - Kuwait said Wednesday it detained an India

Tuesday Sept. 18, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 18, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The board of Italy's Olivetti group was under growing pressure Wednesday to oust Chief Executive Fra

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)July 1996 June 1996 Cumulative 1

A year-long study about to be released by Intertanko, the world's leading tanker operator associatio

Shippers looking three pages ahead on their calendars can count on a 1997 rate hike of less than 5 p

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday as a big widening in the July trade gap suggested that there

The European Union today seeks to narrow its deep divisions over trade policy in the three-month run

The leader of a major U.S. car industry group said on Wednesday that the dollar should be around 100

ITT HARTFORD GROUPRamani Ayer, president of the Connecticut insurer's worldwide property-cas

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 18, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A Washington lobbyist for the biggest U.S. poultry processor was indicted Tuesday in the investigati

Coal-burning electric utilities are coming under renewed attack by environmentalists, who hope to sc

HYUNDAI EXPANDSTRANS-PACIFIC SERVICEGARDENA, Calif. - Hyundai Merchant Marine is expanding i

1011 (Sept. 18, 1996) Previous day - 1015The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a one-year extension of the Overseas Private Investment

Responding to a copper trading scandal that cost Japan's Sumitomo Corp. more than $1.8 billion, a Ne