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The U.S. dollar moved higher late Thursday following a rise in U.S. stocks and bonds, which both ref

Inco Ltd. sees enormous potential for the northern Labrador nickel discovery it purchased outright i

SENATE OKS CHANGEIN TRADE DESIGNATIONWASHINGTON - The Senate voted to change the legal trade

The Xerox Corp.'s plans to get out of the insurance business will have to wait.The company s

SOUTH FLORIDA PORTSENJOY RISE IN LATIN TRADEFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Trade with Latin America

Corporate cost-cutting, government cutbacks and aging facilities have combined to threaten the trans

North Korea's food crisis won't ease unless the communist nation fundamentally changes its economic

EXPERT: CHINESE FIRMSMUST BE PRIVATIZEDTOKYO - China needs to rapidly draft measures to priv

A U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday annuled a lower court's order that two Swiss banks must turn ov

The Freight Carriers Association of Canada is recommending a surcharge to help Canadian truckers off

House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt introduced a bill Thursday aimed at carving out a new role

PCS SETS FRAN DAMAGEAT $1.6 BILLIONRALEIGH, N.C. - Property Claim Services said Hurricane Fr

Sept. 12, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1038 (Sept. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1045The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

UK ENTREPRENEUR WARNSAGAINST AIRLINE DEALNEW YORK - Colorful British entrepreneur Richard Br

While rates fell for most transportation services in August, higher food and energy costs raised the

Railroads are setting the stage for more cost-cutting, which promises to drive down operating expens

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 12, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

China shifted to a more conciliatory tone Thursday after initially suggesting it would retaliate aga

Sept. 12, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Thursday Sept. 12, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

''This is cheap insurance. I was on the Exxon Valdez oil spill response. That response cost Exxon ov

Japanese financial institutions face a spate of lawsuits over insurance policies they hawked during

Intermodal shipments, after spending more than a year in the doldrums, are again moving in a positiv

JAPAN TO MAKE IT EASIERTO OPEN NEW GAS STATIONSTOKYO - The Agency of Natural Resources and E

BURNHAM SERVICE CO.Colin A. Drummond was appointed vice president of systems, a new position

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken disciplinary action against the director of its National Maritime Cen

ONE DEAD IN BLASTAT INDONESIAN PLANTJAKARTA, Indonesia - An electric furnace has exploded at

Milk shortages that have pushed supermarket prices past $3 a gallon will continue through next year,

The Tokyo metropolitan government has banned sales of nine types of weight-loss Chinese tea that off

Hong Kong could have its long-awaited Container Terminal 9 in partial operation by early 1999, endin

You're a P&I club claims handler. Your shipowner member's mid-size tanker has just dumped 50,000 bar

Russian security chief Alexander Lebed has signaled he plans to put strategic pressure on Turkey ove

When Air France representatives meet Transportation Secretary Federico Pena here at the end of the m

Menlo Logistics and National Truck Leasing System, aiming to expand their range of transportation se

Sept, 12, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 247.22 off 0.92

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '95 - Sept. 12, '96 (a graph)*

Coca-Cola opened its 17th plant in China Thursday and the head of its China operation said sales sho