Latest news

With a blockade of a remote branch line now in its third week, Wisconsin Central Ltd. and a copper m

1061 (Aug. 5, 1996) Previous day - 1062The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.13 off 0.29 wh

Monday Aug. 5, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

ALGERIAN OIL COMPANYGETS EX-IM BANK LOANWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank is making a

An overwhelming majority of respondents to a survey, representing two-thirds of the members of the W

MERCEDES-BENZ, IBMIN CAR ELECTRONICS DEALFRANKFURT - German carmaker Mercedes-Benz and U.S.

Thailand's central bank, spurred by rumors of devaluation, just made unprecedented offshore foreign

Malaysian government and business officials scrambled Monday to assess damage from and try to preven

''This isn't Russia; the controls are ridiculous.''

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

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

A dozen steps off Wall Street, between a helicopter landing pad and glittery South Street Seaport, s

Aggressive independent Far East Shipping Co. is adding a fifth ship and upgrading its service to fix

As of Aug. 5, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

The number of passengers and crew who died in the TWA and ValuJet air disasters may have aroused wor

Long in gestation, the cashless society may be nearing birth in one of Asia's most cash-crazy places

IMF APPROVES EXTENSIONOF MEXICAN CREDIT PACTMEXICO CITY - The International Monetary Fund ha

With a nickname like the ''Bridge to Nowhere,'' it's no surprise that the Colombia Solidarity Intern

''The World Trade Center blast was just the exclamation point at the end of the sentence.''

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Comptroller of the Currency pledged last week to work with state insurance regulators on who sho

Friday, Aug. 2, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In its first flexing of legal muscle, a trinational environmental agency established under the North

Three weeks ended July 27, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

1062 (Aug. 2, 1996) Previous day - 1062The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Photo only

The European Commission's image and authority have been seriously undermined in recent weeks and the

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

When the world's top ocean carriers began introducing much bigger containerships into their main ser

Scania AB's pretax profit for the first half of the year dropped 25 percent, reflecting the stronger

The Clinton administration has named about a dozen apparel industry players to a group given the lof

Asbestos insurance firms fined $10.6 million for failing to turn over court-ordered information to t

No text.

The U.S. dollar won't be getting a lift from interest rates in August, but it will rally back to 1.5

Willy Morgan, publisher of The Economist in North America, has been named publisher of The Journal o

The concept of ''degrees of separation'' suggests that each of us is separated from everyone else by

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

MITSUI OPENS OFFICEIN NEW JERSEYTOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has opened a tanker safety