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A binational project on the Gulf of Mexico was selected as the first large-scale electricity cogener

Monday July 8, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The insurance industry is facing an increased number of claims paying ability rating downgrades duri

Chances are this morning's cup of Colombian coffee gulped down in Tokyo tasted different than the mu

WORLD OIL PRODUCTIONSEES TREMENDOUS GAINSPARIS - World oil production rose to just under 72.

The price of bunker fuel - the petroleum product that fuels steamships - has retreated in recent wee

MARAD NAMES FERGUSONTO HALL OF FAMENEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Homer L. Ferguson, former Newport New

For the week ended June 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

US, JAPAN TO RESUMEFILM DISPUTE TALKSTOKYO - Japan and the United States will convene bilate

Boeing Co. and General Electric Co. linked up this week in a new venture to build a corporate busine

1147 (July 8, 1996) Previous day - 1157The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

GRAYS HARBOR SEES HIKEIN ALUMINUM SHIPMENTSABERDEEN, Wash. - Despite last year's closing of

Four companies are interested in buying the state-owned Malaysian railway, which didn't find any tak

July 8, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The first jail terms have been handed down in Hong Kong for infringement of intellectual property ri

There's always one big trade show we feel we must attend. For some, it's the Intermodal Expo. For me

The Port of Seattle and Stevedoring Services of America are wrapping up work on a 30-year-plus lease

JAPAN, US TO RESUMEINSURANCE TALKS JULY 16TOKYO - Japan and the United States will resume wo

CANADA UNVEILS PROGRAMTO SUPPORT FARM INCOMEOTTAWA - Canada announced a new national farm in

As of July 8, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

A group of private power producers is urging the new United Front coalition government to come out w

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

A bad week for transportation stocks across the various sectors caused the Journal of Commerce stock

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 14, '95 - July 8, '96 (a graph)* An

Russia's central bank took over one of the country's biggest banks Monday, raising fears of a new cr

Europe's leading privately owned airlines made a final bid Monday to block a $1 billion government h

Sao Paulo, Brazil's most industrialized state, is leading several other of the nation's state govern

They called them ''monster homes'' - huge, multistory houses that Asian immigrants built where old V

Just at the time of year when the United States celebrates its independence from the British, one of

''While I applaud their efforts to keep drugs out . . . to just randomly drill holes in trailers hop

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUSDIPPED AGAIN IN MAYTOKYO - Japan's contentious trade surplus took anoth

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending July 3, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel d

North Carolina's textile industry may be getting a boost from Congress as it tries to cope with the

Italian private shipowners are asking their new government to rethink its shipping policy and pass l

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Price in P/E 52-Week 52-W

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Software giant Microsoft Corp. and a new Internet software development firm want to revolutionize th

CANADIAN FIRM TO BUILD11 HOTELS IN CUBATORONTO - Amid the furor over U.S. efforts to curb in

International air freight traffic in the first five months of this year grew by a patchy 4 percent,