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JAPAN, GERMANY TO HOLDHIGH-LEVEL FINANCE TALKSTOKYO - Japan and Germany will hold vice minis

COCA-COLA TO BUYEUROPEAN OPERATIONSATLANTA - Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said Monday it signe

Japan lashed out at the United States over trade policy, saying it had endangered the global free-tr

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 8, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel dep

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 13, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

May 13, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

TRUCKSOLD DOMINION FREIGHTINSTITUTES SURCHARGEHIGH POINT, N.C. - Old Dominion Freigh

Monday, May 13, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 19, '95, - May 13, '96 (a graph)(2)D

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

Japan's Marubeni Corp. said Monday it and Toho Towa Co. will join an international consortium set up

Asia's stunning economic growth and uncertain political development will largely shape the oil indus

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, rising against the Deutsche mark and falling against the Japanese

BRITAIN, CHINA SET PACTON HONG KONG AIRPORTHONG KONG - The United Kingdom and China agreed M

U.S. Trade negotiator Lee Sands met Beijing officials Monday to try to avert a multibillion-dollar t

Aiming to cut transit times and bolster its interregional service, Overnite Transportation Co. is co

1442 (May 13, 1996) Previous day - 1445The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

DUPONT, FRENCH FIRMIN JOINT CHINA VENTUREHONG KONG - Delaware-based DuPont Corp. and France'

Businesses in Bahrain are increasingly seeking insurance protection against sabotage and terrorism f

Lloyd's of London Monday welcomed news that it was to be given major respite from legal assault in C

Canada's two largest provinces, which piled up impressive levels of debt over the years, have propos

Danzas, the international forwarding group, Monday announced plans to close freight terminals and sh

Still keeping paper records on repairs to your fleet? Still scratching your head and scrambling for

JAPAN MINISTRY HITOVER EX-OFFICIALSTOKYO - Koichi Kato, secretary general of the Liberal Dem

May 13, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GRAIN OUTPUT FORECASTTO SURPASS DEMANDWASHINGTON - For the first time in four years, the wor

As of May 13, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 13, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Procter & Gamble Co. and Union Pacific Railroad, realizing that one of the most difficult tasks of g

Two shipping groups, New Caribbean Services and Eurosol, announced they are transferring their Carib

Shipowners and marine pilots failed this weekend to reach a deal on annual pilotage rates for San Fr

IRAN LEADER INAUGURATESSILK ROAD RAILWAYTEHRAN - Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday to privatize about a third of Israel's state-ow

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 259.08 off 1.22 wh

May 13, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

GREENSPAN PRAISESBANK DEREGULATION BILLWASHINGTON - Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Fede

SHIPSSURVEY: FIRMS PESSIMISTICABOUT KOBE PORT'S FUTUREKOBE, Japan - About 70

CARGRAPHICSColombiaAmount of contract: $1,690,688Contract description: Printing and

South Carolina is aggressively using economic incentives to attract industry, but the practice is dr