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The Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. should be able to carry on its operations in the North Atlantic withou

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

As 1996 begins, the U.S. dollar should break away from its recent narrow band against major foreign

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 29, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

$220 MILLION AWARDED IN GRANTS BY THE DOTThe U.S. Department of Transportation has released

The European Union's single investment banking market didn't come into effect on Jan. 1 as planned b

Gamma rays and crude oil have found a link. These days, gamma ray sensors attached to a dril

TUNA CARRIER TO CALL AT PORT OF SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO - South Pacific Container Line ne

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, returning to the Kremlin unannounced, recorded a New Year's address

Dec. 29, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories fell by 3.2 million barrels during the week ended Dec. 22, comp

Trinity Marine Baton Rouge Inc. recently acquired some of the assets of HBM River Plant Inc., a barg

KLM SUES NORTHWEST OVER 'POISON PILL' PLANWILMINGTON, Del. - KLM Royal Dutch Airline

Another shipping season in the Midwest is ending as ice collects in the Great Lakes and inland water

Takahiro Tarumi, a 25-year-old hair stylist for Studio-V Cut Shop in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku neighbo

The budget fight in Washington is taking a nick out of retirement benefit checks being sent today to

Friday, Dec. 29, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The central bank said Taiwan's exports set a record, breaking $100 billion for the first time throug

DEC. 29, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 28, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Pakistan's commercial and financial hub, Karachi, begins the new year with2,000 dead in ethn

ALEXANDER CONSULTING GROUP (Lyndhurst, N.J.) - Ron Amy was named chairman and chief executive of Ale

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Airline passengers and shippers of air cargo will get a New Year's tax reprieve - at least until Con

ALLIANCE SHIPPERS INC. (Palo Park, Ill.) - Larry Henry is now vice president of Logistics and Manage

Canada and Chile will start working out their own free trade agreement within two weeks, without wai

Three Weeks Ended Dec. 23, 1995, vs. Similar 1994 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedChang

Unemployment is in double digits, the overall economy looks set for a downturn and Euro-skepticism i

REGIONAL BLOCS Surfing the Global Net From Caribbean Shores. Feb. 26-27. Barbados. C

Dec. 29, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

THAILAND'S OIL DEMAND ROSE 10.4 PERCENT IN 1995BANGKOK - Thailand's demand for petro

Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America is refusing to pay life insurance benefits to the widow of

South Korean carriers will spend about $2.5 billion next year to expand their fleets, nearly double

U.S. Customs officials here begin accepting applications today for motor carriers seeking special ex

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Dec. 29, '95 (a graph) (2

Sales of cars in the Chinese capital were reported to be showing unusual briskness in December after

A ruling by the Federal Aviation Administration on safety standards of some foreign civil aviation a

If getting hard information from China is difficult, getting details of its tariff plans gives new m

"Consumers who have come through the bubble prosperity and post-bubble economic recession have becom