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Tuesday June 7, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

SHIFT SEEN IN SUPPLIERS OF VETIVER OILSupplies of vetiver oil, a fragrance, will hav

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Masataka Ono was named president of AirProducts J

1378 (June 7, 1994) Previous day - 1392 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

June 7, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

DOE REPORTS INCREASE IN WEEKLY COAL OUTPUTCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal producti

Turkey has started preparing an oil pipeline from Iraq for repair, and a senior pipeline official sa

Texas Insurance Commissioner Robert Hunter has called a June 20 public hearing to address what can b

1-DAY STRIKE CRIPPLES BRAZIL'S PORT OF SANTOSSAO PAULO, Brazil - A 24-hour strike by

Tuesday June 7, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Taiwan posted a trade surplus of $1.22 billion in May, up 0.6 percent from May 1993, the Finance Min

Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Co. has started drilling the first of two development well

Rad Oil Co. of Purchase, N.Y., and Gascard Inc. of Carlsbad, Calif., said New York City has expanded

Peabody Coal Co. said it will close its mine 15 miles south of Springfield, Ill., putting 405 people

June 7, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

In a move that has two maritime unions on edge, a U.S. shipping company here is teaming with a major

THE NEXT LEVEL: SEGA IN CABLE TV GAME DEALTOKYO - Japanese game-maker Sega Enterpris

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., the nation's third-largest shipping company, is joining other major U.S.

After five years of hard work on economic reforms that wrestled inflation down from triple digits to

percent Change PRODUCT COUNTRIES '93 vs.'92 1993 1992 1991RISINGPharmaceuti

A full-blown rate war has broken out among shipping lines that carry U.S. hay exports tothe Far East

The Clinton administration landed just about in the middle of the road with its late-April legislati

The people that brought you Superfund could be the next ones to oversee regulation of the insurance

Officials from leading industrial countries Tuesday stepped up their horse- trading efforts in an ef

China has replaced the United States and Japan as the Pacific region's principal "engine" for econom

Commercial banks will play a growing role in the emerging field of project financing, John R. Price,

When the actress Gong Li, known internationally for her award-winning role in ''Farewell My Concubin

The countries of the Caribbean Basin have become the leading source of apparel imported by the Unite

VIETNAM BANK TO SIGN FOR 1ST COMMERCIAL LOANHANOI, Vietnam - The State Bank of Vietn

Representatives from Maersk Inc., Maher Terminals and Sea-Land Service Inc. each took their turn at

The Swiss chemical firm Ciba-Geigy Ltd. intends to shift some of its production from Europe to China

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 228.84 off 3.21 wh

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

Spain posted an April current account deficit of 222.4 billion pesetas ($1.63 billion), compared wit

The European Union is seeking to renegotiate its 2-year-old deal with the United States on commercia

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +11.426/1 101.36/2 101.36/3

In 1950, when Dagnija Lacis and her parents moved to the United States after fleeing their native la

SPILL CLEANUP BASE SET UP IN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Petroleum Associat

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is increasing eastbound domestic intermodal rates from Califor