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U.K. consumer credit rose UK311 million (US$463 million) in October, following a rise of UK489 milli

Dec. 6, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A new "magic eye" pocket bank note inspecting device developed by Jiyang Hengfeng Electric Instrumen

S. KOREA FORECASTS '94 GROWTH IN EXPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's exports w

With several billions of dollars at stake, Ontario Hydro is striving to move into export rival Hydro

When Williams Cos. set out to find a new business to enter, it hit upon something that clearly seeme

One of the biggest winners under the proposed Clinton health-care reform plan will be foreign compan

Dec. 6, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Insurance companies, whose corporate clients are expanding their operations around the world, are cr

U.S. independent oil producers urged President Clinton to take action against ''a flood of cheap oil

Mexican insurers are gearing up for an influx of foreign investment likely to create new liabilities

In the absence of fresh events in the near term, crude prices are expected to drop much further befo

LIBYA WON'T EXPAND OIL OUTPUT CAPACITYNICOSIA, Cyprus - Libya is shelving plans to e

Monday Dec. 6, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 221.75 up 1.71 which compares wi

Sugar production is forecast to rise slightly in key Asia-Pacific producer nations next year but wil

JAPANESE AGENCY DENIES ARKANSAS RICE DEALThe Japan Food Agency denied it had negotiated rice

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

CONN. OKS MERGER OF TRAVELERS, PRIMERICAHARTFORD, Conn. - The state's insurance commissioner

Dec. 6, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

ATLANTIC MUTUAL COS. (New York) - Kenneth J. Gorman was elected chairman and chief executive officer

China and other countries in Asia have become magnets for stainless steelmakers in Europe facing sta

Several foreign underwriters who are represented in China in name only are hoping to convert their r

A U.S.-Indonesia joint-venture company, P.T. Freeport Indonesia, has found more than 70 mineralizati

The Zambian government is keen to end Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines' (ZCCM) stranglehold over th

As of Dec. 6, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

1251 (Dec. 6, 1993) Previous day - 1253 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Typhoon Lola roared across the Philippines Monday, killing at least 35 people, officials said.

Dec. 6, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Dec. 3, 1993. U

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Twenty-three people were pulled from raging seas after their fishing boat capsized in Chesapeake Bay

NAVIERAS SIGNS DEAL WITH MEAT DISTRIBUTORSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Navieras de Puerto

A Massachusetts port that recently unveiled a $10 million pier wants to give Portland some competiti

Want a million dollars? Find three men and Crowley Maritime Corp. will give it to you. These

The shipping conference on the Europe-Asia trades has invited four independent carriersto join the g

LANE JULY-SEPT. JULY-SEPT. 1993 1992East Asia to East Coast

The nation's largest shippers' group is surveying its members for evidence to support an injunction

CONGRESSMAN PLEDGES OAKLAND DREDGING IN '94OAKLAND, Calif. - The Port of Oakland's l

Dennis Bouey, an airport executive, has been named executive director for the Port of San Francisco.