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Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

West Coast export shipments moving across the Pacific fell 6 percent during the first half of this y

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

The Alberta government and the Canadian oil and gas industry are worried that Canadian Prime Ministe

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday after failing to sustain a rally on an upbeat third-quarter econom

HAPAG-LLOYD BUYS NJ OFFICE BUILDINGSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Hapag-Lloyd has purchased a

GDP GROWTH Percent Change 1993-3QPersonal spending +4.2%Durable good

The Delaware River Port Authority board Wednesday approved a $6.1 million package of loans and grant

The scariest thing for candy makers this Halloween is the goblin who's made all the trucks disappear

Elaine Stone, professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, tells her students: "You

Three container lines will leave the struggling Red Hook Marine Terminal in Brooklyn and follow Univ

British shipowners are warning that the U.K.-owned merchant fleet could virtually disappear in littl

British chemical giant Imperial Chemical Industries PLC and Wellcome PLC, a leading pharmaceuticals

A roadside anti-pollution test that has been widely criticized by California truckers could end up s

Thai petrochemicals will be subject to tariff cuts under the Asean Free Trade Area import tariff cut

A federal bankruptcy judge this week approved MarkAir Inc.'s proposed sale of MarkAir Express to Cal

HONG KONG BANS RISKY AIRPORT APPROACHCivil aviation authorities here said Thursday they will

Russia will lift export restrictions on several commodities in 1994, Yegor Gaidar, Russia's first de

By the end of the century China will need to import between 45 million and 50 million tons of iron o

Air France cargo handlers remained on strike Thursday, blocking the airline's freight traffic.

China could easily import 1 million metric tons of raw sugar in the 1993-94 crop year (October-Septe

Growers in Brazil's main cocoa region of southern Bahia this week began to protest what they called

Britain's trucking companies and other transport firms are playing a waiting game as the battle for

The Roche Vitamins & Fine Chemicals division of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Wednesday inaugurated a 150,0

Reasonable rates and strong volumes in domestic markets will make the fourth quarter a strong one fo

Massachusetts Gov. William Weld Thursday filed a bond issue bill that would provide some $5.7 billio

Attorneys for the barge company linked to the deadly derailment last month of Amtrak's Sunset Limite

Union leaders representing Inco Ltd. workers in Manitoba and Ontario have demanded a meeting with In

New evidence of a resurgence in the airline industry mounted Thursday, with both UAL Corp., parent o

The ultimate losses insurers will pay to cover damage from wildfires sweeping across Southern Califo

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

SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS OF ETHYLENE SHOOT UPSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's ethylene exports

1322 (Oct. 28, 1993) Previous day - 1325 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Oct. 28, 1993 Copper Total, 96,489. Gold Total, .2,373,040.Silver Total, .27

The people who regulate and make medicines worldwide would like to ensure that drugs available in Sw

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 218.60 up 0.90 which compares

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

The free traders of the textile and apparel import industry gathered in New York this week to decry

Golden Age of Toy Boats. Through March 5. New York. Sampling from Forbes Magazine fleet includes an

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