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OPEC oil producers agreed Wednesday to a new production pact that puts output at 24.5 million barrel

China's minister in charge of chemicals and petrochemicals is scouting new areas abroad for technolo

Wednesday Sept. 29, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represe

Russia's unharvested grain crops could be lost if weather conditions do not improve, ITAR-TASS said

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., is scheduled to meet again this week with officials from the kaolin in

Convenient transport and good relations between Thai and Japanese traders suggest most Japanese rice

Chinese firms are buying copper for nearby and three-month delivery from Asian and East European cou

Motor carriers in California are being hammered by a dramatic rise in diesel fuel prices they say is

U.S. ports said they are sick of having to deal with dredging issues on a case-by-case basis and ins

Transportacion Martima Mexicana said it has been awarded two additional contracts with Petroleos Mex

East Coast dredging rates have fallen with the awarding of a $2.3 million contract to clear navigati

High-tech exporters praised President Clinton's sweeping plan to ease export curbs on computers but

Members of the International Longshoremen's Association Tuesday ratified a two-year extension of the

In his annual message for World Maritime Day Wednesday, William O'Neil, International Maritime Organ

A House maritime panel is looking at a proposal that would permit the immediate sale to foreign buye

Japanese food importers have decided to cool it on the West Coast. But that doesn't mean the

LINEAS AGROMAR PLANS NON-CONFERENCE SERVICEHOUSTON - Colombian carrier Lineas Agroma

The Federal Trade Commission, fearing creation of a monopoly in the supply of certain railroad boxca

Angry U.S. officials have ruled out direct negotiations with France over settling a farm-trade dispu

IATA Worldwide Forecasting Seminar. Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Chateau Champlain, Montreal. Contact: (514) 844

Airline and shipping executives said efforts by Los Angeles to divert cash reserves from the seaport

As debate continues over the proposed North American free-trade agreement, the head of the American

A New Jersey salvage company will be allowed to recover $1 million of copper wire from a wreck off t

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday announced a new service linkup that wi

Sal Catucci does well in abandoned places. Three years ago, Atlantic Container Line gave up

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

British Airways' chief liaison to the U.S. government said Wednesday U.S. and British negotiators wi

The Clinton administration formally announced Wednesday a "national export strategy," ranging from t

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

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has directed the Interstate CommerceCommission to revi

GDP GROWTH Percent Change 1993-2QPersonal Spending +3.4 percentDu

The U.S. dollar traded narrowly against major currencies Wednesday in midday trading after the Feder

Carolina Freight Corp. reported its fourth straight quarterly loss, showing a third-quarter loss of

Eastern German industrial orders plunged 13.8 percent in July from June, but surged 26.8 percent fro

A sharp decline in domestic orders pushed German plant and machinery orders down 11 percent in Augus

Three European aerospace firms called for a separate trade pact for their industry, saying that othe

The European Community officially will concede defeat next month in an eight- year race with the Uni

Union Pacific Railroad has ordered three 4,400-horsepower AC (alternating current) traction locomoti

The Clinton administration is trying to drum up support for the North American free-trade agreement

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., a subsidiary of Transco Energy Co., wants to expand its mainli