Latest news

In a reversal of the normal pattern of peak buying in August-September, Japanese auto battery manufa

Negotiations by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt helped end a blockade by Prince William Sound salmo

Novo Nordisk A/S said Monday it has agreed to fund research at Anergen Inc. and make an initial $8 m

British pay rises are starting to outstrip inflation again after several months of low-level awards,

Brazilian computer fans still hungry for industry innovations are getting their chance here this wee

A Japanese firm won the reclamation and construction contract for the first stage of a new container

WESTERN INVESTMENT DROPS IN CZECH REPUBLICPRAGUE, Czech Republic - Western investmen

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 23, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The cleanup from the great flood in the Midwest still is under way and some lines still are under wa

The storm-ravaged Mississippi and Illinois rivers reopened for barge traffic in both directions Mond

It took a crippling flood, but rail executives now are singing the praises of their employees to kee

Alaska Airlines will shift its freight operations for southeast Alaska from night to day and deploy

SonicAir announced that Data General will stock replacement parts for its computers at 13 SonicAir f

Privatization of India's state-dominated industry is vital to sustain the country's economic reforms

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Aug. 23, 1993.

Franco-British engineering company GEC Alsthom NV wants to build a billion- dollar high-speed rail l

If Japan fails to meet a U.S. criterion for opening its public supercomputer market, the United Stat

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Aug. 21, 1993* Country Category Description

Stagecoach driver. Mimeograph operator. Longshore clerk? The last job could very well end up

A group of U.S. farm-state lawmakers are urging the Department of Agriculture to take steps to boost

A two-year internal investigation and a federal and state inquiry about Aetna Life & Casualty Insura

FOREIGN INSURERS CAN CONTEST NY STATUSNEW YORK - Several prominent government-owned

Saudi Aramco will take delivery in 1994 of all but one of 15 new oil tankers, designed to boost its

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

Planters working under the cool green canopy of trees on cocoa estates that once brought prosperity

The government of Armenia has tapped the California Energy Commission to help the struggling republi

The Metal Mining Agency and International Cooperation Agency, both of Japan, will invest $2.5 millio

GSU NUCLEAR PLANT CLOSED UNTIL WEDNESDAYNEW YORK - Gulf State Utilities Monday said

Louisiana's attorney general, Richard Ieyoub, is expected to rule by Wednesday whether the State Bon

Three major insurers said a proposal by the Chemical Manufacturers Association to reform the federal

West Coast longshoremen, unhappy about cuts in the number of people used to load grainships, are sch

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is blaming United Nations sanctions for an airline disaster in Libya l

Canada Maritime, the Canadian-owned shipping line, confirmed plans to order new ships next year.

Aug. 23, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 23, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

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

Globex, the world's first computerized 24-hour futures-trading system, has failed to attract enough

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 215.13 up 1.12 which compares wi

Shipper demand for lower-cost long-haul service continues to drive growth in domestic intermodalism.

Brazil's more widely opened trade door is attracting more U.S. company attention, as evidenced by pa