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Expected growth in world trade for the first four years of the decade has been revised sharply downw

Thursday, Nov. 19, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Swedish crown fell about 9 percent in value Thursday after the central bank, bowing to market fo

Nov. 19, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

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

The U.S. dollar lost considerable ground Thursday against major currencies as world markets were swe

Nov. 19, 1992 Copper Total, 70,432. Gold Total, .1,728,036.Silver Total, .280

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 202.34 unch which compares wi

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago11/19 11/18 Change % Change: 10/2

Most shipowners are no longer able to obtain fresh capital from banks, which have so many problem lo

Congress can do little to help stem the tide of multibillion-dollar losses in the airline industry,

Interline air cargo management company Airmax Inc. and LOT Polish Airlines have unveiled an accord u

British airlines are moving to establish a monies-in-trust insurance program that would protect them

Tightening capacity and increasing rates will force more of the hull and cargo insurance business ou

Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines' chairman, sent employees a warning that the company is in for

The colonial government will go ahead with site preparation for the new airport despite China's incr

High-level Japanese military officials were reported by Defense Agency sources Thursday to be pressi

As the only U.S. railroad to provide both land and water connections between the United States and M

It may sound a little like shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped, but Standard & Poor's

GPA GROUP TO SEEK OK ON DEBT RESTRUCTURINGGPA Group PLC plans to ask its banks next week to

The increase in insurance rates that's hit shipowners in the past year is forecast to spread to othe

AON PURCHASE LEADS TO RATINGS DECLINEMoody's Investor Service lowered the senior debt rating

ITT HARTFORD REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER LOSSHARTFORD, Conn. - ITT Hartford, subsidiary of ITT Cor

Policyholders at Florida's second-biggest insurer are in for a double surprise when their policies c

A reported agreement to ban ocean disposal of contaminated sediment near a marine sanctuary could pr

Asarco, the metals company that announced a reorganization of some operations late Wednesday, is exp

The automated tariff system the Federal Maritime Commission plans to begin operating in February fac

As of Nov. 19, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

COSTA RICA CHIEF SEES NO COFFEE PACT TILL '93SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Any price agreement betw

SAMAREC STANDS FIRM ON NAPHTHA CONTRACTSSamarec, the state-run Saudi Arabian Marketing and R

For many executives, achieving a profit growth of 15 percent in a year might give a feeling of accom

China's international containership line, China Ocean Shipping Co., is the latest - and perhaps fina

Hauser Chemical Research Inc. demands extreme reliability in its transportation needs because it has

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC said its bioscience units will be grouped under the name of Zeneca

Sugar users are expected to be well-supplied next year, despite predictions of production shortfalls

The International Longshoremen's Association in Philadelphia will sign a cost- cutting contract for

U.K. grain exporters appear increasingly bullish about prospects for grain exports in 1993, after Eu

The nation's largest planned port infrastructure project moved a step closer to construction this we

Northwest Airlines, facing an increasingly serious cash crunch, tightened its belt another couple no

As Colombian coffee growers switch to other crops, 1992-93 (October- September) coffee production wi