Latest news

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

Peru's port workers Wednesday began their scheduled indefinite nationwide strike, demanding a settle

Workers compensation reforms passed by the California Legislature this week do not go far enough to

Four international groups will bid to construct Thailand's second upstream petrochemical project, Ar

U.S. trade with the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf in particular, has soared since the end of Ope

A deepening economic crisis, international criticism and persistent rumors of divisions in Cuba's co

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

FACTORY OUTPUT DOWN IN WESTERN GERMANYBONN, Germany - Western German industrial production s

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

SOME LUMBER PRICES BEGIN TO LEVEL OFFKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Some lumber and plywood pric

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 200.87 off 0.12 which compares

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 1, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The American Gas Association does not expect U.S. natural gas production shortfalls resulting from H

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

Thousands of workers pressing for recognition of their unions went on strike in Ukraine Wednesday, h

California ports, unable to fend off the demands of desperate state legislators as a new budget head

UKRAINE OFFICIALS FIGHT OVER GRAIN HARVESTKIEV, Ukraine - Top government officials were lock

The Maryland Port Administration and Sea-Land Service Inc. signed an agreement for Sea-Land to lease

Airline stock prices continued to rise Wednesday on the expectation, analysts said, that fare hikes

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 2, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

With a thumbs-up from its captain and three cheers from its crew, the patched Queen Elizabeth 2 Tues

Monkeys dangle from banana trees around the edges of Dow Chemical Co.'s huge plant in Aratu.

The U.S. government's aggressive action to dramatically increase wheat export subsidies could be the

Companies doing business in Switzerland are unlikely to encounter major changes in Swiss customs pro

Sept. 2, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

Commonwealth Edison Co.'s former chief of fuel management insisted Tuesday that the company acted pr

South China's boom town of Shenzhen has doubled the number of new shares to be issued to 1 billion f

Major Canadian banks chopped prime lending rates for the ninth time this year Wednesday, but economi

FACTORY ORDERS Percent change JulyDurable goods -3.2%Non-Dura

The 1992-93 soybean marketing year started this week, and the United States entered the new year wit

Chartering out its ships may be the latest, perhaps last, salvation option for financially troubled

Wheat growers look to the Export Enhancement Program to keep the price of wheat from falling any fur

Wednesday Sept. 2, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Bangladesh is trying to lure entrepreneurs into setting up industrial projects with promises that th

Who'd want to insure the kind of operation that collects $60 or more for letting folks leap from gre

Coffee drinkers are enjoying the lowest prices for their brew in nearly 20 years, but industry exper

The survival of South Africa's cash-strapped Harmony gold mine in the Orange Free State depends on w

War, besides causing tremendous destruction, grief and tragedy, also tends to rationalize matters. T

Rob Quartel, a controversial advocate of free-market reforms when he was at the Federal Maritime Com

Latin America is fast becoming a mecca for U.S. franchisers, who are looking further afield after de