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ABBOTT TO EXPAND PUERTO RICO PLANTSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Abbott Chemicals Inc., a division

The major Polish copper smelter, KGHM, continues to produce copper, although at a reduced scale, by

Japanese life insurance companies should continue to sell low-yield shares of private companies and

New York-based coffee trade house Saks International is being liquidated, the decision taken by its

Keppel Corp., a diversified shipbuilding, shipping line, warehousing, distribution and finance compa

Aug. 12, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Matson Navigation Co.'s new $129 million containership is due to enter the Hawaiian trade next w

Organized labor will mount an all-out effort to block the North American Free Trade Agreement and pr

AUTOS: Over 10 years, Mexico is expected to phase out its many restrictions on auto and parts import

PPI Holdings BV will sell PPI Del Monte Fresh Produce for about $500 million to an investor group le

Environmentalists filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an Environmental Protection Agency rule as too

While Ivax Corp. reported impressive second quarter results, the investment community focused on fut

As of Aug. 12, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

U.K. producer output prices rose 0.1 percent in July from June, after rising 0.1 percent in June fro

Freight forwarders, port executives and shipping line managers from the Puget Sound region are heade

Aug. 11, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 201.72 off 1.09 which compares w

Aug. 11, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 11, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

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

Where did all the profits go? That's the lament these days as the major U.S. oil companies p

Aug. 11, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 11, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metr

Editor's Note: In his classes at Bethany (W.Va.) College, Prof. Stanley L. Becker finds The Journal

INDIA FINDS RESERVES OF OIL, NATURAL GASNEW DELHI, India - India has located commerc

Hess Oil Co. president Robert F. Wright said Monday its Virgin Islands refinery subsidiary was losin

New prescription drugs could receive faster approval by the Food and Drug Administration if companie

JAPAN OKS MARKETING FOR NEW KV ANTACIDST. LOUIS - The Japanese government has approved KV Ph

Three Weeks Ended Aug. 1, 1992, vs. Similar 1991 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

A maritime labor union that endorsed President Bush in 1988 and has close ties with Republican lobby

Fifty flatbed trailers carrying loads of crane parts recently moved across the Texas border into Mex

UK AGENCY PROPOSES TELECOM LICENSESBritain's Department of Trade and Industry proposed Tuesd

United Parcel Service said it will expand a delivery program aimed at helping shippers retrieve good

The market is wide open, the local competitors are few and even foreign companies can make money aft

1057 (Aug. 11, 1992) Previous day - 1060 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 11, 1992 Copper Total, 37,130. Gold Total, .1,795,872.Silver Total, .273

Owners of marine container fumigators in California are worried about moves by a state agency to cla

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/11 8/10 Change % Change: 7/17

Police beat and herded would-be stock investors in the southern city of Shenzhen Tuesday after riots

After decades of loose safety regulation of cruise ships, the United States and other maritime natio