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Coffee prices sank to new lows for the third consecutive day Wednesday as producers stepped up their

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

Japanese cocoa buyers, a relatively small but consistent lot, are expected to buy less this year bec

The ports of Hampton Roads, Va., and New Orleans together handle over 60 percent of theU.S. crude ru

Business optimism is falling again in all regions of the United Kingdom except the North, Northern I

Trucking, chemical and energy industry associations have pried an extra two months out of the Depart

The Interstate Commerce Commission recently obtained court injunctions against five Midwest trucking

Two major players in the railroad equipment industry plan to develop a new railcar that would cut do

Perhaps no U.S. industry is as divided on whether loss or gain will resultfrom the North Ame

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 12, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 12, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Destec Energy of Houston has received a Department of Energy award of $198 million, the largest such

GULF & EASTERN CHOSEN US AGENT FOR NACIONALNEW YORK - Companhia Maritima Nacional (N

Aug. 12, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The California Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday rejected the governor's appointment of Marz Garcia

Insurance executive Glenn H. Martin, whose Florida-based company was seized by North Carolina regula

West Coast port interests expect to feel little near-term impact from the early success of a new wes

Shipments of iron ore pellets, the single biggest cargo on the Great Lakes and one of the few areas

UPS, CITICORP SIGN THREE-YEAR CONTRACTATLANTA - United Parcel Service and Citicorp h

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 12, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

U.S. shippers are pleased with the North American Free Trade Agreement, with most believing the pact

Industrial tool orders, a gauge for economic performance, have taken an ironic twist in Russia.<

Aug. 12, 1992 Copper Total, 37,130. Gold Total, .1,797,627.Silver Total, .273

Mexico wi l eliminate all tariffs on manufactured goods within 10 years after the free-trade agreeme

Eldert van Dasler's barge is his life and the Rhine is his home. He even has a modern church

A three-member, Cabinet-level Trade Commission will oversee the workings of the proposed North Ameri

Continued resistance by some shipowners to a pan-European plan to regulate ship operations could lea

U.S. shipping lines in domestic and international trades have cleared one of the major obstacles hol

Efforts by France and Germany to restrict airline traffic with the United States are misguided and w

European political and business leaders gave cautious support Wednesday to the North American Free T

Coal shippers in Alaska are negotiating with Russia's Murmansk Shipping Line to deliver coal from Se

The recent admiralty case of Flagship Group Ltd. (1192 AMC 815) in the federal court of the Eastern

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 11, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

American insurance companies already in the Mexican market are big winners in the North American Fre

Late-developing negotiations on the energy aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement mystif

Amid a year of painfully slow economic growth, Italy's new prime minister was welcomed to office wit

Aug. 12, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

1057 (Aug. 12, 1992) Previous day - 1057 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Leaders of the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, an affiliate of the Chicago Board of Trade, are prepar