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From a distance, the growing steel skeleton of a new high-rise building may look much like those of

The use of barter and other non-conventional and cumbersome ways of conducting trade is expanding be

Dolphins and whales in the Mediterranean are being poisoned by mercury and choked by industrial wast

David Bogatin, the American fugitive who fled to Poland and started a thriving bank, will be extradi

SURVIVAL OF THE first, or "first to file" vs. "first to invent." Hearings begin April 30 on

The boom in exports to Venezuela that has pumped up South Florida's economy since 1990 has developed

New evidence of demand for manufactured durable goods is expected to bolster confidence this week th

Monday, April 20, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

TNT Freightways Corp. said first-quarter income rose sharply to $2.7 million, or 16 cents a share, o

A U.S. trading firm is interested in setting up in a free-trade zone at Tianjin, which believes it h

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group confirmed Monday it will move its personal computer business fr

Ports run the risk of losing business overnight if they fail to attach greater importance to marketi

With international trade restraints of varying degrees now in place against two key members of the O

Apr. 20, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

OUR NEXT BIG PROJECT will be to organize a birthday party for the famous ''natural gas supply bubble

A steep new tax on resident foreigners, signed into law late last month, has U.S. companies rethinki

The Bulgarian government announced price hikes effective next month in a move toward a market econom

ANTWERP CARGO VOLUME FELL SLIGHTLY IN '91The Port of Antwerp handled 101.3 million m

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 205.61 up 0.09 which compares

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/20 4/16 Change % Change: 3/27

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a lower court ruling permitting the Federal Aviation Adminis

The Interstate Commerce Commission has left a window open to allow Nebraska to continue negotiations

Japan will come under renewed pressure to cut its record trade surplus when ministers from the Group

A customs agreement signed by nine members of the Commonwealth of Independent States that went into

The government's economic growth target of an inflation-adjusted 3.5 percent for fiscal 1992 is stil

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 16, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Natural gas futures for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange traded up strongly Monday o

Insurance regulators need to take a closer look at the impact of financial reinsurance on the annual

An engineering firm is warning that unseen corrosion could lead to collapses of older container cran

Two of the top three executives at the New York Shipping Association are leaving the group that repr

French dockers are threatening to step up their strike action unless the government withdraws or del

American Transport Line Ltd., will receive $5.7 million from the Navy's defense cargo shipper for th

CSX Transportation said Monday that the United Transportation Union has ratified an agreement that w

Containerized cargo moving through Portland increased sharply during the first three months of the y

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

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

ROHM AND HAAS PROFIT INCREASED IN 1ST QUARTERPHILADELPHIA - Rohm and Haas Co. report

Apr. 20, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

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