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China's first direct railroad container service began operating this month, part of a wider plan to

A turf battle between the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Customs Service could end up cos

Taiwan plans to hire Chinese software experts under a $960 million five-year program to develop the

1154 (Apr. 7, 1992) Previous day - 1160 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Apr. 7, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/7 4/6 Change % Change: 3/17

Beef output in the former U.S.S.R. is forecast to drop 6 percent, to 7.7 million metric tons in 1992

Eleven years ago, Harry Peaden Jr. started selling meat door-to-door out of the back of his truck.

COFFEE COUNCIL TO START TALKS ON NEW ACCORDLONDON - The International Coffee Organiz

Travelers Corp. said it plans to sell up to $300 million of preferred stock in a bid to boost its ca

Minnesota is on the verge of adopting what some thought impossible: a health care plan that assures

The U.S. dollar was unchanged from Monday early Tuesday afternoon in quiet trading after retreating

Atlanta's position in the international air cargo market gets a boost this summer with the August op

CON-WAY CENTRAL BUILDS NEW TERMINALPALO ALTO, Calif. - Con-Way Central Express, a Midwest re

Apr. 7, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

SEDCO SEEKS MARAD NOD TO SELL DRILLING UNITWASHINGTON - Sedco Phillips Offshore Dril

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 6, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Demand for liquefied natural gas is growing as local gas distribution companies here shun liquefied

MAY GAS FUTURES FALL FURTHER ON NYMEXNatural gas futures prices fell sharply Tuesday, with c

Apr. 7, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The leaders of an embattled maritime union are facing a financial crisis as dues decline and spendin

Lloyd's Register of Shipping said it has begun offering its environmental assurance services to comp

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is likely to extend up to $13.5 billion in financing for U.S. exports th

The island's two largest shipping companies plan to raise rates on their North American routes, offi

Illinois Secretary of State George Ryan has asked the state Legislature to ban the use of "fuzzbuste

Argentina and its creditor banks announced a refinancing agreement Tuesday that is expected to reduc

IS THE JOUSTING between Burlington Northern Railroad Co. and the United Transportation Union playing

The Port Authority of Tampa, and most other ports along the Gulf of Mexico, view the 1990s as a deca

American business people have been watching nervously as Western Europe marches inexorably toward po

Two more major trucking companies have left the Regular Common Carrier Conference, leaving the trade

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr. 7, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metri

Apr. 7, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The U.S. Congress' failure to allot $100 million in donations to the Enterprise for the Americas Ini

Air Hong Kong Ltd., the colony's only all-cargo air carrier, is continuing its slow but steady expan

Montreal's new World Trade Center is off and running. It will plug local businesses into an

Tom L. Olsen was named director general of APC de Mexico, a subsidiary of the Oakland, Calif.-based

Exports of North American newsprint swelled nearly 30 percent in 1991 and will continue to grow in c

U.S. insurers, now at the center of a debate between federal and state regulators, may not have it s

Although most of the Texas ports on the Gulf of Mexico suffered tonnage declines, there were a few b

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