Latest news

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 212.04 off 0.17 which compares

Feb. 14, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antim

REPORT SHOWS JAPAN NOT YIELDING ON RICEJapan plans to stick to its guns and refuse to open i

California Gov. Pete Wilson on Friday overruled the Office of Administrative Law, thus allowing impl

Persian Gulf states are investing billions of dollars in chemical plants and refineries to meet incr

The investigative arm of Congress said they are expensive and unnecessary. A retired admiral

By forgiving millions of dollars of debt, the U.S. government has boosted this island nation's effor

European shippers have escalated their rhetoric against the EuropeanCommission for failing t

There were no rubles for sale Friday in Moscow's banks, nor on its jagged streets. Those ubi

An international consortium of biochemists said they have isolated a powerful family of natural fung

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The displacement of some 5.5 million people as a result of the Persian Gulf war has focused attentio

The upper house of the German Parliament approved a controversial export control law that increases

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 13, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Coffee traffic should really start to percolate here by the summer. At least that is what po

The European Community is mustering its forces to increase trade and investment in Mexico as negotia

WHOLESALE PRICES FELL 0.3 PERCENT IN JANUARYWASHINGTON - Wholesale prices fell for t

Empremar SA of Chile and Mediterranean Shipping Co. of Switzerland plan to add a thirdvessel and imp

When their plants and trees began withering in early 1990, landscape plant- growers throughout Flori

LAST WEEK, THE PRICE OF PLATINUM overtook the price of gold for the first time since December.

The insurance companies that write as much as $400 million in annual premiums for private space vehi

A massive "sick-out" by angry West Coast dockworkers Monday turned Pacific Coast ports into virtual

CSX Transportation is negotiating to acquire the railroad business of Pittsburgh & LakeErie Railroad

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

The U.S. Export-Import Bank's "umbrella" credit insurance policy is helping to encourage commercial

Container volume at Malaysia's Port of Penang jumped 13 percent last year to the equivalent of 251,8

The harsh economic climate that has hamstrung the economy is shaking up the coffee, sugar and cocoa

Three Weeks Ended Feb. 8, 1992, vs. Similar 1991 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The European Commission will shortly decide whether to launch an anti-dumping probe into coal import

Friday Feb. 14, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Feb. 14, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Problems at the Port of Portsmouth, N.H., became a presidential campaign issue last week as Democrat

A blend of stronger scrap metal prices and higher energy values lifted the Journal of Commerce Indus

GROUP FORMED TO GUARD AGAINST INSOLVENCIESWASHINGTON - In response to the growing nu

A meeting of the European Commission on Wednesday is expected to result in the brushing aside of the

Iran, Libya and the United Arab Emirates are asking foreign integrated oil companies about securing

Federal Express Corp. and TNT Express Worldwide have reached an agreement to share space on trans-At

The United States and its allies are close to striking a deal on how best to smooth the entry of Rus