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Recession and the Persian Gulf crisis turned 1991 into a financial disaster for airlines, the 206-me

Jan. 31, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

IT'S HARDLY NEWS ANYMORE, but the perennial discussions about user fees heat up around this time of

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. plans to become the third South Korean carrier offering container servic

British Petroleum Co. and Norway's Statoil AS and Norsk Hydro AS agreed to form a joint-venture comp

The European Commission gave a four-year reprieve to a controversial agreement among conference ocea

Empresa Naviera Santa SA plans to replace late this month a containership stranded in Charleston, S.

The State Department is avoiding rules that reserve U.S. defense cargo for American-flag carriers, a

ONE-FAMILY HOME SALES PLUMMETED IN DECEMBERWASHINGTON - Sales of new single-family h

Brazilian shoe exporters are hoping that President Bush's economic revitalization measures will mean

Spaceport Florida, a state-funded "gateway to the stars" launched in 1989 to pursue commercial space

A report commissioned by Gov. William Weld has recommended privatizing Massachusetts toll roads and

Jan. 31, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

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The United States needs more military cargo vessels and improved rail and port facilities to avoid t

Moody's Investors Service lowered the long-term debt rating of Sanwa Bank to ''Aa3" from "Aa1," the

As of Jan. 31, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

US WHEAT CROPS FORECAST TO INCREASELONDON - U.S. winter and spring wheat crops are f

Up to 80 percent of the more than 1 million metric tons of aluminum in London Metal Exchange stocks

Several major national insurance brokerages came away embarrassed from competition to insure the nat

The United States is close to achieving a major milestone in its intense, decade-long battle to prot

The U.S. Postal Service has terminated two expedited-mail contracts with air cargo carriers earlier

Thailand's new value-added tax may boost inflation into double digits in the first half of 1992 and

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Trans World Airlines Inc.'s decision to file for bankruptcy protection and simultaneously announce a

Advanced information technologies and electronic data interchange networks could slash global tradin

Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world's largest insurance brokerage, is expected toannounce today

Opponents of a controversial hydroelectric power contract that would supply New York state with elec

U.S. coal exporters are concerned that the nation's transportation infrastructure, particularly port

FDA ISSUES ALERT ON MAIL-ORDER DRUGSThe Food and Drug Administration has issued an import al

CAROLINA FREIGHT POSTS FOURTH-QUARTER LOSSCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp.

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1992 US CORN OUTPUT EXPECTED TO RISEWASHINGTON - Department of Agriculture analysts

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose Friday on prospects for the Commonwealth of Indepen

Japanese cobalt consumers are continuing to hold off purchasing the metal on the free market and int

NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES CHRISTENS NEW SHIPOAKLAND, Calif. - Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. christene

JUDGE WON'T STOP GOLDEN RULE LAWSUITTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Leon County Circuit judge

Norway's industrial production fell 4.9 percent in December 1991, compared with December 1990, the C

Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., last year voted in favor of extending President Bush's special trade negoti

JAPAN TO SEEK CHANGES IN DRAFT GATT ACCORDTOKYO - Japan soon will propose amendments