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After two years of research and a $265,000 investment, an attempt by a Chicago Mercantile Exchange c

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

Citing actions by the government of Peru to remove unfavorable shipping conditions, the Federal Mari

Monday Dec. 16, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

To reduce maritime accidents and oil spills, the Coast Guard proposed all vessels visiting U.S. wate

The proposed European Energy Charter, which aims to create an integrated energy market, is not prote

Canada, Japan and four other nations made a last minute-attempt Monday to reverse a tide of liberali

A visit to Tokyo this week by Westmoreland Coal Co. officials signaled the start of 1992 contract ta

Russian economic chaos was replaced by smiles and optimism Monday as a new Russian Trade Center was

BASF Corp. said it expects to spend more than $500 million in capital expenditures in 1992 in keepin

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

As the St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season draws to a close this week, traffic volume trails last ye

Bruce Seaton, the retiring chairman of American President Cos., thinks his company should consider e

Grain analysts believe futures market prices for the new crop are undervalued despite near unanimous

British government ministers were locked in negotiations Monday with mortgage lenders and insurers i

The shutdown of Pan Am Corp. has left thousands of Latin American passengers stranded before the hol

U.S. airlines, facing another year of massive losses and claiming that they're "taxed to death" by t

The Port of Los Angeles is making another try at tying its tenants together in an electronic web.

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

Western Germany's October trade balance showed a surplus of $873 million (1.38 billion Deutsche mark

Dec. 16, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

France's Alcatel is wasting no time trying to maintain its grip on the expanding Indian telecommunic

AUCKLAND POLICE WANT FRENCH AGENT EXTRADITEDAUCKLAND, New Zealand - An extradition hearing b

A corporation funded by the oil industry to clean up major oil spills is spending millions of dollar

The first formal American business delegation to visit Hanoi since theVietnam War urged Wash

WARNER-LAMBERT CO. (Morris Plains, N.J.) - Bertil Lang, F. Phillip Milhomme and Harold F. Oberkfell

UNION CARBIDE TO SPIN OFF GASES UNITUnion Carbide Corp. Monday said it will spin off its ind

Shipping cremated pets in ice cream containers, enduring the ire of strung- out executives and copin

United Parcel Service's aircraft maintenance workers ratified a new five-year contract with the carr

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

American pressure to stamp out Taiwan's illegal textile transshipments is nearing the crunch as expo

FRANCE STUDIES PLAN FOR HIGH-TECH GROUPThe French government is considering linking state-ow

Stiff competition from natural gas utilities, paper thin margins and declining local economies plagu

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 16, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 211.05 up 1.32 which compares wi

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 16, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

S&P TO REVIEW RATING OF PHOENIX MUTUALStandard & Poor's Corp. placed the AA claims-paying ab

Insurers should use their perceived financial vulnerability as leverage to force Congress to adopt a

Amoco Chemical Co. sees China's polyester market as the key to its hopes to reap half its sales from