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Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Scandinavian Airline Systems, which is 25 percent owned by British Midland Airways, is planning to l

The highest import figures for a single month in Brazilian history and lackluster exports combined t

U.S. risk managers are facing unprecedented changes, ranging from a rapidly globalizing econo- my to

Although, during the first six months of this year, tourism in Taiwan suffered its worst slump in ye

Aerospace seems to be drawing the greatest interest as Taiwan seeks to develop new industries to tak

In its celebrations this week of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China, Taiw

The prospects for backing out, or replacing, oil used at U.S. utilities based on cold hard economic

Living in Tokyo is 23 percent more expensive than in New York, but prices are rising more slowly tha

OAS SLAPS HAITI WITH TRADE EMBARGOThe Organization of American States imposed a trade embarg

There will be a moderate pickup next year in world economic growth, led largely by a U.S. recovery,

U.S. bank loan exposure to foreign nations and multilateral organizations rose to $196.254 billion i

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

The trustee of the Delaware & Hudson Railway has filed a countersuit against CP Rail charging that t

MEXICAN COFFEE OUTPUT EXPECTED TO GROW 4 PERCENTOfficials at the Mexican Coffee Institute, o

The British government finally announced plans for a high-speed rail link between London and the Cha

The U.S. dollar tumbled Wednesday after failing to hold above the key psychological 1.70 deutsche ma

The United States is expected to begin a broad investigation of China'sbarriers to imports,

A memorial to fallen merchant seamen was unveiled Tuesday at a waterfront ceremony in lower Manhatta

U.S. gasoline inventories increased by 2.9 million barrels during the week ended Oct. 4, compared wi

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended10-4 9-27

FRANCE WILL FOLLOW OAS HAITI SANCTIONSFrance said Wednesday it would go along with the recom

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen wants to establish a new ''mechanism" in which the B

Andrew Corp., a global communications equipment supplier based in Orlando Park, Ill., and the Moscow

Foreign institutions will be allowed to subscribe to about 35 percent of a block of China Steel Corp

Insurers are adopting a wait-and-see attitude before insuring political risks in the Soviet Union.

Wednesday Oct. 9, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

As of Oct. 9, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Wheat futures seesawed Wednesday, first falling on news that a Soviet bid was rejected,rising when t

Oct. 9, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A scarcity of domestic shipping containers has some shippers scurrying for space. "There's a

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and lawmakers have voiced support for a House plan to increase th

AT&T Microelectronics, a division of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., and Mitsubishi Electric Cor

The Japanese government Wednesday took stock of its efforts to increase imports as its overall trade

As Elwood Gunther, a heavyset labor leader in the classic mold, lumbered across the meeting room at

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad opened a meeting of commonwealth finance ministers Wednesd

European Airfinance Conference, 10th annual meeting, Oct. 10-11. London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel, L

Hopes for quick agreement on a new economic union of Soviet republics appeared to fadeWednesday as d

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

This is a correction of a graph that ran with the story headlined SHIPPING LINES WILL EAT COSTS OF S