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The U.S. dollar was broadly higher Thursday afternoon after fluctuating widely earlier in the day.

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills travels twice in the next six weeks to Asia, where she is expe

Maquiladora industry experts say a class action lawsuit filed here this week alleging birth defects

UNION PACIFIC CORP. (Bethlehem, Pa.) - Richard K. Davidson was elected chairman of Union Pacific Rai

THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley unveiled a proposal to reduce air pollution in

A small U.S. family business that began with no plans to export is now a world giant inits industry,

A recent overhaul of U.S. fuel laws aimed at improving air quality is causing widespread concern abo

Thu., Sept. 26, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Sept. 26, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 25, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS IN ROMANIABUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian Premier Petre Roman, under pr

Sept. 26, 1991 Copper Total, 25,722. Gold Total, .1,332,679.Silver To

The Packaging Films Group of Hercules Inc. will lay off 70 employees out of a work force of 500 at t

About 10 percent of the Soviet gold reserve, worth $4 billion, was secretly transported to the West

The recession has taken its toll on construction and farm equipment manufacturers, which will post s

As of Sept. 26, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

A total of 18,388 metric tons of nickel from the Soviet Union accounted for nearly half of Japanese

ROADWAY SERVICES SAYS NET FELL IN 3RD QUARTERAKRON, Ohio - Roadway Services Inc. reported We

Unless radical action is taken soon to stem the financial distress of the trucking industry, the num

DELIVERIES UP TO EAST FROM WEST IN GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - Deliveries of goods from west

The Caribbean Economic Community, Caricom, has failed to meet its target for the creation of a custo

New laws due to be published soon by the Russian Parliament will clarify the process under which for

The House Energy and Commerce Committee moved toward approval of a banking reform bill Wednesday tha

Thousands of coal miners and enraged Bucharest citizens besieged the government headquarters and fou

A U.S. oil and gas equipment trade mission to the Soviet Union, which a Commerce Department official

Power politics have enflamed the campaign leading up to the Oct. 8 elections at International Longsh

Construction of a second-generation supersonic jetliner is not currently economically feasible, but

Eduardo Modiano, helmsman of Brazil's crippled privatization program, said he ''would not discard" t

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

Orders for durable goods, items intended to last three years or more, fell 3.8 percent in August, ma

Sept. 25, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Sept. 25, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

AUSTRALIA BOWS TO US, LIMITS BEEF EXPORTSCANBERRA, Australia - Australia has bowed to pressu

Coffee futures recovered from early losses Wednesday amid fund and speculative buying, after slippin

A story headlined "Standard & Poor's Reduces Ratings of Four Companies," which appeared on Page 9A o

A new legal blitz by a U.S.-based group against pirated computer manuals and software is likely "by

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it ordered operators of certain Boeing Co. 747 ju

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

Sept. 25, 1991 Copper Total, 26,083. Gold Total, .1,333,676.Silver To

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by 1.7 million barrels during the week ended Sept. 20, compared