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USSR NEARLY EXHAUSTS FARM CREDIT PACKAGEWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union last week nearly exhau

There are more discouraging words from Western coal suppliers who already are battling sales losses

A new company has been formed in Florida to supply pollution control vessels and services to governm

The recent downturn in the dollar soon may be over, some currency traders say. Largely becau

By the end of September, Japan will surpass its post-World War II record for continuous economic exp

Marine life in the Persian Gulf will take decades to recover from effects of millions of barrels of

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

Despite the world sugar market's current steadiness, the outlook for the next few months "is not par

Samuel Fortunato, New Jersey insurance commissioner, said late last week that negotiations over the

The spill of a pesticide into the Sacramento River after a train derailment last month could be a da

By ERICH E. TOLL Journal of Commerce StaffAn old saying goes, "When elephants fight, it's th

JAPAN WORD PROCESSORS RULED SUBJECT TO DUTIESThe U.S. International Trade Commission cleared

Although impressed with Brazil's newfound rhetorical commitment to an open economy, U.S. executives

IT'S EARLY AUGUST; CAN WINTER BE FAR AWAY? Not when warehouses are filling up quickly with coffee an

Canadian Airlines International and Varig, Brazil's national carrier, have signed a marketing allian

In the remote island town of Wrangell, Alaska, women working for Judy Daniels pump iron to make sure

Freight rates for shipping cocoa, timber and other cargo from west and central Africa will remain fr

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 6, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Aug. 8, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Copper prices keep going north as labor negotiations at Chile's El Teniente mine keep going nowhere.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/8 8/7 Change % Change: 7/16

Aug. 8, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 7, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

LONG-TERM DEPOSITS OF YASUDA DOWNGRADEDMoody's Investors Service lowered its credit rating o

India is moving to relax some of the severe import restrictions imposed last April in an effort to p

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in 1991.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Ansul Fire Protection, a su

The general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Airports labeled as erroneous published reports

Treuhand, the German agency charged with privatizing state-owned enterprises in eastern Germany, pla

''Box Shipments Through Savannah Near 1986 Record," a story on Page 1B of The Journal of Commerce Au

While supporting action to give workers more authority to police their workplaces for hazards, the O

PHOENIX RE POSTS INCREASE IN INCOMEPhoenix Re Corp. announced second-quarter net income of $

The sluggish economy seemed to have no effect on the nation's two largest airlines as United Airline

HELLMANN TO EXPAND SERVICE TO MEXICOSAN FRANCISCO - Hellmann International Forwarders (USA)

Aug. 8, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

ALBERTO-CULVER TO BUY SWEDISH HYGIENICS FIRM MELROSE PARK, Ill. - Alberto-Culver Co. Wednesd

Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin said Thursday he wants to assume jurisdiction over the re

Ansul Fire Protection's leap into academia has quickly become its backbone for sustaining and increa

China has agreed to allow Mongolia, its long-estranged neighbor, to use the Port of Tianjin as a tra

Officials for United Airlines and the state of Colorado are talking again. And that has avia

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday afternoon on what dealers called a short-covering ral