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NORTH AMERICABusiness World Expo. Aug. 10-11. Secaucus, N.J. Franchise and business opportun

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dropped 3.4 million acres of private timberlands in three Nor

A hefty jump in grain shipments has paced a rebound this year for the Arkansas River barge industry,

Consolidated Rail Corp. is improving its coal handling facilities at the Ashtabula Coal Dock, Ashtab

To the naked eye, they look like bassinets, cradles, cribs and baby beds. But Roadway Expres

The U.S. dollar was broadly lower Tuesday on the market's expectation that U.S. interest rates will

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 5, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A United Nations working group will meet next month to develop a proposal for drawing compensation m

Schwinn Bicycle Co., a name long identified with Chicago and bicycle manufacturing, said earlier thi

Colombia plans to ask Brazil and Guatemala to join in a common front to defend coffee prices, Luis F

The New Jersey Insurance Department and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York, are negotiati

PASSENGERS SUE AMTRAK IN SC DERAILMENTPassengers of the derailed Amtrak "Silver Star" filed

NOVA CORP. (Calgary, Alberta) - J.E. "Ted" Newall will become chairman and chief executive officer o

EXPORTERS CAN MINIMIZE TAXES by setting up a foreign sales corporation or a domestic international s

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

AT&T PRESIDENT SETS OVERSEAS GROWTH GOALSRobert Allen, president of American Telephone & Tel

Aug. 6, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premiu

Trees growing in the mountains of Tasmania - some of them hundreds of years old - are providing some

Aug. 6, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 216.52 up 0.14 which compares wi

A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade could significantly benefit companies that

Courts in the United Arab Emirates have begun to authorize the release of cargoes detained in local

The Bush administration is considering an extension of controls on Japanese and Taiwanese machine to

Here's how the rumor went: Urine samples were taken from the horses that ran in this year's

Gasoline demand in the United States during the crucial pre-summer period was greater than reported,

A joint venture between South Korean and American steelmakers has the approval of a local agency in

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 6, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 6, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Aug. 6, 1991 Copper Total, 36,427. Gold Total, .1,848,204.Silver Total, .27

In a move designed to "re-invigorate airline competition," two senators have introduced legislation

The story headlined "UPS Joint Venture in Japan Expands Despite Cargo Woes," which appeared on Page

Construction Industries of Massachusetts, a trade group, may sue to force Massachusetts into spendin

While Congress is on its way to granting proponents of Intelligent Vehicle- Highway Systems their wi

Success in linking flight agreements within Asia is raising hopes that Taiwan will be able to extend

Economic prospects for Croatia, Yugoslavia's northern republic that is fighting for its independence

The government is promising a bureaucratic revolution in decision-making, and an independent study o

Some members of a self-insurance scheme for taxicabs in Philadelphia face having their licenses revo

A replica viking ship, after battling storms and icebergs, sailed into this tiny Canadian town to co

The Port of Hamburg is in the middle of a crash expansion program to help the port cope with an unex

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 5, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G