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International Petroleum Exchange July 30, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SOVIET UNION TIGHTENS ITS MONETARY POLICYMOSCOW - The Soviet central bank has introduced tig

Five Japanese, Chinese and South Korean companies plan to establish a joint leasing operation in Chi

Shareholders of International Shipholding Corp. will receive a quarterly dividend of 5 cents a commo

Operators of marine simulators adopted several measures to upgrade training methods and standards fo

Tuesday July 30, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Developing countries Tuesday urged rich nations to speed up talks on liberalizing world trade so tha

Direct Container Line added a U.S. Gulf gateway in Houston to its weekly ocean freight consolidation

Bracing himself against the cool breezes sweeping off the Arctic Ocean, Dave Hite holds up a piece o

Puerto Rico's state-owned shipping line is canceling a surcharge that shippers pay to cover the line

The view from the pilot house of the Great Lakes ore freighter William G. Mather is dramatic. The do

JULY 30, 1991 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - JULY 29, 1991All life-of-contract highs and lows on

The Federal Aviation Administration, in a major revamping of its aircraft noise rules, will allow U.

IATA MEMBER AIRLINES POST TRAFFIC DECLINESAirline members of the International Air Transport

A state bill that prevents New York City from taxing foreign steamship corporations has been signed

Steven C. Taylor joined the U.S. agent and subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the Tokyo-based

The Interstate Commerce Commission has taken the final step toward adopting new rules to exempt rail

Thousands of Kentucky coal miners and families of deceased miners would be eligible for black lung b

The European Commission signed an agreement with Sweden and Norway that will extend EC air transport

NEW HONDA ENGINE BOOSTS FUEL ECONOMYHonda Motor Co. said Tuesday it has developed an engine

BIOSYS (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Thomas W. Parton, who recently retired as the head of the agricultural

Malaysia, the world's fourth-largest cocoa producer, has set aside US$431,650 (12 million ringgit) t

India is short of about 600,000 metric tons of edible oils, but a lack of foreign exchange and a des

Fixing the U.S. economy could be a fairly simple matter: Just eliminate the tax on long-term

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 213.68 up 1.89 which compares wi

Teamster negotiators were set to begin the second round of talks Tuesday night with United Parcel Se

The Soviet Union intends to expand the operations of an Asian stock exchange with the expected openi

Lufthansa German Airlines will continue flying from Charlotte to Frankfurt, although it got only hal

GERMAN MANUFACTURERS SEE 6 PERCENT DROP IN ORDERSFRANKFURT, Germany - Orders for German plan

The U.S. dollar held its gains after rebounding Tuesday morning on short- covering tied to better-th

When Judy Dlugacz arranges cruises for lesbians, Key West is a favorite stop. "It's a very g

Liquor wholesalers welcomed President Bush's proposal of bestowing most- favored-nation trade status

San Francisco International Airport is proposing a plan for $1.7 billion worth of new construction a

World cocoa surpluses for the 1990-91 crop year (October-September) grew by about 20 percent from a

Empremar Line has severed its vessel-sharing agreement with Empresa Naviera Santa but plans to enter

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

The Philippine government's agreement to assume the debt load of state-run Philippine Air Lines has

UPS BREAKS GROUND FOR $150 MILLION HUBHODGKINS, Ill. - United Parcel Service has begun const

Hefty payouts from eight storms that pounded Europe last year pushed 1990 pre-tax profits of the Ger

A class action suit has been filed in Florida against Pfizer Inc., of New York, and two subsidiaries