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VOTE ON MEAT HORMONE POLITICAL, USDA SAYSWASHINGTON - A global food-safety commission's vote

The European Community and Japan pledged Thursday to strengthen their political relationship even as

When it comes to shopping for a 130-seat jetliner, airlines have to come to the United States - to e

July 18, 1991 *Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

In the minds of many Americans, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Lon

Truckstops of America is selling eight of its 42 facilities. A news story in The Journal of Commerce

An agreement was reached at one of Sydney's biggest shipping container terminals aimed at boosting d

The United States has "at least a 60-year to 70-year supply of natural gas," the American Gas Associ

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

A drought plaguing Indonesia this year will cost farmers more than $129 million in income and could

New York Mercantile Exchange July 17, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

FREE ECONOMIC ZONE SET FOR W. SIBERIAThe prime minister of the Russian Republic has signed a

July 17, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended7-12 7-5

Aluminum ingots- $1,315-$1,325 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 209.01 up0.98 which com

July 17, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The chances are slim that Congress will enact in this session legislation to prohibit the hiring of

The federal government's inquiry into the Phillips 66 Co. explosion has sparked much controversy, bu

Revenues at Rollins Truck Leasing Corp. for third-quarter 1991 increased by 3 percent to $86.4 milli

South African Airways said Wednesday it would apply to the U.S. Department of Transportation for ren

VOLCANIC ASH CLOSES PHILIPPINE AIRPORTMANILA, Philippines - Mount Pinatubo hurled volcanic a

The cleaved wreckage of a World War II ship, on the ocean bottom off Maine's southern beaches, has t

U.S. gasoline inventories decreased by 2.0 million barrels during the week ended July 12, compared t

The Russian Federation, an arm of the Soviet central government, moved Wednesday to turn the giant K

Efforts to find a buyer for the local branch of Bank of Credit & Commerce International have failed

CITICORP (New York) - William Rhodes, executive in charge of the bank's developing country debt nego

New York Mercantile Exchange July 16, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

July 17, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 22.9

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

1529 (July 17, 1991) Previous day - 1537 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Amid the rushing business suits, swinging briefcases and souvenir hawkers in front of New York's Wor

Lazaros Petrides applied for a telephone line for his home in 1984. Seven years later, he's still wa

Secondary-market prices for developing-country debt have climbed in recent days, paced by sharp gain

In a move that appears to signal further protection for foreign trademarks in Singapore, a Singapore

Bangladesh will soon unveil a new industrial policy aimed at encouraging a free market, private inve

Leaders of the seven major industrial nations pledged to throw their weight behind efforts to jump-s

The deadly herbicide that poured from a derailed Southern Pacific Railroad tanker car into the Sacra

Depressed real estate values either signal a burgeoning problem for the life insurance industry or a

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Wednesday, unmoved by the Group of Seven's economic communque released