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Charles V. Eggleton was named director of Eastern regional operations. Mr. Eggleton succeeds

The Senate, which had been expected to quickly follow a House move to limit China's most-favored-nat

Wholesale prices fell 0.3 percent in June, led by sharp drops in food and energy costs, the governme

The New York attorney general's office launched an investigation Friday into the alleged failure of

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. said it will invest $300 million in the next two years to modernize it

New York Mercantile Exchange July 11, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 205.92 off 0.47 which compares

In the fourth quarter of 1991, businessmen dealing with the Soviet Union will experience the greates

The resumed imports of South African Krugerrands, the gold coin banned since October 1985, is seen a

Latin American mutual funds are steaming ahead, and the world is starting to take notice. La

The struggle over the right to operate and market the services of a key rail intermodal terminal in

With the sun setting on the global empire that once was Pan American World Airways, four airlines ar

All but seven of Brazil's ports will lose their remaining ties to the federal government under a new

CMS Energy Corp. said it may appeal a court ruling that it return its $1.5 billion of holdings in th

Mobil Chemical Co. petrochemical manufacturing operations had the lowest accident rate in the indust

July 12, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

With the Portuguese escudo grooming itself for entry into the European Monetary System's exchange ra

President Ramaswamy Venkataraman outlined sweeping policy proposals Thursday before the new session

U.S. companies operating in Malaysia said the country's latest five-year economic plan raises some q

LA COMMISSION DEFERS TARIFF CONSIDERATIONThe Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday pulled f

INDIA TO EXPORT SUGAR, WHEAT AND RICENEW DELHI, India - India plans to export sugar, wheat a

Bayer AG, one of Germany's three largest chemical companies, announced that it plans to invest some

Snubbed in its first attempt to subject all merchant mariners to random drug testing, the Coast Guar

The Suez Canal Authority is considering tough new shipping regulations, says Mohammed Ezzat Adel, au

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner will tell Los Angeles' top officials today that the city'

International trade unionists have backed pleas from South African labor unions for maintaining sanc

Some key raw materials for the textile industry in China are expected to be in short supply this yea

The dream of turning 12,000 acres of Argentine farm land into an international gateway for science m

ALGERIA - $350 million from the World Bank for economic reforms including a phase-out of import cont

DUTCH BICYCLE OFFERS FOOT AND GAS POWERProduced in the Netherlands, a new, lightweight bicyc

New York Mercantile Exchange July 12, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

As of July 12, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

International Petroleum Exchange July 12, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Textile mills are closing by the dozen. Imports supply more than half the apparel sold in the United

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Central Americans, caught between the political ambitions of Presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari of

Friday July 12, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

President Bush's proposals for a Western Hemisphere free-trade zone and to open investment policies

DU PONT MERCK STARTS ALZHEIMER'S DRUG TRIALSWILMINGTON, Del. - Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical

Lloyd's of London has chosen a senior Oxford University professor to chair the first in a series of