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Brazil's ambassador Thursday told the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade the nation would stop u

While the end of trade sanctions is expected to lift South African-U.S. business, the shipping indus

Falling commodity prices, sluggish exports and a cut in government subsidies are taking a heavy toll

If you think car thieves and medical bills are driving up auto insurance costs, think again. It may

July 11, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1586 (July 11, 1991) Previous day - 1605 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Mazda Motor Corp., headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan, announced it will indirectly purchase approxi

CROATIAN FIRM SEEKS ACCESS TO OIL FIELDSThe Croatian oil company INA said Wednesday it hoped

U.S. airlines might temporarily lose millions of dollars in mail business to the U.S. Postal Service

Competition from a new carrier in the trade, Cho Yang Line, is pushing rates down on dried fruit and

U.S. gasoline inventories were down by 3.0. million barrels during the week ended July 5,compared to

A new direct service from Singapore to New York via the Suez Canal is expected to divertsome shipmen

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended7-5 6-28

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 10, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago7/10 7/9 Change % Change:

July 10, 1991 Copper Total, 31,606. Gold Total, .1,781,699.Silver Total, .2

July 10, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

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

JETS RISKING DAMAGE FROM VOLCANO'S ASHSome 15 jetliners have risked catastrophe by flying th

Dominican Republic officials anticipate increased interest from U.S. investors now that the Caribbea

The U.S. Department of Energy Tuesday confirmed it has quietly delayed the start of crude-oil purcha

Despite some recent softening of high domestic cotton prices, a U.S. Agriculture Department source s

TRAIN DERAILS, SPILLS CHEMICALS IN MANITOBARUSSELL, Manitoba - A derailed train spilled dang

U.S. businessmen have signed $1.7 billion worth of contracts for the reconstruction of Kuwait, outpa

Trailer Marine Transport Corp. begins work on a final round of appeals this week in an attempt to ov

T. Allan McArtor's move from a top-level job at Federal Express Corp. to head up a subsidiary has ra

LUNETTA ELECTED TO POST OF GLOBAL PORTS GROUPCarmen J. Lunetta, port director of the Port of

Tanker operators are gearing up for an intensive lobbying campaign against the threat of new technic

Unions on strike at the Chilean Copper Corp.'s Chuquicamata copper mine say they will present a new

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del., has been rated as the worst polluter in the Unit

CHINA RELEASES GRAIN FOR FLOODED REGIONSHONG KONG - China's Ministry of Commerce and State G

International Petroleum Exchange July 10, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

1605 (July 10, 1991) Previous day - 1636 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

JAPANESE INSURER PLANS CASH DISPENSER SERVICENippon Life Insurance Co., Japan's largest insu

President Bush Wednesday lifted trade, financial and investment sanctions against South Africa, a st

Japan may have become "too dynamic" for its own good, a former high-ranking Japanese diplomat said.<

Trading with Nigeria can be like walking through a mine field to get to a gold mine, exporters say.<

After four failed attempts to auction off its ship line, the government of the Philippines may go fo

Milton Shlapak, president of Airline Acquisition Corp., can't fully understand why Atlanta's aviatio