Latest news

Foreign banks might be allowed to operate in Kuwait, a Kuwaiti banker said. Such involvement

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

The International Trade Commission cleared the way Tuesday for anti-dumping duties on imports of gra

The American Council of Life Insurance last week said that problems at First Executive Corp.'s Calif

NY'S CURIALE GETS NOD TO SEIZE EXECUTIVE LIFENew York state's top insurance regulator has be

Shippers and truckers found things to like and dislike in a report just adopted by the Interstate Co

U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Mulford Wednesday said he is optimistic of international support

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Wednesday afternoon on perceptions that the Federal Reserve sp

The United States is resisting efforts to boost the capital of the International Finance Corp., the

Industry leaders lashed out Wednesday after even tougher import curbs were imposed by the central ba

BUSH WILL NOMINATE NEW CFTC MEMBERSWASHINGTON - President Bush said he will nominate two new

The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is seeking foreign participation in its oil industry and ma

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/24 4/23 Change % Change:

Union Carbide Corp., Danbury, Conn., aims to generate a combined average annual return to shareholde

Beijing residents, already facing climbing inflation, will begin paying higher prices for the main s

Apr. 24, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Copper prices, hit by sluggish industrial demand, could harden if major minescut off or slow

VENEMAN CONSIDERED FOR USDA POSITIONWASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecreta

Wed., April 24, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Brazil will lose $5 billion worth of exports this year because of ridiculously high port costs, acco

YELLOW FREIGHT INCOME SLID IN FIRST QUARTEROVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Freight System Inc.

A key House subcommittee chairman Wednesday introduced legislation to prevent foreign ships built wi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's current forecast for 1990-91 U.S. corn exports is feasible, but

West Coast dockworkers are threatening to expand their boycott of Salvadoran goods if El Salvador's

NO FURTHER STRIKES PLANNED AGAINST ZIMThe union representing ship officers of Zim Israel Nav

Capt. Joseph Hazelwood, the master of the ill-fated Exxon Valdez, could be navigating merchant vesse

German chemical conglomerate Hoechst AG said its 1990 net profits dropped 20 percent because of a we

Carriers that set rates together for moving goods from Asia to the United States have combined two f

The U.S. coal industry, still reeling from Labor Department charges of tampering with dust samples u

Australia's Western Mining Corp. will decide soon whether to undertake a A$300 million ($387 million

In the story headlined, "NY Examines Executive Life for Potential Tax Liability," which appeared on

The surge in America's health care costs is draining business profits and wrecking government budget

The Missouri River appeared to regain some of its old glory last week as rainstorm runoff swelled it

Saudi Arabia's national oil company Samarec will be using tankers chartered recently to store clean

FRANCE'S TRADE DEFICIT EXPANDED IN MARCHA larger deficit on manufactured goods was the main

One Soviet-American joint venture in Latvia has taken a bold step to shield its hard currency earnin

A U.S. shipping company is moving to limit its liability to $7.8 million or less in a February ship

Anthony Pimpinella and one other Brooklyn waterfront union leader are ''made" members of the Gambino

Port of Seattle commissioners today are expected to vote approval of a redesigned central waterfront