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A Venezuelan liner shipping company will switch some ship calls to the Port of Norfolk from Baltimor

Insufficient funds for grain-producing farmers in China may reduce harvests in 1991, Chinese agricul

REACTOR SHELL COLLAPSE FEARED AT CHERNOBYLSoviet scientists fear another nuclear disaster at

Canada's investment policy, viewed by many as anti-investment for much of the 1980s, is starting to

The European Community's trade policies are riddled with practices that do not comply with the spiri

Soviet officials were confident a request for more government-backed credits to buy U.S. farm goods

Aluminum ingots- $1,375-$1,385 per ton lots & in warehou

The Bush administration is expected to name China, Thailand, India and probably Indonesia for failin

For several years, whenever CSX Corp. executives journeyed to New York for quarterly financial prese

The Port of Grays Harbor, which just completed deepening 20 miles of harbor channels, will extend dr

French industrial production was stable in March following a decline in February, according to the m

Antilles Lloyd's U.S. base is in New Orleans, contrary to what was stated in ''Antilles Lloyd Resume

Economic reform efforts in Eastern Europe will be plagued "for some time ahead" by low growth, risk

PERU SUGAR SHORTFALL MAY REQUIRE IMPORTSLIMA, Peru - Peru will need to import 290,000 metric

Reynolds Metals Co. has sold 60 percent of its 1991 gold production at a price of $417 an ounce, Wil

GHANA STUDYING COCOA INDUSTRY PRIVATIZATIONACCRA, Ghana - P.V. Obeng, the Ghanaian minister

Apr. 16, 1991 Copper Total, 30,447. Gold Total, .1,483,994.Silver Total, .262,427,093.

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

Singapore only received a minor mention in a recent U.S. trade report, but the nation is strenuously

Japan's 50,000-member longshoremen's unions called off a nationwide strike late Wednesday night and

The Bush administration has acted to put pressure on Japan in talks to open its construction market,

McDonald's Corp. is launching two pilot programs to gather and recycle low- density polyethylene fro

Last September, President Fernando Collor de Mello sent a provisional measure to congress imposing r

The Security Council's sanctions committee could meet as early as Friday to consider a request from

Apr. 17, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Wednesday Apr. 17, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

IS THE BIG POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT between the New York Power Authority and Hydro-Quebec in jeopardy?

CN Rail lost C$110.7 million (US$95 million) in 1990, compared with a profit of C$137.7 million the

GREENSPAN TELLS GROUP INFLATION SHOULD EASEFederal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Wed

Apr. 17, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Apr. 17, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.0

Wed., April 17, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American Airlines said for the first time Tuesday that it might not be willing to pay Trans World Ai

Sea Containers Ltd. lost money in this year's first quarter but is poised for a strong second half,

AMR LOSS BALLOONED IN FIRST QUARTERAMR Corp., parent company of American Airlines, Wednesday

The British government would have no objection to a foreign buyer purchasing a U.K. air or seaport,

COMMERCE SAYS CHINA DUMPING SILICON METALThe U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday made a final

Recyclers are taking the next step toward putting used plastics back into the product stream, with p

Pastor John Cunyus faced a moral dilemma when the health insurance bill for his small town Texas chu

French grain exporter Soufflet announced Wednesday that following payment of the debt by the Soviet