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Oil and natural gas producers are blaming the recession for the downturn in horizontal drilling act

China slashed the price of many consumer goods in a bid to cut rising stockpiles in state stores and

LAST WEEK, MY PREDICTIONS of a post-holiday rise in the dry bulk ocean freight market came to pass,

The stunning defeat in Parliament of the Czechoslovak government's proposal on land reform has trigg

INDIA BOOSTS TARGETS FOR TEXTILE EXPORTSNEW DELHI, India - The government is looking for a l

SHIP, TANKER COLLIDE SPILLING OIL OFF TOKYOA cargo ship and a tanker, both Japanese, collide

A long-delayed contract to deepen the shipping channels in New York harbor, making it easier for lar

The United States and Canada last week kicked off negotiations to update a 1974 aviation bilateral a

Workers at Southern Peru Copper Corp. have voted to strike April 22, according to Lord Cuellar, a un

Despite having a great deal of success, a singular problem continues to plague Southern Air Transpor

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 220.66 off 0.48 which compares

Aluminum ingots- $1,410-$1,420 per ton lots & in warehou

Apr. 12, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Poland, experiencing an unprecedented food surplus, wants to sell at least 4 million metric tons of

The Norwegian maritime community is mounting a major lobbying campaign against a tax reform program

HAVE YOU FILED your tax return yet? You'd better if you're a foreign transportation corporat

S&P MAY SLASH DEBT OF TWO FRENCH BANKSStandard and Poor's, in conjunction with its French af

UK'S RETAIL PRICES RISE 8.2 PERCENT ON YEARU.K. retail prices rose 8.2 percent in the year t

The Japanese-U.S. trade imbalance in automotive parts will worsen considerably in the next few years

U.S. officials sought to downplay a trade dispute with Singapore after the government here issued a

Canadian barley ending stocks in the 1991-92 (August-July) marketing year are expected to total 2.4

Political leaders in Prague, looking with envy at the West's forgiveness of a large chunk of Poland'

Russian republic Prime Minister Ivan Silayev reportedly will lead the group of grain-buying official

Demand for Australian wool is likely to edge down over the next 12 months as the euphoria over the e

Fri., April 12, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Apr. 12, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 12, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Apr. 12, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.0

Manufacturers who ship by common carrier can save on freight costs and increase productivity under a

Singapore's economic growth in 1991 will be faster than many had feared during the gulf war, but wil

There's a cruel story told about the aging labor boss Fidel Velazquez, a man seen for decades as ke

Many U.S. companies are interested in doing business in Vietnam, but keep a low profile for fear of

CHINA - $153.6 million, comprising $100 million from the World Bank and $53.6 million from the Inter

House majority leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., warned his colleagues last week that they could be ex

Coal strikes. Price hikes. Currency devaluation. Many of the headlines from the Soviet Union in 1991

The National Knitwear & Sportswear Association Friday asked the International Trade Commission to se

Shell Oil Co. shut down its coal gasification demonstration plant near Houston after a successful fo

Elvia Assurances Group, Switzerland's fifth largest Insurance company, announced a 6 percent drop in

A joint task force of insurance company anti- fraud units and law enforcement agencies have broken a

Soviet oil workers, who have suffered from harsh conditions for years, are ''just inches away from a