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Network Shipping Ltd. of Coral Gables, Fla., launched Wednesday a new weekly independent service bet

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Mar. 20, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Keppel Shipyard said it just completed a four-month $10 million ship project to convert a tanker int

A U.S.-Soviet trade finance company formed this week will use commodity- linked financing and counte

Chinese Canadians, whose ancestors were charged a head tax for immigrating to Canada between 1885 an

Soviet political unrest has delayed plans by a Des Moines, Iowa-based agribusiness export promotiona

Romanian Finance Minister Teodor Stolojan and Industry and Trade Minister Anton Vatasuscu resigned W

American President Cos. bought back its stock from Itel Corp. for approximately $78 million.

An unofficial strike at the Gdansk shipyard, which gave birth to the Solidarity trade union, collaps

Almost 100 insurers joined in a legal action this week that would prevent California Insurance Commi

MEXICO METALS REFINER TO LIFT FORCE MAJEUREMexico's largest metals refiner/smelter, Industri

One of two groups representing independent insurance agents said this week it will encourage mergers

EXPORT CREDIT EMBARGO URGED ON MIDEAST ARMSThe International Monetary Fund's top executive c

EC TO PROBE MERGER OF NON-EC COMPANIESBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission said Tuesd

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev appears to have won a victory, but the victory is far less than it ap

U.S. machine tool manufacturers have decided to press for an extension of export controls by Japan a

"Incredible, incredible," said Yukio Okamoto, shaking his head in disbelief after reading a newspape

Marubeni Corp., one of Japan's largest trading houses, announced Tuesday it may soon launch a joint

Truck freight rates are likely to increase over the next two years as the trucking industry emerges

U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Jack Parnell, the second- ranking agriculture official

Swiss chemical exports in 1990 posted a 3.4 percent increase to reach 18.4 billion Swiss francs ($13

HANCOCK TRIMS 400 FROM ITS RETAIL FORCEJohn Hancock Financial Services Tuesday reported the

KUWAIT RECONSTRUCTION COULD DELAY US PLANTSThe rush of oil service companies to get reconstr

Soviet oil exports have been reduced by half, cutting badly needed foreign currency earnings and imp

Enron Oil and Gas Co., citing "chaotic" market conditions, reduced natural gas production by an unsp

The Soviet government today begins handing out packets of rubles to citizens nationwide in hopes of

The Pakistani government approved the creation of another port as an alternative to Karachi, which i

Two major Japanese shipping lines announced agreement Tuesday to resume joint container services on

Brazil's beleaguered state-owned shipping line will complete negotiations to pay the majority of its

Mexico will be in the market for U.S. beef in early April to help meet consumer demand in Mexico Cit

Work to double the capacity of the new Thamesport container facility near London has begun just 10 m

The federal insurance solvency bill now being drafted in the House Energy and Commerce Committee is

The Taiwanese government plans to sell 46 million shares in three banks as its first step in privat

Mar. 19, 1991 Copper Total, 17,987. Gold Total, .1,385,252.Silver Total, .262,012,356.

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * U.S. Tool Makers Seek Relief From Japan, Taiwan 3A* Go

HOUSE PANEL OKS BILL TO BOOST BONUS FUNDSWASHINGTON - The House Foreign Affairs Committee Tu

Cargill Inc., the giant commodity trading house, said Monday that it sold Cuban sugar to Venezuela i

Investor Harold Simmons ended his long battle for control of Lockheed Corp. Monday, selling nearly a

In the complex, contentious world of electric utility regulation, there's always a battle brewing.

Mar. 19, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,