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As of Mar. 19, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

SUPREME COURT RULES FOR ICC IN LABOR CASEThe Supreme Court Tuesday issued its decision on a

Mar. 19, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

The U.S. dollar remained higher Tuesday afternoon after surviving two rounds of cen- tral bank inter

German monetary union was a "disaster" and should serve as an example to the European Community as i

It looks as if John Bowers is going to get the day in court he has been waiting for. The jud

Panama and the United States signed an agreement Monday to jointly patrol Panamanian waters to inter

At least 17 people were missing after an overloaded ferry sank in a storm off Indonesia's eastern is

The immediate impact of liberalized beef trade on U.S. pork sales to Japan is uncertain, but U.S. se

American Airlines, already the nation's largest airline, will see growth in three key markets once i

After spending over $10 billion on shoreside facilities since 1946, the public port industry must gr

London-based Lloyd's broker Willis Corroon PLC hired two top Johnson & Higgins executives for a new

Mexican crude oil reserves fell 1.4 percent in 1990 to 65.5 billion barrels, said Petroleos Mexicano

A Soviet miners' strike intensified Tuesday as mine-workers formed a national committee and Presiden

New York Mercantile Exchange Mar. 18, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Kurdish rebels seized most of the northern Iraqi oil town of Kirkuk, the Patriotic Union of Kurdista

IRAN, JAPAN DISAGREE ON HEAVY CRUDE PRICEThe fourth round of talks between the National Iran

The New York Mercantile Exchange lowered customer margins on all of its energy futures contracts at

Tue., March 19, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

1732 (Mar. 19, 1991) Previous day - 1746 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Effective April 1, 1991, our new address will be: The Journal of CommerceTwo World Trade Cen

"Time has run out" on warning countries that do not protect patents and copyrights, said Sen. Max Ba

Smart bombs may have snared the media spotlight during the Persian Gulf war, but smart logistics al

United Parcel Service has survived a challenge by a California package delivery firm to its discount

Yukio Okamoto astounded the Japanese Foreign Ministry and American experts on Japan when he retired

DAIMLER DENIES TRUCKS WENT TO IRAQ FOR WARBONN, Germany - Daimler- Benz, the German industri

Orbis Marine Enterprises Inc. began accepting less-than-containerload cargo at three West Coast port

Saudi Arabian national oil company Samarec raised its target premium for term naphtha supplies in fi

SeaEscape Cruises plans to continue its full sailing schedule while attempting to reorganize under C

The Bank of Japan has asked Japanese banks not to extend the due dates on the foreign exchange futur

Britain's shipping industry was singled out for special attention in the annual U.K. budget Tuesday

Weeks before the annual Futures Industry Association Inc. meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., futures indu

DELTA, HELLMANN OPEN PUERTO RICO FACILITIESSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Delta Air Lines has opene

Merck and Co. Inc. Tuesday said it plans to spend an estimated $1 billion on research and developmen

SINGAPORE MANAGER FOR WOODHOUSE NAMEDThe high court of Singapore has appointed Coopers and L

The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday gave unions important new protection against being sued by rank-and-f

ACKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Hugh L. Hembree was appointed to the Southwestern

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is developing legislation that would bring the state in line w

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 217.52 off 0.41 which compares w

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Mar. 19, 1991Bid AskedCopper-