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Cyprus and its population of more than 710,000 people may not look like a major market for U.S. com

A Chinese official has criticized a U.S. government decision to reduce China's 1991 textile export q

Hostilities having ended in the Persian Gulf, the potential climatological impact of burning oil fie

Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. said its net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1990, fell to $600,000

AKZO NV (Arnhem, Netherlands) - Dr. Friedrich W. Froehlig, 49, will be appointed president of Akzo's

Kelang Container Terminal in Malaysia ordered two post-Panamax cranes from Hyundai of Korea for deli

U.S. officials greeted Britain's decision to open up London's Heathrow Airport to more carriers as a

Federal agents searched a Norfolk, Va., union hall Tuesday in an apparent investigation of the "sale

FARRELL DRY-DOCKS SHIP IN MALTAWASHINGTON - The Maritime Administration granted permission f

Wednesday Mar. 6, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Debate began Monday on a sweeping insurance reform package backed by Texas Gov. Ann Richards but cri

Mar. 6, 1991 Copper Total, 16,353. Gold Total, .1,512,696.Silver Total, .262,476,385.

Mar. 6, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Mar. 5, 1991*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

While the Soviet Union's Far East Shipping Co. is well positioned to take advantage of Alaska-Soviet

The U.S. Commerce Department and Congress continue to clash over the public release of information

NON-FARM PRODUCTIVITY UP 0.3 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERThe productivity of U.S. non-farm busines

FACTORY ORDERS UP 2.8 PERCENT IN WESTERN GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - Increases in foreign an

British Prime Minister John Major won a guarantee from Kuwait Wednesday that British companies would

Forecasts for corn imports by Egypt have been raised, mainly because Egypt may get a large donation

Cookie's back. Jeremy D. Cooke, the brokerage dynamo who walked off as president of Major Su

This week's Supreme Court ruling upholding a $1 million punitive damage award gave no boost whatsoev

Trucks carrying goods from Germany to Poland are facing delays of more than two days at the Polish b

Safety-conscious construction contractors can dramatically reduce their soaring workers compensation

New York Mercantile Exchange Mar. 5, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The Military Management Traffic Command said Pan American World Airways has been joined by USAir, Co

Liner shipping companies with services to ports in the Persian Gulf agreed Wednesday to end the surc

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will supply an increasing share of the world's oil

Mar. 6, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Nedlloyd Lijnen B.V. sold the two multipurpose vessels it sails between the U.S. East Coast and the

Levi Strauss & Co. has always been prominent for its jeans and a rich California heritage dating to

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has cleared a hurdle on the way to developing a practical supercon

The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday approved compromise legislation that would give the Feder

Bahrain National Oil Co., or Banoco, concluded term contracts for 700,000 metric tons of naphtha and

Following the 1990 merger of London-based Willis Faber with New York's Corroon & Black, insurance br

Cast (1983) Ltd., a leading North Atlantic container operator, announced thepurchase of a ve

The GE Plastics unit of General Electric Co. is going ahead with its engineering plastics project in

CF MOTOR FREIGHT TO CUT FUEL SURCHARGEPALO ALTO, Calif. - CF Motor Freight, the long-haul tr

It seems unlikely that the Australian government will designate a second Australian-owned internatio

There are no obstacles to supplying Iran with oil products from Saudi Arabia, a senior source in the