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Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 28, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Aluminum ingots- $1,525-$1,545 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

BECHTEL MAY REBUILD KUWAIT'S OIL INDUSTRYEngineering construction giant Bechtel Group Inc. i

SILVER ADDS 15.9 CENTS; PLATINUM, GOLD CLIMBFed by intermittent bouts of dealer and fund buy

Egypt and the United States are expected to sign next week a $150-million PL- 480 agreement, after m

The failure of Germany and Japan to make a more active contribution to the Persian Gulf war effort m

Maritime cargo war-risk insurance rates have returned to prewar prices, but air cargo rates remain h

BAYER USA INC. (Pittsburgh) - Konrad M. Weis, president and chief executive officer, will retire eff

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will launch Saturday a single-ship, direct service between the U.S. East

WHAT'S IN 35 cents? Not much. While the latest change in New York's cargo assessment to $4.5

EVA Airways Corp., a start-up airline in Taiwan, is buying American for its training center in antic

Brazil's state-owned general cargo carrier Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro freed thr

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 28, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Feb. 28, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Thursday Feb. 28, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 213.01 up 0.45 which compares

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are close to reaching broad agreement on creation of a commo

Despite opposition from its labor members, an official private sector advisory group is expected to

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award on March 11, 1983.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Fritz Cos. won th

Bankers here say the trading price of Nigeria's commercial bank reached an all-time high of between

Brazil's oil refining activity virtually was halted Thursday as workers at the three refineries stil

The war in the Persian Gulf may be over, but the army isn't coming home right away. Military

* Greg Johnson's Managing Traffic 2B * Alan Abrams - Inside Talk on Shipping 8BAIR CARGO

CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT WIDENS IN CANADAOTTAWA - Canada's seasonally adjusted fourth-quarter

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

Feb. 28, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago2/28 2/27 Change % Change:

International talks this week to end shipyard subsidies are not expected to result in a final agreem

Some New York legislators are questioning the state's siting regulations for cogeneration plants, sa

Thu., Feb. 28, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Japan's powerful lower house of parliament Thursday approved a $9 billion budget bill to finance Tok

A default by Iraq on agriculture loans guaranteed by the Agriculture Department has forced the feder

The recent demise of U.K.-based Woodhouse, Drake and Carey came as a considerable surprise to some

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE (New York) - Paul Mueller was appointed assistant vice president, with respons

Low import volumes moving to the Port of Portsmouth, N.H., spurred Hapag-Lloyd AG to switch a feeder

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Tokyo, began a container service between Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Japane

The deal announced this week by CSX/Sea-Land Logistics Inc. to move cargo for the Kuwaiti government

Four tariff-filing companies concerned with access to data about the Federal Maritime Commission's a