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The United States is ready to permit sales of fiber-optic communications equipment and advanced per

Carriers on the Pacific, desperate to capture what little trade wind might be blowing, are intensify

Tanker operators are enjoying an unprecedented but probably short-lived bonanza as the Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf war has left a crater in Israel's economy, forcing it to revise optimistic growth

Citrus fruit, Israel's biggest cash crop, is being squeezed by the Persian Gulf war. Farmers

House members told U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Wednesday that they would oppose a free tra

Black's Law Dictionary defines marine insurance as "a contract whereby one party (the insurer), for

The European Commission Wednesday approved a temporary aid package to help European Community-based

The United States initiated the current negotiations aimed at eliminating shipbuilding subsidies amo

Efforts by international freight forwarders to convert to paperless business systems may have been s

IRAQ OWES $4.9 BILLION TO FRANCE, REPORTS SAYFifteen years of special relations with Iraq ha

The Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank Ltd. has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Dellsher Investment Co.

The process of automating maritime tariffs takes another lurch forward in Washington today, with the

Four shipyards belonging to Avondale Industries Inc. have been classified as foreign trade zones, a

The federal trial of Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Doug Green opened Tuesday, with prosecutors pr

GEICO CORP. REPORTS FLAT OPERATING INCOMEWASHINGTON - Geico Corp. reported nearly flat opera

Steven R. Dillenbeck was appointed executive director of the Port of Long Beach, ending a 20-month e

The French government Tuesday brushed aside criticism of its high-definition television policy and s

The European Commission has begun an investigation into claims that Japan is discriminating against

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 213.08 off 0.59 which compares

Feb. 20, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Brazil's economy lurched deeper into crisis with news Tuesday of rapidly rising unemployment, highe

Germany will give $2.16 billion to the United States Wednesday to help pay for the Persian Gulf war,

The philosophy "adapt or die" may best explain the economic boom that Guatemala's non-traditional ex

Members of a key House committee gave the Bush administration's plan to make states pay for a greate

CNW HOLDINGS POSTS OPERATING INCOME FALLCHICAGO - Chicago and North Western Holdings Corp.,

The European Commission Wednesday moved closer to approving deep cuts in farm prices in a bid to con

The recent accident in a 20-year-old Japanese nuclear power plant was the result of a flaw in a reac

Oil tanker owners are managing their greater risks under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act by refusing to c

As of Feb. 20, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Feb. 20, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 20, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Feb. 20, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

H.J. Heinz Co., best known for American staples like ketchup and baked beans, is selling its home-gr

A triple threat facing the world's aviation sector means Cathay Pacific Airways faces "a very tough

The nation's leading union officials treated the new secretary of labor with kid gloves Wednesday wh

Wed., Feb. 20, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

1654 (Feb. 20, 1991) Previous day - 1637 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

OIL WORLD SEES HIKE IN OILSEED MEAL USEDomestic usage of major oilseed meals in key consumin

Romania is unlikely to be able to afford to stop producing primary aluminum completely and may still