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Malaysian International Shipping Corp. signed an order for 1,035 20-foot cargo containers, or TEUs,

Western businesses and banks say Soviet companies still aren't paying their bills on time and the pr

A proposed free trade agreement between the United States and Mexico may hold some nasty surprises f

Royal Nedlloyd NV, the troubled Dutch shipping and transport group, announced Thursday it will hold

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 13, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

American President Domestic Co., the intermodal arm of Oakland-based American PresidentCos., is beef

Another year of drought and weak prices threatens the survival of California's wheat industry, as al

The withdrawal of American Airlines from the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco corridor has given slightl

Talk about getting lost in the mail. Workers at the main post office in Miami have been work

Japan's 12 city banks will not be boosting reserves as expected against loans to developing countrie

Canada's Bank of Montreal will lower its prime lending rate 0.25 percentage point to 11.25 percent,

The signing of a $150 million PL-480 commodities agreement between Egypt and the United States appea

Silver futures surged in chart-related fund buying as the active March 1991 contract rose to a sessi

Newly formed French-U.S. pharmaceuticals group Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. Thursday reported net profit

FRENCH DOCKERS BOYCOTT GULF-BOUND SHIPMENTMARSEILLES, France - French longshoremen opposed t

At least five shipping lines in the U.S.-Venezuela trade oppose Total Ocean Marine Services Inc.'s e

Unexpected growth in paperless trading technology on the West Coast is among the findings of a just-

HUNGARY, EC OPEN NEW TALKS ON TIESBRUSSELS, Belgium - Hungary Thursday began talks with the

The U.S. recession and the gulf war have caused a sharp drop in tourism in Mexico in the past month,

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Two of Japan's leading automakers plan to cut exports to the United Statesbecause of fallin

THERE WAS PLENTY of love in the air this week because of Valentine's Day. Also in the airwere flower

A new farming crisis in the Soviet Union is in the making this year, following dire problems in the

Last week's indictment of four U.S. Coast Guardsmen on drug charges was the second time in seven mon

An on-dock railyard and American President Lines Ltd.'s redeployment of larger ships to the Pacific

KLM REMAINS OPEN TO SABENA VENTUREAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said Wed

PROBE FINDS DUMPING OF COMPUTER SCREENSThe Commerce Department said in a preliminary ruling

In what would be the severest test of the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement's tools for settling disp

BUSINESS INVENTORIES FELL 0.7 PERCENT IN DECEMBERWith sales continuing to drop, business inv

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

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 14, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Aluminum ingots- $1,475-$1,495 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Feb. 14, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 14, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Feb. 14, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Membership in the exchange rate mechanism of the European Community has added a wrinkle of complexit

Sometimes being late can be an advantage. Having lost its once mighty consumer electronics i

Cocoa futures were higher Thursday on technical buying on the perception that the market had become

Japanese trading houses are resisting efforts by Bahrain's National Oil Co., or Banoco, to sell nap

The longer the Persian Gulf war continues, the harder it is to tell whose side President Mikhail S.