Latest news

New legislation favoring union workers who go out on strike has a very good chance to be passed in C

Mexico's failure to follow through on promises to improve protections for copyrights and patents cou

The gulf war and the global economic slowdown threaten to wreck any chances of a successful outcome

While Australian transport officials were pleased with the recent record single cargo to leave Austr

RYAN-WALSH INC. (Mobile, Ala.) - Thomas Taylor assumed the responsibilities of the Pensacola, Fla.,

The Australian government has allocated US$40 million to help upgrade the country's rail freight ope

Australian wheat farmers are asking their government for up to A$580 million (US$454 million) in exp

Three Weeks Ended Feb. 9, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedCha

Feb. 19, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1637 (Feb. 19, 1991) Previous day - 1613 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The European Commission Tuesday gave its formal approval to Italian restrictions on the import of Ja

Richard Hill's Pan Am flight was high above northern Chile when another passenger near him started t

Just before Tom Butler, the new chief operating officer of Atlantic Container Line, visited this ne

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

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

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * Rosalind Rachid - Trade Talk 4A* EC 1992 Regulatory Ro

ARGENTINE TRAIN STRIKE TESTS MENEM PROGRAMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A weeklong railway strik

South Africa, hard hit by dry weather early in the wheat growing season, will have to increase impor

GRACE UNIT INVESTS IN LUBRICANTS COMPANYHorn Venture Partners , the managing partner of Grac

Meiji Milk Products Co., Japan's second-largest producer of dairy foods,plans to start large

The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled against a shipping company that fought paying compensation under a s

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

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

Tuesday Feb. 19, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

N. KOREA BLAMES SOUTH FOR BREAKDOWN IN TALKSNorth Korea Tuesday said the South Korean govern

Five of Southeast Asia's top leaders will meet in Indonesia early next month as the region grapples

The announced buy-out of commuter airline Air Midwest Inc. by New Mexico- based Mesa Airlines Inc. e

RELIANCE GROUP NET FELL IN FOURTH QUARTERReliance Group Holdings Inc., a property/casualty,

Wealthy taxpayers will ante up more than double the taxes in 1991 to cover spiraling Medicare costs,

Feb. 19, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.5

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 19, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Two attractive steel exporters are among the first offerings for the April launching of Brazil's lon

Long-awaited port reforms proposed to Congress by the Brazilian government would overturn existing p

The United States is unaware of "the pain" its program of subsidized wheat exports to combat similar

The first three Mexican banks to be privatized will be Banpais, Banca Cremi and Multibanco Mercantil

An environmental group will pay off $4 million worth of Mexico's foreign debt in return for that nat

FOREIGN SALES CORPORATIONS haven't been overlooked by U.S. exporters for as long as the 201-year-old

The central bank is forecasting a high budget deficit, persistent double- digit inflation and a disq

FREE TRADE DOES NOT COME EASILY. As Mexico, the United States and Canada prepare to launch t

After a meeting Monday, Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitsky and Jacques Delors, president of the Eur