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MEXICO - $325 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for the Monterrey water supply and se

Illinois International Port will be free to invest in new Port of Chicago facilities following the e

Egypt's revenues from the Suez Canal for 1990 are expected to set a new record of $1.6 billion, desp

The dual-mode RoadRailer system won a major Australian transportation award. RoadRailer was

3 RAILS TO HIKE RATES TO TRANSPORT WHEATKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Burlington Northern, Union Pacif

Joni Casey is executive director of the American Trucking Associations Intermodal Council.She was mi

A trucker about to embark on a trip across Europe with only a partially loaded vehicle soon will be

Dec. 12, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Dec. 12, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

SOVCOMFLOT ORDERS SHIPS FROM MITSUBISHITOKYO - Japan's mammoth trading company Mitsubishi Co

Airplane financiers are nervous about their investments. With the airline industry sliding i

Two large waterfront companies in Vancouver, British Columbia, will merge Jan. 1 in an attempt to re

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 12, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

Britain will be looking for ways of salvaging the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiation

Dec. 12, 1990 JAPANFinancial Futures*Japanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

1452 (Dec. 12, 1990) Previous day - 1456 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

President Bush cleared the way Wednesday for the government's financing of U.S. exports of agricultu

The embattled president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino, asked her congress Wednesday to sit into

World wheat exports in the 1990s will likely experience a slow expansion from the mid-90-million-met

As phosphate use in laundry detergents continues to decline because of environmental bans, the deman

EXTENSION PROPOSED OF US-EC CORN PACTLouis Mermaz, the French farm minister, proposed Wednes

A U.S. recession once all but guaranteed that the rest of the world would follow suit. But during th

In leaving struggling Pan Am Corp. to join bankrupt Eastern Air Lines, Robert Gould may be tempting

Longshoremen in the Port of New York and New Jersey overwhelmingly ratified a four-year local contra

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (San Jose, Calif.) - Roger C. Mathus was named executive director

QUASAR FOUND GUILTY OF DISCRIMINATIONCHICAGO - A subsidiary of Japan's Matsushita Electric I

Copper prices received significant trade support Wednesday despite sluggish economic activity.

NO CHANGE EXPECTED IN PRODUCER PRICESA reduction in crude oil prices probably relieved some

State-owned Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. has a fresh lease on life after teetering on the brink of closur

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 222.06 off 0.20 which compares

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago12/12 12/11 Change % Change

Dec. 12, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 38.8

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended12-7 11-3

Great Lakes maritime industry executives fear the Bush administration will appoint an unqualified po

HONG KONG REPORTS OCTOBER TRADE SURPLUSHong Kong posted a visible trade surplus of HK$816 mi

UK ECONOMISTS BACK SINGLE CURRENCY PLANA group of leading British economists voiced their su

New French legislation aimed at cutting deaths linked to smoking and drinking will strictly limit al

GENERAL REINSURANCE CORP. STAMFORD, CONN. - James G. Salsgiver joined the Investment Department (Sta

The future of liquefied natural gas imports to the United States could be in jeopardy if a new rule

Cargo movements through the Philippines' main gateway inched up 4 percent in the first 10 months of