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In the middle of last week, the speculators who had bet on a rise in ocean freight futures prices du

Dec. 14, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 11, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Dec. 14, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. ambassador to China apologized for calling human rights demonstrators in Seattle "a bunch o

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FELL IN NOVEMBERU.S. industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 1.7

Consolidated Rail Corp. and CP Rail reached a tentative trackage rights agreement that will give CP

BEFORE THE BIG TRUCK battle gets under way, the combatants might fight over where the battleground i

Alaska Airlines will spend $1.5 million enlarging its existing terminals at two airports in southeas

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

* Customs Update 4A * South Africa's Fruit Exports Gain 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A

Waterford Wedgwood PLC, hit by a crippling three-month strike earlier this year and by worries abou

Coffee prices moved higher Thursday on technical buying in the wake of recent losses and the absence

ILFC LEASES CRAFT TO 10 AIRLINESCENTURY CITY, Calif. - International Lease Finance Corp., a

RETAIL SALES DIP SEEN SIGN OF RECESSIONThursday's report on November retail sales - though n

On company bulletin boards nationwide, notices like this are proliferating: "The Accounting

More than US$150 million in loans is being granted from the Japanese and German governments to assis

A congressional investigating agency said the maritime industry would be one of the losers if the cu

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 220.95 off 1.11 which compare

U.S. farmers are cautiously optimistic that the Bush administration's decision to finance agricultur

JAPANESE REDUCE TRADE SURPLUSJapan recorded an unadjusted trade surplus of $2.27 billion dur

SOVIET AID ACCUMULATES AT PORTS, RAIL STATIONSMOSCOW - Foreign aid streaming into the Soviet

Phillips Petroleum Co. will spend $1.5 billion on capital projects in 1991, compared with the $1.3 b

During more than three years under Chapter 11 protection, Todd Shipyards Corp. had to face a hard tr

U.S. coal export volume in 1991 is expected to be flat, after increasing from 1989 to 1990, the Nati

Todd Shipyards Corp. today will ask a federal bankruptcy court for permission to pay off $250 millio

NY UTILITIES TO BUY HYDRO-QUEBEC POWERNEW YORK - A state Supreme Court judge and the state P

As of Dec. 13, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Six officials of a Charlotte firm have been charged in two alleged multimillion-dollar, interstate s

Charges of wastefulness against a bi-state port agency are threatening tothrow plans for an

Foreign chambers of commerce in Japan will be asked to channel business complaints from non-Japanese

Mexico's chief negotiator in the planned talks on a free trade agreement with the United States said

Short on details but long on enthusiasm, Kansas City officials told local business leaders they woul

INCUMBENT O'CONNOR ELECTED CBT CHAIRMANThe Chicago Board of Trade membership Wednesday elect

The Export-Import Bank has resumed short-term credit insurance for U.S. exports to Argentina.

Two aircraft manufacturers have taken the wraps off new business jets they hope will be best-sellers

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

The International Monetary Fund said it has approved a standby arrangement for the government of Uru

Political changes and a bumper crop of seasonal, exotic fruit have reopened doors in Europe for Sou

U.S. commodity group officials expressed disappointment with the size of an apparent $1 billion U.S