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THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET came to life last week, with a tightening charter market for dry b

HOLIDAY STRESS GOT YOU? PUT THIS IN YOUR EARLAS VEGAS - With the holidays fast approaching,

The U.S. dollar traded higher against most major currencies - especially the Japanese yen - Thursday

Israel's powerful trade union federation vowed Thursday that an indefinite national general strike w

FREIGHT TRAIN SERVICE RESTORED IN GERMANYBERLIN - Rail service returned to normal in eastern

The passage of the Clean Air Act amendments will not mean the end of the chemical and oil industries

KINGS POINT CLUB OF WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. Washington, D.C. Christmas party. Fort McNair officers' club

Assurances Generales de France, Europe's fifth largest insurance concern, wants to pursue the acquis

U.S. oil spill liability laws could force shipowners to become more secretive at the very time they

Nov. 29, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry plans to publish next spring a report on unfair

A free-trade agreement between the United States and Mexico would be "just another job giveaway to a

As Pakistan faces a tightening squeeze on revenues and its balance of payments, the new government o

Six international maritime classification societies formally enrolled Thursday on the independent Ho

Long-awaited Customs regulations on the electronic filing of entries will be published Monday in the

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

Thu., Nov. 29, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Nov. 29, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Nov. 29, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The reason state and local pension funds are rushing to invest their assets overseas is not to shun

DATE OF AWARD: "E" award in November 1989.Why the award was given:Since 1988, Origin

Hauling trash is supposed to be a major growth opportunity for railroads, but economics is preventin

Reports that President Bush is considering authorizing the U.S. Agriculture Department to offer cred

A closed debate Wednesday for the chair of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1991 contrasted again the p

The Atlantic Richfield Co. of Los Angeles has filed suit in a Los Angeles Superior Court demanding a

There's no time like the present for motorists to fill up their tanks. On Saturday, a 5-cent-a-gallo

A senior Soviet economist said Wednesday his country needs Japanese money and technology to boost oi

The Libyan government has granted two major oil exploration concessions, allowing the first foreign

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 28, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A United Nations cargo reservation treaty could become a crucial bargaining chip for negotiators at

Waterfront labor and management in New York reached a tentative agreement on non-wage issues late We

Exporting begins and ends with an individual. Knowing whom you're dealing with, therefore, both pers

Austria's banking system may enter a phase of consolidation over the next decade as the industry fen

The Port of Richmond, Va., and the Virginia Port Authority finally have come to terms. The c

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. will save about $30 million annually as a result of a crew

The United States and Costa Rica agreed Thursday to establish a joint council on trade and investmen

Economists forecast a 1.1 percent drop in the October U.S. leading economic indicators index, and sa

Nov. 29, 1990 Copper Total, 9,272. Gold Total, .1,348,288.Silver Total, .257,688,587.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 225.70 up 0.29 which compares

THE BOTTOM LINE could be quite expensive. A wire service report this week quoted industry so