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VINYL ACETATE Hoechst-Celanese Corp.'s Chemical Group will remove a temporary voluntary allo

NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS COCOA BAN IS ONLAGOS, Nigeria - A proposed ban on the export of

The climate for foreign investors in Hong Kong could deteriorate if the level of Japanese investment

The privatization of property is emerging as the most divisive issue in the stormy economic debate u

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DECLINED IN OCTOBERNEW YORK - Consumer confidence, as measured by a Conf

ACS/PREMENOS (Concord, Calif.) - Klaus-Dieter Naujok was named manager of electronic data interchang

Oct. 26, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley a37.0

The dollar is sinking and no one is bailing out the boat, currency traders warned. "There is

Many corporate executives in Ontario's insurance industry are casting their eyes somewhat nervously

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Staten Island, N.Y.) - William C. Connor was named line manager of the G

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 26, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

JAPAN REPORTS DROP IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTTOKYO - Japan's industrial production in September fe

The Federal Maritime Commission is making it tougher for small shippers and off-pier freight consoli

Western Europe's arms industry, its orders dwindling in the post-Cold War era, could shrink by nearl

Congressional aviation leaders were moving toward a compromise agreement that would establish for th

The launch last June of the Dubai crude oil futures contract by the International Petroleum Exchange

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 26, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

A senior European Community official said Friday that Japan's trade barriers are costing European pr

Latin America can look to a decade of renewed economic growth in the 1990s, based largely on exports

State University of New York trustees sympathized with graduate instructors who live "like church mo

A Soviet plan to re-enter the International Coffee Organization has upset coffee growers in India.

Hoechst AG and Imperial Chemical Industries PLC are the latest to join the list of western chemical

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The Senate late Friday was expected to consider a hazardous materials transportation bill that would

Oct. 26, 1990 Copper Total, 7,212. Gold Total, .1,555,645.Silver Total, .262,556,939.

Oct. 26, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s plastics division said it completed an $85 million resins plant in McIntosh, Ala.

China's corn exports to democratic South Korea have risen, mainly because of improved relations betw

The world's airports, trying to cope with the crush of a billion air travelers a year, were urged la

When 17 inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration descended on one of the country's busies

Aluminum ingots- $1,970-$1,980 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Making money by trading against the trend indicated in the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture cat

PHILIPS PLANS TO CUT 35,000 TO 45,000 JOBSEINDHOVEN, Netherlands - N.V. Philips, the Dutch e

VENEZUELA TO DRILL HORIZONTAL WELLSHOUSTON - Petroleos de Venezuela SA plans to begin drilli

Unocal Corp. plans to use horizontal drilling technology to produce oil from offshore reservoirs wit

FUJITSU, NEC NET PROFIT INCREASED IN FIRST HALFFujitsu Ltd. and NEC Corp., two of Japan's el

France's futures exchange, Matif SA, said Friday that Globex, the international screen-based futures

Attorney Steve Vengrow, quoted in "Consolidator Slams FMC 'Me-Too' Ruling" in The Journal of Commerc

LAST WEEK SAW ocean freight futures prices tumble. After a spate of vessel fixtures at stron

Great Lakes ports anticipate a revival of food aid cargoes next year as a result of newlegislation e