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The U.S. dollar was mostly lower Monday afternoon in slow trading. The dollar was up initial

Exports to the United States marked time in August after 8 percent growth in July, and were lower ag

CARGO DOESN'T SEEM to carry much weight with many U.S. airlines, especially incomparison wit

Monday Oct. 15, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

PRUDENTIAL ASIA WIDENS ACTIVITIES IN MALAYSIASINGAPORE - Prudential Asia, the investment div

Major non-life insurers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange were deluged with buying orders Monday morning,

Oct. 15, 1990 Copper Total, 6,403. Gold Total, .1,560,502.Silver Total, .259,550,928.

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 236.20 off 0.82 which compares w

Oct. 15, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Three Weeks Ended Oct. 6, 1990, vs. Similar 1989 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedChange

Oct. 15, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

CHIQUITA BRANDS BUYS FRUPAC'S OPERATIONSChiquita Brands International Inc. acquired the oper

European Community farm ministers meet in emergency session Tuesday in Luxembourg to discuss the EC

WHOLESALE PRICES, RETAIL SALES UPThe oil price shock since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait sent in

Japanese imports of U.S. corn could suffer in the coming months due to a bumper corn crop in China

Cotton output in China should show a 10 percent increase this year over last, officials said Friday,

Ivax Corp., on the heels of a major European acquisition this year, will concentrate on expanding it

In a bizarre display of bravado and bureaucracy, European Community farm ministers today will be tal

A fire that raged for 10 hours disrupted work at one of Hong Kong's container terminals Friday and b

The hunt is on, and Kenji Yamanaka is the hunted. So is Atsuko Ohta. And Kazuo Otsuka. And so are th

Faster than a speeding 5-year-old, the paperwork generated when kids change schools is about to star

The government announced fresh concessions to the ship repair industry Thursday in a bid to woo more

British Airways said it's talking with the Soviet national airline, Aeroflot, and the Soviet Ministr

Speakers from both government and industry are expected to participate in the Containerization & Int

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET vacillated last week but closed on an upward note. Futures

Rapid growth has wiped out the Pacific Northwest's surplus of electric power, but the region's top e

For the week ended Oct. 6, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 13

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

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 12, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Currency traders said they fear the U.S. administration is tolerating, if not encouraging, a steep d

CONSUMER PRICES UP 0.8 PERCENT IN OECD NATIONSConsumer prices in the 24 industrial nations o

The U.S. economy would lose at least $400 billion during the 1990s through higher trade barriers abr

China took a modest step on the path of economic reform Friday with the inauguration of what it hope

More than half of U.S. businesses providing employee health benefits are self-insured, according to

"WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO DO THAT!" Do you notice how frequently business arrangements are com

PRUDENTIAL GRANT AIMS AT NJ HEALTH PLANNEWARK, N.J. - The Prudential Foundation awarded $85,

Heavy investments in the real estate market of the 1980s have soured and come back to haunt Travele

The size of a planned fuel tax increase to reduce the federal deficit has fallen dramatically as neg

THE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN LICKED, and the Jacksonville Port Authority apparently is gearing up for anothe

The liner shipping industry is facing a period of increased lay-ups, more scrapping and continued lo