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While official figures on insured damages caused by Tuesday's killer tornado were still being compil

Surging European Community corn prices, triggered by expectations the EC crop may be reduced by drou

The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union Thursday heaped scorn on the Occupational S

It reads like comic-opera, but a two-year saga of ministerial wrangling and turf preservation has co

KINGS POINT CLUB OF WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. Washington, D.C. Monthly luncheon. Guest speaker: Warren Le

U.S. Coast Guardsmen trained for Caribbean drug interdiction have been added to Navy "boarding teams

Aug. 30, 1990 Copper Total, 8,925. Gold Total, .1,518,405.Silver Total, .256,119,577.

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/30 8/29 Change % Change

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 30, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 29, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Only about half the major automakers will survive the next 10 to 15 years, Ford Motor Co. President

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday afternoon as traders squared up short positions before the long Labor

Octavio Paz, Mexico's premier intellectual, is once again creating a storm in Latin American literar

CUSTOMS TRADE FAIR. Customs will host an all-day trade fair on Sept. 25 in Washington, D.C., to bene

Two shipping groups that haul containers from Australia and New Zealand to the West Coast will move

Truck rate associations are asking the Interstate Commerce Commission toallow collective fue

TEAMSTER GROUP LISTS WELL-PAID OFFICIALSMore than 150 top Teamsters officials earned in exce

PIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN GATT NEGOTIATIONSThe National Association of Professional Insurance

U.S. exporters of agricultural goods ranging from grains to wood products are feeling the squeeze o

The U.S. Customs Service sent out notices to its 16,500 employees, warning them of major cutbacks in

American International Group Inc.'s falling stock price is clouding the company's proposed merger wi

ORDERS FOR MACHINERY UP 4 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Orders for West Ger

The United States Shipowners' Limitation of Liability Act (46 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et. seq.) isone of the

Zaire's market of 36 million consumers and its wealth of natural resources offer good potential for

1210 (Aug. 29, 1990) Previous day - 1215 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 29, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

Here we go again. It is discount rate hike season in Japan again, and the markets and

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu promised Wednesday night to supply commercial cargo aircraft and mercha

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday afternoon in slow pre-Labor Day holiday trading. The abs

Japan, sensing growing environmental pressures, is accelerating efforts to develop practical models

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Rubber futures prices, which fell Monday and Tuesday following sharp gains last week, are expected t

Restrictions on local production and import of tributyl tin compounds, known as TBT, used for treati

US TO SELL SAUDIS WIDE RANGE OF ARMSThe United States will sell Saudi Arabia a multibillion-

African entrepreneurs based in North America are playing an increasingly aggressive role in making s

Stotler and Co.'s bankruptcy filing not only left hundreds of brokers on its creditor list, but left

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 29, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per B

RUMORS PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAELI CURRENCYIsraelis anticipating a new economic plan that could

The Brazilian government was expected to sign a letter of intent for an 18- month stand-by agreement