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PHOSPHORIC ACID FMC Corp. will increase prices on its line of industrial phosphoric acids, e

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 235.66 up 0.37 which compares

Barge lines are raising rates for spot coal movements and there is a new element of uncertainty in d

The story "Allianz to Aid Fireman's," on Page 9A of The Journal of Commerce, Aug. 7, should have sai

Despite the freeze on Kuwaiti assets, the two largest state-owned Kuwaiti corporations - with billio

Japanese commercial banks will be hardly affected by the Persian Gulf crisis as they have minimum e

Exports in the first quarter of fiscal 1990, ended in June, earned India 74 billion rupees (about $4

The International Trade Facilitation Council has proposed an electronic bill of lading it claims is

The Military Sealift Command is activating its fast sealift fleet to support the U.S. military build

1)ACTUAL VESSEL SALE EVALUATIONS 2)INDEX FLEET VALUATION

The ship channel leading to the Port of Houston is expected to be operating without restrictions tod

Soviet citizens were given the right to set up small businesses under regulations approved Wednesday

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/9 8/8 Change % Change

Aug. 9, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Frank Lorenzo, a central figure during a tumultuous period in the airline industry and the bane of o

GERMAN GNP GROWTH FOR '91 PUT AT 3-3.5 PERCENTFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German Econ

When Congress goes back to work next month, Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter says he'll be read

Travelers Corp. operating income for the second quarter fell, but did not reflect a loss, contrary t

THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT from a selective embargo of grain and foodstuffs to Iraq is headed for a hard l

For the week ended Aug. 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 12

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

Thu., Aug. 9, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

After almost three years of often heated debate, a merger of the pensionplans of two leading

Unwilling to give up its three-year battle and the several hundred thousanddollars spent in

The chief spokesman for U.S. oil companies said Thursday the industry is not taking advantage of the

U.S. and Brazilian officials are starting to lay the groundwork for upcoming talks on a bilateral ma

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antimony-

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 9, 1990Bid AskedCopper-G

Aug. 9, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.95

Aug. 9, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

As of Aug. 9, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list price

An all-cargo airline will begin making overnight cargo deliveries to West Coast cities for a regiona

Japanese automakers will continue to increase their U.S. market share in the 1990s at the expense of

AMERICAN AIRLINES flew 65.5 million freight ton-miles in July, up from 55 million in July 1989. The

Thursday Aug. 9, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The Federal Maritime Commission settled an investigation into illegal rate discounting and other fre

U.S. railroads are moving toward imposition of an emergency industrywide fuel surcharge, it was lear

* Rosalind Rachid - Trade Talk 4A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A*

About the time Rob Leslie learned that a lot of the plumbing in the Soviet Union runs in front of th

Keystone Camera Products Corp. Thursday announced it has settled its heated dispute with Mitsubishi