Latest news

Motorists who clog California's freeways began paying the state's biggest tax hike ever on Aug. 1. T

TRADERS FEAR DAMAGE TO KUWAITI REFINERIESOil traders in Asia are concerned about possible da

Tension is mounting between Sea-Land Service Inc. and its unionized office workers in New Jersey and

Thur., Aug. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Aug. 2, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.55

Aug. 2, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Renewed drought and the closure of a key Red Sea port threaten up to 4 million people in northern Et

Salomon Inc. on Thursday declined to comment on rumors of impending cutbacks at commodities trading

TAIWAN TO ESTABLISH CHINA RELATIONS OFFICETAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will set up a new office t

The fourth round of U.S.-Japan negotiations on amorphous metals ended here Thursday without signific

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" Award on May 23, 1990. ("E" Award in October 1984; Iowa Governor's E

HALIFAX-DARTMOUTH PORT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. Sept. 9-10. Halifax. Conference: "Halifax PortDays '9

The Port of Savannah, Ga., continued in fiscal 1990 to climb out of the deep hole left by the 1986 d

Brazil's 1990-91 (May-April) cocoa crop will likely total roughly the same level as last year, refle

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait revived the flagging U.S. dollar, spurring it sharply higher against al

Coal suppliers said Thursday they are not suddenly sitting atop gold mines as a result of Iraq's inv

Shell UK Exploration and Production is flying back to shore workers involved in wildcat strike actio

A Senate committee this week cleared legislation that sets restrictiveentrance standards for

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

Aug. 2, 1990 Copper Total, 11,429. Gold Total, .1,529,648.Silver Total, .252,569,137.

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 1, 1990CRUDE OIL(1000 barrels; dollars and cents p

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 2, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per Ba

Canadian steelmakers are bracing for a long strike after workers at two leading manufacturers walked

EC TO OPEN DOORS TO GOVERNMENT BIDSThe European Community unveiled a far-reaching plan Thurs

The backlog of exports from China was nearly $5 billion at the end of June, a senior trade official

More than half of the $6 million channeled to the secret contra resupply operation in the mid-1980s

A commodity futures exchange for corn will be opened in the Japanese capital in the spring of next y

Allied-Signal Inc. said Thursday it will build a new plant in Longwy, France, to manufacture polyest

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

REPLICAS OF 3 CARAVELS OF COLUMBUS SET SAILHUELVA, Spain - Replicas of the three ships used

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 2, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

The nation's space program will soon find out if it is ready for ''perestroika. " For the fi

Reports reaching London indicated that Kuwait's ports operated normally in the first hours after the

MOHAWK RESERVATION GETS LIABILITY COVERALBANY, N.Y. - The St. Regis Indian Reservation, whic

Foreign-flag airlines are serving neither Iraq nor Kuwait, following Iraq's invasion of its neighbor

A House-Senate conference is expected to convene sometime in September, now that both houses of Cong

The prospects for an agreement in the ongoing and highly contentious round of multilateral trade tal

Aug. 2, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

As the rupee's value falls and India's reliance on commercial borrowing increases, the country is ra

As of July 26, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric