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

JAPAN BANKS TO HIKE PRIME RATE TO 7.9 PERCENTJapan's debenture-issuing banks will raise thei

Wed., July 25, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

* Trading With Bahrain 5A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Asia Nations Boost Container Manufa

As of July 25, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

Du Pont Co. joined a list of other large chemical companies that reported lower earnings in the seco

Capping a three-year struggle, the Maritime Administration Tuesday denied American President Lines L

THREE INDICTED IN NY FOR PART IN AIG SCAMNEW YORK - A county grand jury indicted three men W

HONG KONG POSTS TRADE SURPLUS IN JUNEHong Kong posted a visible trade surplus of HK$1.02 bil

The CRB Futures Outlook column, which appeared on Page 7A in The Journal of Commerce of July 24, sho

"If the Chinese want to sell you coal, they'll sell you coal," an international competitor mocked, a

The reunification of Germany is posing daunting difficulties for East Germany's agricultural sector,

July 25, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 25, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

GLUCONATES Akzo Chemicals Inc. will eliminate all off-list price discounts on sodium glucona

SALARIED PORT WORKERS MAY STRIKE IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil faces the threat of its

Malaysia has turned down an offer from Thailand to purchase low grade rice at a discount, or what it

A $100 million upgrade planned for New York's only oil refinery will allow it to convert waste oil b

After two years of explosive growth in the latter half of the 1980s, the international condom and ru

In 1988, the 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa bought $56 billion worth of goods manufactured outsi

Witco Corp. of New York Wednesday reported net income of $23.3 million, or 98 cents a share, for the

Maritime Administration proposals on ship sales and financing could discourage foreign investment an

Western Canadian grain and oilseed production continued to benefit from near-ideal growing conditio

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 231.52 off 0.98 which compares

July 25, 1990 Copper Total, 12,146. Gold Total, .1,558,558.Silver Total, .252,880,767.

For years, Art Centrum sold Czechoslovakian modern art abroad. What it sold at home was propaganda.

In an effort to spur stalled multilateral talks on shipbuilding subsidies, House and Senate members

1142 (July 25, 1990) Previous day - 1141 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Malaysian Airline Systems is developing a M$35 million (US$13 million) cargo complex on the northwes

The tiny Persian Gulf archipelago state of Bahrain has long been a Middle Eastfinancial cent

In a move to strengthen its control over intermodal operations, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (North Amer

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Conoco Inc. has begun construction of a $95 million plant that will extract propane and butane from

After 22 years of waiting for "socialism with a human face," Czechoslovakia is searching for capital

The delicate cultural issues involved in any mention of sexual issues require different and often di

Six independent insurance brokers in the Far East have set up a regional alliance to expand the scop

OPEC is close to approving a rise in its self-imposed production ceiling of nearly half a million ba

Japan's Idemitsu Petrochemical is negotiating a joint venture with Spain's national oil company, Rep

July 25, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Zinc's persistent trend upward since January, which saw prices rise by 40 percent, has gone into rev