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RUSSIAN REPUBLIC SAYS ITS LAWS ARE SUPREMEThe Russian Federation, the largest Soviet republi

1278 (June 8, 1990) Previous day - 1297 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Speculation about who might be the next Federal Reserve vice chairman centered last week on David Mu

The director of Port Manatee on Florida's Gulf Coast last week accused the rival Port of Tampa of u

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT when insurance brokers convene, but it's neverdull. So

Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP), France's largest French insurance company, has been accused of

New York Mercantile Exchange June 7, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The expanding Japanese power industry is counting on more U.S. coal supplies but not before American

As of June 8, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list price

HERCULES CLOSES PLANT IN CULVER CITY, CALIF.Hercules Inc. said it is ceasing production imme

The House is unlikely to pass a 1990 farm bill until the end of June at the earliest, a ranking memb

June 8, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

CSX, ELECTRICAL UNION AWAIT INJUNCTION RULINGCSX Transportation Inc. and the International B

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens dons a cowboy hat and rides the range in a folksy video that he hopes

The world economy has undergone distinct improvements in the past year but is still threatened by so

The European Community is poised for a final push to create a huge 19-nation trading bloc of 350 mil

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

Romania's secretary for privatizations, Adrian Severin, said Friday that a devaluation of the lei wo

The Soviet Union is expected to re-enter the U.S. liner trade and steamship agents are jockeying to

The Port of Singapore Authority's proposed S$500 million (US$250 million) warehousing and distributi

A forum on the Shipping Act of 1984 last week produced an unusual display of harmony among shipper a

MONSANTO CO. (St. Louis) - John Kilkenny was named Monsanto Chemical Co.'s director of plastics busi

Utilities in Japan will use 13 percent more low-sulfur fuel oil this summer than they did a year ago

IBERIA AIRLINES PROFIT TAKES A NOSE-DIVEMADRID, Spain - Spain's Iberia Airlines made a preta

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.07 up 0.86 which compares

YEUTTER TO MEET TODAY WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALU.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SIGNS EAST BLOC DEALSLos Angeles-based Nantucket Corp., a computer softwa

JAPAN SEEKS TO SHARE AUTO PARTS TECHNOLOGYThe Ministry of International Trade and Industry w

Two key U.S. trade groups have formally accused the U.S. textile industry of holding current multila

Fifty years after Nazi bombers destroyed Rotterdam, the Dutch city is counting on Germany to strengt

China's efforts to tighten control of materials for key state enterprises are succeeding in alleviat

The impact of fuel cost surcharges on cargoes from North Europe to the United States will be less on

June 8, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange June 8, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

''K" LINE AMERICA INC. (New York) - Robert T. Sherman was named district manager in Boston for the s

Pierre Rinfret, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, says he would like to see Kennedy

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 8, 1990Bid AskedCopper-G

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell sharply last week as prices turned lower for scr

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

June 8, 1990 Copper Total, 14,012. Gold Total, .1,748,060.Silver Total, .254,160,933.