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Iraq asked Japanese oil companies to help develop four oil fields which are expected to produce near

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold its mid-year ministerial conference, sch

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved lower last week following a declines in the pri

CONSOLIDATION CHAIRMAN TO JOIN ENERGY PANELBobby R. Brown, chairman of Consolidation Coal Co

A House Agriculture subcommittee voted to boost rice and cotton target prices beginning in 1992 usin

Step into the giant frozen-foods warehouse, where the temperature is held at 20 degrees below zero,

"I waited in line for three hours for gas today," complained one taxi driver, making his way through

CHINA MIGHT REFORM COSTLY SUBSIDY PROGRAMChina may reform its costly subsidy program, which

CHINESE ACCUMULATE $70 BILLION IN LOANSChinese companies and their overseas joint-venture pa

2 BIG FOOD COMPANIES TO MERGE IN CANADATwo major Canadian food companies, Maple Leaf Mills a

Unemployment in Poland, continuing its steep upward climb, reached nearly a third of a million in m

AsiaSat I, Asia's first commercial telecommunications satellite, has begun tests and is expected to

As the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and the Soviet borderlands begin to revamp their econo

Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. transportation secretary, will let stand a maritime agency's order that rest

Mounting tensions in Lithuania may spark a dollar rally, currency analysts say. So far, the

Gathering information about the true supply and demand position of the maritime labor market is prov

OIL IMPORTS HELP PUT JAPAN TRADE IN REDJapan, usually under fire internationally for running

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

Frankfurt is looking for a larger global role, and West German bankers hope it will overtake London

The Port of Portland outlined a proposed budget of $170.6 million for its next fiscal year ending Ju

PRICES OF OCEAN freight futures contracts reached lifetime lows last week, as a new wave of pessimis

Although Brazilian imports have been substantially liberalized under a broad economic reorganization

Fri, Apr. 20, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Keppel Philippines Shipyard Inc. posted a 77 percent jump in profit for the year through last Dec. 3

The Bush administration will soon propose regulations that for the first time would allow criminal p

The recent appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is providing unexpected profits

Evergreen Marine Corp. accused other ocean carriers Friday of leaking to the press information about

Mexican cement producers believe the U.S. cement industry is using U.S. trade regulations to bully i

Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., New York, is requesting permission from the Maritime Administration to

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Although the recently released interim report on Japan-U.S. trade talks was widely embraced as a bre

LANOLIN AND LANOLIN DERIVATIVES Henkel Corp. will increase prices of lanolin and lanolin der

Minneapolis financier Irwin Jacobs said he sold some of the wheat receipts he held in deliverable po

An attorney representing state Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie said last week he sees no rea

A homeowners earthquake insurance deductible "gap filler" has been proposed by California Gov. Georg

South Africa's top mines spokesman said last week gold will regain favor among investors with the n

The latest in a nerve-wracking series of aftershocks to a Feb. 28 earthquake rattled parts of Southe

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said proposed changes to a controversial product liability bill, pendi

Farmers trying to reduce use of chemicals would get millions of dollars in help from the federal gov

TORCHMARK IS WARNED OVER PROXY CONTESTIn an April 19 letter to Torchmark Corp.'s lawyers, th