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SINGAPORE OFFICIAL SAYS PORT MAY BE PRIVATIZEDThe busy port of this Southeast Asian city-sta

Wardley Holdings Ltd., merchant banking arm of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., reported a second

Mar. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Inventories of both gasoline and distillate declined moderately, the American Petroleum Institute's

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is using a trial recycling program in Illinois to see if it can develo

CME FINES EX-OFFICIAL FOR TRADING VIOLATIONSCHICAGO - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has fi

1608 (Mar. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1597 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sometimes information can be a matter of life, death - and controversy. Accidents happen whe

Marten Transport Ltd. earned $270,242, or 8 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with $363

Huge foreign debts are complicating the already difficult economic climate in the West African coun

A joint venture in the fur and clothing trade, announced Wednesday, is the first concrete result of

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee Wednesday approved legislation to raise the minimum w

The Bush administration may announce its plans for promoting high-definition television within two m

Pennsylvania motorists have shown little interest in buying catastrophic loss coverage for medical a

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, promised the National Association of Independent Insurers he will filibust

Gerling-Konzern, one of West Germany's largest insurance groups, has founded a reinsurance subsidiar

The Journal of Commerce has expanded its MidAmerica staff and coverage with the addition of Dave Hig

The European Commission has launched an investigation into a bid by the West German government to he

A Dutch industrialist has signed a letter of intent to establish the first investment bank in the So

NIPPON INSURANCE PLANS EUROPEAN EXPANSIONNippon Insurance Co. of Europe Ltd., a subsidiary o

The dollar jumped late Wednesday on foreign exchange markets amid unsubstantiated reports that a sen

USE INSIDE TALK ON SHIPPING BY DAVID WHITE THREE TOP OFFICIALS of the International Cargo Ha

Three U.S. congressmen have stepped into a fray involving the sale of Appalachian steam coal to Taiw

JORDAN ASKS CREDITORS TO RESCHEDULE DEBTAMMAN, Jordan - Jordan has asked its international c

United Parcel Service has expanded its international customs pre-clearance system to include shipmen

FRENCH COURIER'S POUCH HAD COCAINE, US SAYSMIAMI - U.S. Customs Service agents detained a Fr

The year was 1984 and no one was cleaning up the nation's teeming hazardous waste sites. The

The Port of Oakland plans to refinance a significant portion of its debt during the first week in Ma

Considering the highly competitive environment in which port and shipping executives operate in sout

President Bush's top economic adviser said the expansion is giving off mixed signals about its direc

A study of five aging containerships purchased by the government-owned shipping line of Puerto Rico

Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, offering a rare glimpse inside the workings of the Kremlin, said reforme

After several years of economic decline, many sub-Saharan African countries are showing encouraging

For Audi of America Inc., vindication may not be much of a victory. The West German automake

Five New York State utilities were asked by the New York Power Pool to impose 5 percent voltage redu

Lingering fears left by the Chernobyl disaster are partly behind the public protests that have preve

A federal court has dismissed a shipbuilders' association complaint that a 1985 dry-docking operatio

An importer telephones her customhouse broker to request customs clearance and delivery for a consig

Several new power plants or their equivalent in conservation and other alternatives will be needed b

Tue., Mar. 8, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K