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EU STRIPS TRADE RIGHTSOF MYANMAR IN PROTESTBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers Monda

By all appearances, Boeing Co. looks like the undisputed champion of aircraft manufacturing. Vice Pr

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

Capital flows to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics rose only marginally in 1996, as an

German Finance Minister Theo Waigel came under fire from opponents and allies alike on Monday when h

As of March 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained suppli

OMAN OIL PRODUCTIONTO STAY AT CURRENT RATEABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Persian Gulf

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 244.79 off 1.61 wh

March 24, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

This week may be among the most important in the short, post-Soviet history of Russia's labor union

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''It sounds to me like the cost of NATO expansion just rose by $4 billion.''

EU ASKS JAPAN TO LIFTREMAINING TRADE BARRIERSBRUSSELS - The European Commission asked Japan

OFFERS TO BUY* CALCIUM CARBIDE. 4,000 metric tons, due date: 3/30/97. Quote price f.o.b. Sto

VETO LIFTED ON ENTRYOF S. AFRICA TO LOMEBRUSSELS - Spain Monday lifted its veto on South Afr

China may be a hotbed for illegal production of intellectual property, but its efforts to crack down

Japan has rejected a U.S. request to beef up antitrust enforcement by requiring prior notification o

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 24, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

March 24, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

March 24, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

March 24, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

KEY JAMAICAN COFFEEMAKERS IN RECEIVERSHIPKINGSTON - Two companies which produce most of Jama

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will soon establish a new team led by a high-level negot

March 24, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Vietnam said on Monday it wanted immediate and unconditional talks with China over an oil exploratio

FUEL RODS ON THE WAYTO CHERNOBYL REACTORKIEV, Ukraine - New nuclear fuel rods will be delive

U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Monday called for the world's nations to agree to legally binding tar

A Canadian mining company embroiled in an acrimonious dispute over pollution is shedding its stake i

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture will send a delegation to Japan Monday to seek Japanese approval to

Senior USDA aide Chris Goldthwait said the Export Enhancement Program is ''a tool we need to have in

CONRAIL SLASHES RATESON SOME FOOD PRODUCTSPHILADELPHIA - Conrail Inc. reduced rates for sout

CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.CNF Transportation, the holding company that owns Con-Way Transportat

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 19, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Customer care is an alien concept for many owners and operators of bulk ships. Logistics and value-a

LEACH LEANS TOWARDBANKING, COMMERCE MIXPHOENIX - U.S. House Banking Committee Chairman Jim L

Net profit Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports increased 18 percent in 1996 to 410 million francs ($

THE EQUITABLE COS. INC.James M. Benson, president and chief executive of the New York compan

The government of Pakistan plans to sell some of its equity in the national airline to a strategic i

The controversy surrounding General Electric Corp.'s plan to move its liability insurer to Bermuda i