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Fritz Cos., the San Francisco-based freight forwarding and logistics company, is mired in a bitter d

World Trade chief Renato Ruggiero warned Friday that time is running out to broker a successful mark

''I feel the Bengals and Reds are engaging in extortion and blackmail.''

Encouraged by the promise of a $400 million federal loan, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Author

CUSTOMS TO HOST PARLEYON HERBAL INGREDIENTSLOS ANGELES - The U.S. Customs Service wi

The Massachusetts Port Authority's rock-solid bond rating may be in danger of hitting the rocks afte

LUFTHANSA, AIR CANADASIGN COOPERATION PACTFRANKFURT - Lufthansa German Airlines and Air Cana

Exel Logistics North America received the 1995 Logistics Partner Award for outstanding performance f

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

Three Weeks Ended Mar. 16, 1996, vs. Similar 1995 PeriodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

USAfrica Airways Inc., the bankrupt airline that ceased operations last year, has given up efforts t

China's resumption of strong-armed tactics in its bid to join the World Trade Organization failed to

Foreign bankers are finding new opportunities in Latin America as those nations open their financial

RULING ALLOWS CHEVRONTO OPERATE PIPELINESAN FRANCISCO - Chevron Corp. said a California judg

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 250.67 up 0.26 w

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

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

Mar. 22, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 22, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mar. 22, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 22, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

With several transport projects completed and others planned, the Inter-American Development Bank is

U.S. exporters, thanks to the Inter-American Development Bank, sold almost $1 billion in goods and s

The difference in gasoline prices between urban and rural areas in Japan has begun to narrow as a re

Shell Oil Co. and Amoco Corp. have chosen west Houston over Midland-Odessa and Lubbock as the headqu

Mar. 22, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Mar. 22, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

Domestic demand for specialty steel is expected to total 11.75 million tons in fiscal 1996 beginning

Heinz Co. said it agreed to acquire a majority interest in Alimentos Pilar SA, an Argentine pet food

As of Mar. 22, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

As the United States tries to tighten its controversial economic embargo on Cuba, Caribbean manufact

Taiwanese investors in China's southeastern city of Fuzhou have been hit by a rapid downturn in busi

European Union governments were urged last week to accept a controversial plan to spend 1.7 billion

In their unending war to prevent English-language domination, the French are turning their attention

REGIONAL BLOCSRevisiting the Persian Gulf and Middle East. March 27. Tarrytown, N.Y.

Years of war have left Central America's roads riddled with potholes and the region's tiny nations h

The Inter-American Development Bank, long overshadowed by the World Bank as a Latin American-Caribbe

Fachinal, the world's southernmost silver and gold mine, officially opened last week.At the

Friday Mar. 22, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing