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The credit markets are looking ahead to next week's economic summit in Venice with some degree of sk

Carrying coals to Newcastle, the seaport for an English coal-producing region, was such a silly noti

Another change may be on the way in the manner of China trade, with local agents appointed to handle

A British airport planning company has become the first foreign firm awarded a contract in the plann

Claude Bonazzo, district sales manager for Flying Tigers Air Cargo at Puerto Rico's largest airport,

Beijing Railway Station today will become China's first rail terminal to ban smoking entirely on its

Primary insurers are cutting prices again in standard casualty lines now, said the new chairman of a

Judge Ira Brown Jr. handed down his decision Friday in phase three of the coordinated asbestos cover

May 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The U.S. Senate is planning a major event to "scrap" flatware made abroad that has been used in Sena

The U.S. economy continued to grow during May, said the nation's industrial purchasing managers, alt

For three days at least, the local staples involving noodles, rice and prawns gave way to California

The scheduled signing by Alaska's Governor Steve Cowper of a gas pipeline bill was delayed due to sc

The Virginia Port Authority is soliciting bids to improve rail cargo-handling facilities at Newport

Foreigners invested a record $31.5 billion in U.S. businesses last year, a 36.2 percent increase fro

May 29 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

Connecticut residents kicked up a fuss, so a consortium planning to build a natural gas pipeline fro

Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport surpassed Chicago's O'Hare International during the first

Poor marketing skills rather than price related factors are to blame for the United States' disappoi

Top Stories The chemical industry is poised for increased profits as it restructures researc

Mexico's major labor federations will seek a raise of 25 percent to 28 percent in the minimum wage i

California Shipping Line Inc., Inglewood, Calif., wants the Federal MaritimeCommission to br

The port of Lorient in Brittany, Northwest France, has revived plans to build a large offshore coal

Promotion of U.S. exports will be emphasized when nine Cornell University students begin an internat

Obtaining Top Performance From Distributors and Agents in International Markets. June 1-2, World Tra

Nippon Steel Reports $91 Million Net LossNippon Steel Corp., the world's largest steelmaker,

Injection-Molding Kit Cuts Costs, Cycle TimeA low-pressure version of injection molding can

Impatient House subcommittee chairmen asked federal regulators last week why residential natural gas

Togo is gearing up to become a major textile exporter to the United States and Western Europe.

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The U.S. dollar rose Friday on expectations that President Reagan would approve a plan to protect Ku

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Union Carbide Corp. announced that below-schedule prices for propylene glycol, United States Pharmac

The government said its main forecasting gauge of future economic activity plunged 0.6 percent in Ap

Freightliner Corp. named Peter E. Rupp chairman of the board of this heavy truck manufacturer, succe

Dutch police towed the Greenpeace ship Explorer into port last week after the ship's rudder failed i

Atlantic Richfield Co. pleaded no contest to charges of illegally dumping hazardous wastes and agree

NYPA Trustees OK Power AllocationsNew York Power Authority trustees approved an increase to

A third meeting between two groups planning to form a consortium to rival Japan's existing internati

Economic "drift" by U.S. leaders risks inflicting on the world economy a plague by the modern equiva