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Insurance is the latest sector of China's growing economy to come under the eye of regulators hoping

REVISED GNP DATA CALLED DISCOURAGINGThe revised figure on U.S. economic activity in the four

BRAZILIAN DOCKWORKERS PLAN TO STRIKE TODAYSAO PAULO, Brazil - Dockworkers at Brazil's Port o

Output of cotton in China fell in 1988 for the second straight year, and there are indications of a

A story in The Journal of Commerce Feb. 23 headlined, "Hvide Seeks Bids on Tanker From US Yards," on

Nippon Yusen Kaisha, a Japanese ocean and intermodal carrier, has rerouted the destination of some o

Recent increases in short-term interest rates shouldn't dramatically reduce the number of home sales

Just a few days after the Federal Reserve escalated the inflation fight by raising its discount rate

GEORGIA GULF TO MOVE PHENOL/ACETONE UNITGeorgia Gulf Corp. plans to to relocate the company'

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

Japan's net creditor position will top $350 billion by the end of this year and is likely to exceed

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Facsimile machines, those beeping little devices increasingly used to send everythi

Commercial production has officially begun at Indonesia's first alluvial gold mine, one of scores of

Tue., Feb. 28, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

EMULSIONS National Starch & Chemical Corp.'s Resins & Specialty Chemicals division, Bridgewa

Australian Trade Minister Michael Duffy said he was more optimistic than ever that the United States

An umbrella group of U.S. steel manufacturers says it is ready to file international trade grievance

CALIF. BILL STRENGTHENS PROPOSITION 103SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Rep. Lloyd G. Connell

The Supreme Court found itself tangled in the thickets of the Railway Labor Act Tuesday, as the just

The Port of Baltimore's marketing and sales operations department is being reorganized, according to

Former U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi's appeal of a 1987 illegal gratuities conviction was rejected Monday b

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie reportedly has asked the state for authorization

The insurance industry's "battle of the bosses" ended Tuesday with an overwhelming victory for Claud

American Airlines is the unofficial favorite in Australia to gain a license to fly into this country

ASSOCIATED CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION/PACE LINE (New York) - Michael M. Wilson was named New York area

The U.S. budget crunch and shifting U.S. defense spending priorities are combining to sink the Navy'

XCELL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC. (Houston) - Carol C. Flint was promoted to vice president, sales an

REICHHOLD ACQUIRES FORMER KOPPERS PLANTBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. - A major Japanese-owned chemical pr

Swiss police arrested four Argentine nationals Monday and charged them with trying to extort $10 mil

The U.S. dollar rose Monday, while traders sold sterling and the Canadian and Australian dollar.

Until a few days ago, heavy international competition and moderate demand had U.S. cotton exporters

The Greek government has opened a "friendship offensive" aimed at persuading Greek shipowners based

Regulations to protect domestic and foreign developers of computer software probably will be enacted

Feb. 27, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Lo

1543 (Feb. 27, 1989) Previous day - 1529 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Eastern Airlines, locked in bitter contract negotiations with its machinists union and losing an est

In a move that may herald a decision to buy aircraft components and parts in India, officials from B

President Bush lectured the South Koreans on the perils of protectionism Monday, calling it "fool's

For the week ended Feb. 18, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

AMINES Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Fine Chemicals division (formerly Virginia Chemicals), Ports