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Wealthy Japanese entrepreneurs, corporations, provincial governments, even religious sects, made ric

President Miguel de la Madrid, trying to rouse support for an emergency inflation-fighting program,

The Jamaican government has revoked the bauxite mining lease of a refining company owned by two U.S.

Communist rebel leaders warned that U.S. troops and businesses are subject to attack. It was

Customs brokers and importers who last year struggled with a series of changes introduced by the U.S

Japanese Bond Trading Unofficially BeginsSpot option trading on Japanese government bonds st

Figures published on Dec. 30 from the Society of the Plastics Industry's October resin statistics we

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. is escalating its war of words with Santa Fe Southern Pacific C

The New Jersey Assembly's Republican majority is ending the current two-year legislative session in

The Agriculture Department is seeking comments on proposed procedures for a referendum among cattle

Several thousand dairy farmers marched through downtown Tokyo protesting government plans to liberal

Exports are the best alternative for the Brazilian beef market, and by the end of this decade beef c

General Mills Retail OfficerResignsThe head of General Mills' specialty retailing op

Customs authorities here at the weekend ordered a Singaporean-registered ship held for failing to un

China, the world's largest coal producer, is set to make deep inroads into the lucrative Europe mark

Consumer electronics manufacturers have been saying, yet again, that 1988 will be the year the price

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The lower Mississippi River - with its swift current, treacherous hairpin turns, thick fog and uncer

Traders on the Tokyo Stock Exchange say limits on daily price changes minimized damage from last Oct

European oil prices fell sharply at the end of trading last week, sliding below $17 a barrel in an a

The Insurance Society of Philadelphia will hold a conference on personal property risk management Ja

Single Cargo Spot Sales On the Rise in USSingle cargo spot market sales are approaching 40 p

The Consolidated Edison Co. improperly removed asbestos and failed to notify environmental inspector

Despite reduced earnings from most of their export commodities, Caribbean economies are expected to

Argentina's monthly inflation fell to 3.4 percent in December but the 12- month trend was double the

Environmental inspectors are missing more than half the serious violations at facilities handling an

A new biological method that can detect tiny amounts of the AIDS virus may be a powerful tool for te

The Swedish skipper of the storm-damaged, Maltese-registered freighter Belle and his crew of seven w

Transco Exploration Partners Ltd. said it discovered oil on the Stony Creek Prospect in Williams Cou

Job increases in services helped the U.S. civilian unemployment rate fall to a seasonally adjusted 5

Honda, one of Japan's leading car manufacturers, will ship U.S.-made autos to Japan through the port

From the end of World War II through the 1970s, total investment in U.S. port facilities amounted to

As The St. Paul Cos. Inc. moves closer in its bid to acquire a London-based insurance holding compan

Anti-Smoking Bill Becomes Law in NYCA sweeping anti-smoking initiative has become law in New

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan last year soared to nearly 100,000 units, 43 percent highe

Top Stories Industrial users of platinum and palladium are expected to step up demand for th

Takeshita Will Discuss Exchange Rates in USJapanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita may disc

Ship Agency Approves Sale of Drilling UnitThe Maritime Administration has approved an applic

Opposing interests, national and local, appear on a collision course as the debate continues over th