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Increasing globalization of the steel industry will spur competition between regions and countries f

As the debate grows over the merits of linking trade and the environment, the seemingly innocuous to

The discovery of the E. coli germ in a shipment of Canadian beef to the United States is an isolated

The U.S. dollar was tossed higher against the Japanese yen and dropped against the Deutsche mark Thu

Thursday Oct. 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

GRAINS, SOYBEANS FUTURESPRICES FALL ON EXPORT DATACHICAGO - Grain and soybean futures prices

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Entergy Corp., which is expanding rapidly into overseas power markets, is planning to construct a 70

LAWMAKER MOVES TO HALTEX-IM AID TO GAZPROMWASHINGTON - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thu

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 8, 1996 - Oct. 23, 1997 (a graph)*

Russian exports of timber and pulp are not offsetting declining domestic consumption. As a result, h

China said Thursday that the yuan's low level was not to blame for Southeast Asia's economic crisis

The former communist nations in Central and Eastern Europe are in danger of replacing the Iron Curta

COLORADO INSURER TO BUYS. CAROLINA-BASED UNISUNCHARLESTON, S.C. - Guaranty National Corp. pl

In a key step toward deregulating the telecommunications sector, Mexico has published long-awaited r

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Moscow will help Libya to reconstruct a nuclear reac

Environment ministers from the three North American Free Trade Agreement countries meet here today w

'It's just like the bad old days, when workers were treated as disposable clogs, not as human beings

Legislation making it more difficult for the federal government to impose unilateral trade sanctions

A Bangladesh official will press President Clinton to withdraw quota curbs on imports of ready-made

General Motors Corp. is being forced to stockpile cars and trucks, and Chairman John F. Smith Jr. bl

Since tariff filing has gone the way of the dinosaur, it's only fitting that motor carrier rate bure

Oct. 23, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

1334 (Oct. 23, 1997) Previous day - 1330The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

985 (Oct. 23, 1997) Previous day - 989The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

SHIPSAPL-NOL MERGERCLEARED BY COMMITTEEOAKLAND, Calif. - APL Ltd. and Neptun

Despite political wrangling, there is no lack of investor interest for the sale of Argentina's airpo

Some 300 former employees of Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., owner of the Port of Liverpool, have reje

Air cargo companies Kitty Hawk Inc. and Kalitta Cos., in a sign that their merger agreement is in je

TBS Group will expand its 25-ship operation with its first primarily breakbulk service from the Gulf

China's second-largest boxport is getting a significant boost from Hong Kong's largest container lin

MEETINGS SCHEDULEDON MISSISSIPPI TRAFFICNEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Coast Guard will hold special

Shipyards from the Florida Panhandle to Texas are awash with new orders for vessels and equipment be

Europe's largest shipbuilder has promised to build at least three ships at the shuttered Philadelphi

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

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Two stumbling blocks were identified Thursday in the resolution of a maritime dispute with Japan -

RUSSIA'S GRAIN HARVESTUP 26 PERCENT - SO FARMOSCOW - Russian farmers harvested grain weighin

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The companies that own the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline are overcharging for shipments through