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Japan has given the green light to a big U.S. seed company to sell genetically engineered corn that

The largest private landowner in the Mojave National Preserve says the U.S. government must follow t

EASTMAN NOT A PARTOF OLEFINS PLANNEW YORK - Eastman Chemical Co. Thursday said it does not p

''South Carolina's chest is all puffed up because of this. It is something to be proud of.''

Japanese employees work hard, don't take many days of paid leave and don't cause many labor disputes

APEC MEMBERS DRAFTPLANS TO REMOVE BARRIERSMANILA - Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coop

On the heels of the Mexican government's about-face decision to avoid privatizing state petrochemica

The impact of drought is still being felt from Oklahoma to Kansas as farmers begin winter wheat plan

The Thai economy is at a crossroads as labor-intensive industries give way to higher technology prod

Pitco Frialator's international business is heating up.As fast-food chains pop up in places

Eight years in gestation, what should have been Hong Kong's first electronic data interchange system

P&O CONTAINERS POSTSLOWER PER-TEU REVENUELONDON - Average revenue per 20-foot container earn

While Asian trade experiences a pause in its usually breakneck growth, South Korea is using the time

For the second time this year, the Port of Los Angeles will sell revenue bonds to help finance its m

Traffic on the high seas will continue its expansion through this year, a United Nations economic ag

It wasn't long ago that a dozen roses bought for Valentines' Day almost certainly were grown in an A

Bill Matthews smiles when he hears people predict that U.S. manufacturing jobs are headed to Mexico

S&P LOWERS CHUBB LIFECLAIMS-PAYING RATINGNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's Corp. has lowered the

For William Ahern, the pretrial spotlight may be fleeting, but he probably won't complain. Mr. Ahern

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance can only blame itself for the controversy swirling around it

Arthur F. Quern and Martin L. ''Larry'' Koppie of Aon Corp. died in a plane crash near Chicago on Oc

Thursday Oct. 31, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

AIRPLANE CRASHES INTO HOMESAFTER SAO PAULO TAKEOFFSAO PAULO - A Fokker-100 aircraft

Two Journal of Commerce subsidiaries - PIERS and Transax Data - are joining forces to form a single

To understand the web of connections between Bill Clinton and Indonesia's Riady family, it helps to

Despite public opposition from the White House, hopes are high at the United Nations this week that

The world trading community criticized Brazil for straying from its liberalization reforms and chall

Tanker owners have an image problem.To many outsiders, oil tankers are dirty rust buckets th

CENTRAL ASIAN NATIONSGET $450 MILLION IN AIDTOKYO - A group of 24 countries and internationa

A court is to mark out the field of battle today for a constitutional fight that legal experts say c

Oct. 31, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

DATA TECH COSTS OIL, GASFIRMS $6 BILLION A YEARHOUSTON - Cambridge Energy Research Associate

Oct. 31, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.65 up 0.54

As of Oct. 31, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Oct. 31, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

ARNOLD INDUSTRIES REPORTSIMPROVED EARNINGSLEBANON, Pa. - Arnold Industries Inc., which owns