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China's shipping industry may be steaming ahead, but its largest operator is getting steamed up abou

Europe's push for a single currency will gather fresh momentum today as Belgium becomes the latest c

It was perhaps a telling sign that during July's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the birth o

While the European Union debates the cost of enlarging its membership, three of Central Europe's top

Last week's bloody clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers have had a negative effect on t

OFFICIALS SAY PILOT ERRORSLED TO COLOMBIA CRASHWASHINGTON - Colombian officials said a serie

Archer Daniels Midland is likely to wage a strong fight against any price-fixing charges levied agai

The U.S. dollar surged to a new high for the year against the Japanese yen Monday as capital flowed

A consumer advocate has accused California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush of impropriety.<

Japanese Finance Minister Wataru Kubo told acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky that

After years of careful planning, your company is finally ready to begin manufacturing in China. You'

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The steel import boom that New Orleans and other ports have been enjoying over the last few years is

UNITED AUTO WORKERSREACH DEAL WITH CHRYSLERAUBURN HILLS, MICH. - The United Auto Workers rea

STEEL WORKERS REJECTCOMPANY'S FINAL OFFERWHEELING, W.Va. - About 4,500 union workers in thre

The first of 1,400 locked out workers at Inco Ltd. were scheduled to head back to work Monday after

This year's International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting is awash in ''good news,'' but a f

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. signed a letter of intent with Illinois Central Corp. that would

INSURER USES AD TO POLISHTAINTED SWISS IMAGEZURICH - A pillar of the Swiss business establis

A statement by four market bodies, admitting that electronic placing of insurance risks in London ha

SWISS LOWER HOUSE OKSREVIEW OF NAZI DEALINGSBERNE, Switzerland - Switzerland's lower house o

Working in China can be a trying experience for U.S. business executives, but doing business in the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 6, '95 - Sept. 30, '96 (a graph)* A

Three months after stepped-up country-of-origin rules went into effect, U.S. textile and apparel imp

One thing importers of textiles and wearing apparel will apparently have very little to worry about

After several strong weeks the transportation stocks that make up The Journal of Commerce stock inde

European Union shipowners warned that the U.S. failure to ratify a global agreement to outlaw shipbu

The world's biggest gold miners, with an eye to expansion, are enthusi wtically staking out projects

As of Sept. 30, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 30, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

September 30, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and

VALUJET TAKES OFF AGAINAFTER 15-WEEK GROUNDINGATLANTA - After a deadly crash in the Florida

1997 will be a challenging - perhaps even pivotal - year in U.S.-China relations, business analysts

A joint venture between the state-owned oil companies in China and Taiwan for oil and gas exploratio

3RD CANDIDATE THROWSHAT IN HONG KONG RINGHONG KONG - A leading businessman announced Monday

Relative to past EU-Japan summits dominated by trade squabbles, both players mixed trade and key pol

6HIPSP&O-NEDLLOYD DEAL GETSLEADING BROKER'S SUPPORTLONDON - The planned merger betwe

Labor and management in ports from Maine to Texas began to wrap up negotiations Monday before a midn

Financial markets here welcomed news of a Nov. 17 general election after weeks of political tension.

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