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For retailers and others that import footwear from Asia, 1996 will be remembered as the year ocean c

New customs regulations appear to have placed a greater burden on footwear importers than on most ot

Don't look for U.S. footwear exports to bounce back this year from their dismal performance of 1995.

Compromise on opening electricity markets appears unlikely, so the European Commission may pass the

After a year of delays, the three presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania recently relaunched a reg

Doing business in Myanmar is still a political headache for Pepsico Inc. despite the company's recen

SOFTWARE MAKERS BACKENCRYPTION LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - U.S. software producers said they ful

Austria's battle to save its anonymous bank accounts has opened up a rift in the government after a

Myanmar government officials are hoping tourism will become a significant foreign exchange earner as

Europe's three biggest electronics firms will intensify pressure on Japan this week not to renew a c

TATE & LYLE'S US UNITPLANS LACTIC ACID PLANTLONDON - Tate & Lyle's U.S. subsidiary A.E. Stal

Vietnam was scheduled to get its first U.S. fast-food restaurant this weekend with the opening of a

UNION CARBIDE TO BUILDCOMPLEX IN MALAYSIANEW YORK - Union Carbide Corp. said Friday it plans

As full deregulation of the Philippine oil market inches closer, companies that have enjoyed a long

Friday May 3, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing t

Sanctions aimed at forcing Iran, Libya and other nations into line with U.S. policy may harm U.S. in

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

TOWER LOST $8 MILLIONIN FIRST QUARTERNEW YORK - Tower Air Inc. announced a first-quarter net

CSX Corp. Friday promoted Duane H. Cassidy, former chief of CSX Transportation's sales and marketing

Lynden International has forged an exclusive agency agreement with Russian Air Services in the Russi

Sea-Land Service Inc. announced several service developments late last week scheduled to take effect

The first Surface Transportation Board decision covering maximum rail rates has drawn little immedia

The top executive of General Dynamics Corp. said his defense contracting company may be interested i

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Delivering a serious setback to the planned California Earthquake Authority, the Internal Revenue Se

Five months after reaching broad agreement, Canada's largest life company chose its partner in what

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

BILL ON RIGHTS OF INSUREDSIGNED IN COLORADODENVER - Colorado Gov. Roy Romer singed a bill th

Royal Insurance Holdings PLC and Sun Alliance Group PLC said Friday they will merge into Britain's b

An official at the Environmental Protection Agency called the latest House Republican compromise off

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

CANADIAN INVESTMENTSIN CHINA MAY DWINDLEOTTAWA - Canadian direct investment in China has inc

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Whether it's ''baksheesh'' in India or a ''pot-de-vin'' in France, bribes clinch business deals all

A bill to deregulate ocean shipping, passed in the House this week, faces a serious battle in the Se

Thursday, May 2, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar was dragged down Thursday by a surging Japanese yen and a falling U.S. bond market.<

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - May 2, '96 (a graph)(2)DAI

Angry British farmers Thursday attacked government arrangements to kill thousands of cattle and rest