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Current Textile and Apparel Quotas: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full

LOUISIANIA CUTS SOME WORKERS COMP RATESBATON ROUGE, La. - An 11.6 percent reduction in worke

Feb. 12, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 12, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

STORM DAMAGES MAIN CRUDE PORT IN ALGERIAPARIS - A storm in Skikda, Algeria's main po

This week's visit to Britain by China's senior trade official reinforces the idea that China wants g

Feb. 12, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The wide-ranging economic reforms instituted by President Fidel Ramos, praised by the international

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Once touted as a priority issue by Republican leaders in Congress, the overhaul of the Superfund haz

Federal Express Corp., the world's largest express delivery service, and the Air Line Pilots Associa

The Clinton administration Monday strongly defended its decision to provide $215 million in loan gua

The Port of Veracruz has not and is not breaking environmental rules as it expands to meet growth ne

The Shipbuilders Council of America, which represents many of the nation's commercial shipbuilders a

Northwest ports, roads and rail lines were draining out, drying out and being dug out Monday as mass

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Lloyd's of London was roundly rejected by those representing disgruntled investors Monday after it p

Canadian steelmakers have filed three requests for dispute-resolution panels under the North America

A new economic study raises questions about the utility of currency boards as a means of preventing

Monday Feb. 12, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The tensions, rivalries and economic promise of Central Asia swirled through the halls of Columbia U

February 12, 1996 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and

Iraqi and U.N. officials resumed talks Monday in hopes of wrapping up the first round of discussions

The Pentagon's Military Sealift Command has been reorganized into a structure that its leaders say w

A few years ago, the old Publicker distillery on the Philadelphia waterfront sat abandoned, another

CSX Transportation Inc. announced that 1995 was the safest year in the company's history with reduct

Gains across almost all transportation sectors led to a 3.15 percent gain in the Journal of Commerce

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 17, '95 - Feb. 12, '96 (a graph) (2

Cultural protection has received another boost in Canada as Canadian booksellers beat back an attemp

China's nuclear power program, probably the fastest growing in the world, is hoping to expand into t

After four months of concern about a federal government default, the White House and Congress are mo

How long is a piece of string? In the case of U.S.-based environmental damage claims to be paid by i

Efforts by the European Union to deepen the connection between trade and labor rights met stiff resi

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) - Glenn A. Britt has been elected chairman of the college. He

Sri Lankan insurers said Friday that claims from a Jan. 31 bomb blast in Colombo could still be met

MATSON UNIT, INTEROCEAN TO FILL SERVICES GAPSEATTLE - Matson Intermodal System, a su

Cuba's current sugar cane harvest was temporarily interrupted last week in eastern provinces because

After three years of planning, Mobil Corp. is abandoning its proposal to drill for offshore oil from

The Dominican Republic, the United States' main trading partner in the Caribbean, said its economy -

FEMALE SHIP'S CAPTAIN SAILS INTO PHILADELPHIACapt. Beatrice Vormawah, the only female ship's