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The wave of foreign tourists who pumped a record $77 billion into the U.S. economy this year is like

This year's record levels of truck trailer manufacturing should be topped in 1995, an economic plann

A $187.4 million order of intermodal and rail cars by TTX Co. takes a major step toward boosting the

Croatia's once-prosperous shipbuilding industry, struggling through a restructuring process hampered

The French government looks set to approve an inland waterway for large vessels that wouldeventually

Sweden's consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in November from October and was down 2.4 percent fro

The Gabcikovo dam is proving to be the Danube sailor's Scylla and Charybdis. At least 20 shi

The Coast Guard said it has suspended the search for 22 crewmembers from a Ukrainian-registered carg

The sales of U.K. machine tools rose a seasonally adjusted 19 percent in October from September at c

FESCO BANS CALLS AT FOREIGN PORTSVLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Far Eastern Shipping Co., the

A Standard & Poor's insurance industry analyst rated the companies based in Bermuda a "relatively go

International insurers and reinsurers based in Bermuda reported having $29 billion in capital and cl

A.M. BEST DOWNGRADES ROYAL INSURANCE UNITSOLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. lowered the "A-" rat

Glenn H. Martin, the once high-flying Longwood insurance executive indicted last month on federal ch

One of the engineers of the most difficult reinsurance project of all time said Wednesday he hoped i

Six associations and five insurance company executives meeting in Washington this week agreed to put

NIGERIA TO UNVEIL PLAN FOR DEMOCRACY SOONThe Nigerian military government will unveil a prog

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

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

An international group of environmental activists, nuclear proliferation monitors and members of the

Throwing down the gauntlet, the Republican who will take control of a key House trade panel insists

If you want somebody to stop stealing your product, one alternative is to go into business with them

The European Union Commission on Wednesday approved a shipbuilding accord with France, paving the wa

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole apparently has landed the first blow in his political battle with

Exports $18.1U.S. - made for U.S. buyers $ 7.0 Imports

A westbound Santa Fe Railway double-stack train derailed after colliding with a Union Pacific Railro

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '93 - Nov. 21, '94 (a graph) (2)

Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Investment banks that ran up staffs and costs in Hong Kong as they tried to catch an Asian boom may

Thai wholesale prices in November were 0.1 percent higher than in October, and 3.8 percent higher th

China said Wednesday it is not optimistic about entering the GATT world trade organization now but i

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed in quiet trading Wednesday, as the latest batch of economic repor

Central American and Caribbean countries must improve their infrastructure if apparel producers in t

Japanese trade barriers are crippling that nation's economy, draining 3 percent of its gross nationa

"I suppose those that incurred a loss were less successful at the game than those who did not. . . .

Strong opposition from shipping agents has shelved a Navy plan to funnel to just a few companies the

The Army Corps of Engineers has unsealed bids submitted by four contractors competing for the contra

A direct liner service between Russia and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for both containerized and breakbu

A Japanese textile group said Wednesday it is halting efforts to have cotton thread and other import