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Thursday Dec. 1, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Senate approval of the new world-trade agreement gave Americans a bit of abreak on buttons,

One year after a series of missed ship calls prompted an outcry in the maritime industry, it remains

Norway's non-seasonally adjusted industrial output remained unchanged in October from September, the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 1, '93 - Nov. 14, '94 (a graph) (2)

The Journal of Commerce today unveils an updated, improved Industrial Price Index. The index

TALKS BREAK DOWN BETWEEN IBERIA, PILOTSMADRID, Spain - Talks on pay between the mana

Fruit of the Loom's Bill Farley fought hard against the plan to end limits on apparel imports over t

One out of four Polish companies employs illegal workers to avoid paying Social Security taxes, whil

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Japan paved the way for adoption of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

ACHILLE LAURO SURVIVORS MOVED TO OTHER SHIPSNearly 1,000 passengers and crew rescued after f

Owners of large oil tankers who don't have the muscle of a major oil company behind them have just h

Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first commercial carrier to equip a plane with a warnin

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon assumed power in Mexico Thursday, vowing to build on the economic-stab

President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon's vow to overhaul Mexico's antiquated and notoriously corrup

When a group of war veterans set up Taiwan's China Airlines 37 years ago, all they had was $10,000 a

"Malaysia will commit itself to further trade liberalization only at a pace and capacity commensurat

Another milestone in development of the Alameda Corridor was reached Wednesday when the Los Angeles

HOUSE OF COMMONS OKS GATT BILL IN CANADAOTTAWA - Canada's House of Commons has passe

As the number of flights turned away for lack of capacity grows, officials are scrambling to find wa

In a mishap eerily reminiscent of the September 1993 disaster that killed 47 persons when Amtrak's S

The New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division last month ruled on preliminary issues in an upcomin

Several rating firms weighed in Thursday on Wednesday's announcement that American Brands Inc. has a

Brazil, India and some other important developing nations may take steps soon to open their markets

INSURANCE WOMEN SET EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMNEW YORK - "Women Helping Women" will be the

Britain said Thursday it wants liability insurance for shipowners to be compulsory and will be seeki

TRENWICK NET INCOME UP FROM YEAR-AGOSTAMFORD, Conn. - Trenwick Group Inc., a Connecticut-bas

The Clinton administration will resume efforts next week to open Japan's $5 billion a year flat-glas

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COS. (New York) - Rosemarie Rogers has joined the company's Continental Pro di

COMPANY'S DEMANDS IRK CNADIAN FERRY WORKERSSUMMERSIDE, Prince Edward Island - Negoti

PORT OF GULFPORT (Gulfport, Miss.) - Anthony Taormina will begin work as the port's new executive di

An air search for a $400,000 yacht being delivered to Oxford by a Chestertown sailor hasn't turned u

The dredging of the Parana River should begin this April following the rejection of a legal challeng

Shipowners and bankers are being urged anew to ignore the modern-day Lorelei of low shipbuilding pri

The city is negotiating with two shipbuilders and six other companies that want to lease space and s

The state port-management company in Indonesia is proposing substantial expansion at several sites t

Traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway is up about 20 percent over last year in the period to Nov. 21, a

ISRAELI COURT UPHOLDS STEWARD'S GAY RIGHTSJERUSALEM - Israel's Supreme Court ruled W

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