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Closing a "major gap" between China and the developed world in maritime transport and technology wil

A show-and-tell session in Europe could mean lower port charges at one of China's newest internation

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

"Foreign markets will be important for all manner of (U.S.) information technologies, from computers

EU FINANCE MINISTERS TO SEEK COMPROMISEEuropean Union finance ministers will seek to thrash

Gasoline prices in the Far East are poised for falls of as much as 10 percent to 15 percent as suppl

JAPAN PLANS TO DEFER INSURANCE DECISIONThe Finance Ministry intends to defer permission for

Environmental-liability losses are expected to drain many reinsurers' bottom lines, but that hasn't

Switzerland's unemployment rate in August measured 4.5 percent, down from 4.6 percent in July and do

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

Wednesday Sept. 7, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Arbitration remains the primary means of resolving disputes between insurers and reinsurers, though

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

1471 (Sep. 7, 1994) Previous day - 1459 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Underscoring the continuing success of a cost-cutting program begun last year, Zim Israel Navigation

U.S.-based banana exporters are making a last-minute effort to derail new European Union import quot

BAD WEATHER DELAYS SASKATCHEWAN HARVESTWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Cool weather and light r

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

Amid the oppressive humidity of summer, Houston already is more than swampy enough for most people,

China faces mounting pressure to achieve a balance between surplus oil in the north and a shortage i

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 7, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.22 up 0.76 wh

RICOH-SAMSUNG DISPUTE WILL GO BEFORE ITCThe International Trade Commission has decided to in

Clearing an important hurdle in the privatization of the state shipping line Navieras de Puerto Rico

Maritime interests in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday criticized the way the Coast Guard is going about

Thailand's central bank warned on Wednesday against the inflationary effects of unchecked credit gro

Growth in exports, increased investment in the automotive sector and new banking opportunities paint

"Collecting the Port: Recent Acquisitions of the South Street Seaport Museum." Through Oct. 30. New

Leaders of Nigeria's opposition groups said Wednesday that new powers of detention without trial ado

Despite expectations that a group of Romanian stowaways would be released after nearly five months o

Hong Kong's new airport may not be completed before China resumes sovereignty on July 1, 1997, a Hon

International Petroleum Exchange Sep. 7, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

BRANDTSHIP USA INC. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) - Samuel Ambrose was appointed vice president of the com

Dockworkers at the French Mediterranean ports of Marseilles and Fos went on strike Wednesday followi

Unocal Corp. said it has opened offices in Hanoi, Beijing and Singapore to expand its energy resourc

Americans interested in insuring in South Africa can incorporate their own company, but a joint vent

Songs have been written about them. Children have cried over them, and now companies are starting to

Stormy weather and high demand for U.S. produce are boosting the pace of agricultural cargoes moving

A federal court judge Wednesday rejected Exxon Corp.'s bid for a mistrial after jurors deliberating

Russian customs officials have announced the biggest sting yet in their battle against smuggling of