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Harcourt General Inc. has agreed to sell its insurance business to GE Capital Corp. for $400 million

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

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. (Memphis) - Tracy Schmidt was named senior vice president, airground terminal

Teamsters union employees at Preston Trucking Co. have agreed to a two-year package of wage reductio

FEDERAL EXPRESS POSTS 45 PERCENT JUMP IN EARNINGSMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp., sp

The recent change in White House personnel may not be helpful to the independent oil producers of Am

The first shipment of Washington state apples to China left the Port of Seattle at weekend aboard a

New Zealand's agriculture has shifted over the last five years from predominantly producing sheep to

Local manufacturers with plants in China are sinking deeper roots, increasing the proportion of good

Gov. Christie Whitman signed a bill to pay off $1.3 billion in auto insurance debt with a combinatio

Managers of Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corp. have presented their proposed combin

Frustrated by longer transit times since Southern Pacific Lines stopped using a direct route from Ca

BOEING TO USE LCDS ON 737 FLIGHT DECKSSEATTLE - The flight deck of Boeing Corp.'s ne

International Petroleum Exchange July 1, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Western Germany's industrial production fell a provisional, seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in May f

Caribbean leaders expect to conclude this week discussions of a draft agreement creating a regional

BRITISH COLUMBIA KEEPS BULK WATER EXPORT BANVICTORIA, British Columbia - British Col

The Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka is hoping to move the equivalent of 1.2 million 20-foot boxes (TEUs

The huge new consortia that promise to revolutionize the carrier industry also will force changes on

A table listing ship lines serving the United States and Latin America that appeared June 29 on Page

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Friday that it had not been asked to grant ''USCG acceptance" to Shor

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

CANADA P/C FIRMS FIND INVESTMENTS BEST BETTORONTO - Property and casualty insurance

US BILL COULD BROADEN DEFENSE EXPORT FUNDINGWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank

Facing expectations of huge demand for power generation well into the 21st century, Mexico has broke

July 1, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

One of the world's largest aircraft maintenance facilities will be created in a remote area of Hong

What a difference a couple of decades make. On April 30, 1975, as the North Vietnamese army troops e

The race for chief of the new World Trade Organization is set to become more complicated with the po

JURONG YARD PURCHASES 25 PERCENT OF NOL UNITSINGAPORE - Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (N

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

U.S. District Judge Robert M. Parker ruled last week that Emeryville-based Plant Insulation Co. can'

Interagency bickering had made Mexico's opening to private investment in power generation a slow and

While most of their business is in Asia, a growing number of overseas entrepreneurs are setting up o

The prospective buyer of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co. also is interested in acquiring two key

A growing crime wave on Russia's roads is posing a major problem for international truckers.

Canada's trucking industry is searching for a simulator to help train drivers and iswilling to pay a

Veracruz, Mexico's busiest port, is turning to U.S. businesses for communications and safety upgrade

Friday, July 1, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada