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With oil prices spiraling downward and marginal producers saying they face disaster, the Clinton adm

Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena will unveil a new National Highway System here today at a

They are relatively recent arrivals on the international trade scene, but the ports of South Florida

The European Union, under pressure from EU states with maritime interests, may revoke its proposal f

Blue Star Line has centralized its cargo-passenger ship bookings with TravLtips, a travel agency spe

Insurance Co. of North America (INA) was ordered to pay $5 million in pollution coverage to Williams

The South Korean parliament approved a 43.25 trillion won ($53.40 billion) state budget for 1994 and

ALA. INSURERS PUNISHED FOR SHORTAGE OF ASSETSTROY, Ala. - State insurance examiners

Simply because a commodity such as fruit can be stuffed inside a container doesn't mean that all fru

Japan slammed the United States and the European Union Wednesday for falling short of the targets ou

Dec. 8, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments to the Bundesbank law that would prevent the German centra

Having been blocked by the Federal Trade Commission from selling nearly 3,500 used boxcars to GE Cap

The United States has taken to heart Australian actor Paul Hogan's advice to ''throw another shrimp

Malaysia's economy continued to perform favorably, although slower expansion in manufacturing and ag

Finland's gross domestic product is forecast to rise 1 percent in 1994 after a 3 percent fall in 199

U.S. inflation at the wholesale level is expected to tick higher in November, but the increase will

Chinese officials said they will invite international bids early in January for a synchronous digita

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

Oil and aid could flow to sanctions-strapped South Africa soon following the end of exclusive white

COLUMBUS LINE INC. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Pamela Hadfield was named manager of documentation, finance

Sensing that structural changes in Mexico will bring long-term growth potential, steamship lines, ra

Premiums for workers compensation could drop an average of 12.4 percent next year, if the state insu

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

NIGERIA TO AID OIL TOWNS PLAGUED BY VIOLENCELAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian government

Japanese bunker prices have collapsed, prompting traders in Tokyo to predict an increase in the numb

Cash lumber prices appear ready to test the record highs set in March even though this year's winter

Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

JAPAN PREDICTS DECLINE IN ETHYLENE DEMANDTOKYO - Demand for Japanese ethylene will f

RoadRailer, that ambidextrous intermodal morph of a truck trailer and railcar, is alive and well and

The aging and breakdown of all those imported cars entering Brazil since thebarriers toppled

Twenty major asbestos producers have agreed on a national plan to compensate victims of the cancer-c

American Airlines said it fired nine more flight attendants, bringing the total to 15 terminated for

The Financial News expressed concern about China's large trade deficit this year, which hit $7.7 bil

YELTSIN'S BRUSSELS VISIT AIMS AT EU PARTNERSHIPRussian President Boris Yeltsin arrived in Br

Supreme Court justices Tuesday cast a critical eye on a New York town's trash-flow control ordinance

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Federal Express Corp. has chosen James A. McKinney to be president of its third-party logistics oper

Twelve years after the Reagan administration terminated a federal program that guaranteed loans to c

Efforts by Latin American nations to strengthen their telecommunications systems will make the regio