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HONG KONG MAY PURSUE REFORMS WITHOUT CHINAHONG KONG - Gov. Chris Patten indicated Mo

The European Community said it is optimistic a new global rubber accord will be reached, but it may

Customs officials have made more seizures in an international investigation of imported Vietnamese c

An initial group of 100 Chinese state-owned enterprises will undergo new market-style reforms to tur

Norway swung to a current account deficit of 25 million kroner (US$3.36 million) in September 1993,

ILA FORCES DIVERSION OF CHILEAN FRUIT CARGOProtesting members of the International L

The U.S. air express industry is back with a vengeance. Eighteen months ago, the industry wa

A two-day Franco-German summit that opens in Bonn today will be decisive in determining European Com

The small French port of St. Malo, located on the coast of Brittany, in mid- November became the las

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Brazil's bank creditors signed an external-

The price of diesel fuel in California has dropped noticeably, but mechanical failures attributed to

India's largest private-sector steel company plans to establish another plant for exporting.

U.S. companies are stepping up their activities in China as demand for consumer items grows.

PRICE OF OPEC BASKET FALLS 12 CENTS A BARRELLONDON - OPEC's basket of seven crudes f

Oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday crashed to their lowest levels since the summe

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. (New York) - Frederick Gurba was promoted to president of the bond

A controversial reorganization plan for the Massachusetts Port Authority's maritime department was p

China Ocean Shipping Co. is starting to call at West Coast ports with new ships 30 percent larger th

China plans to scrap its official exchange rate system next year as part of the drive toward a freel

Zimbabwe's lack of an investment code and adequate incentives, its maze of red tape and land-acquisi

MOLDOVA CURRENCY MOVE SUPPORTED BY IMFWASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund s

Most states that allow the use of longer-combination trucks lack the data needed to monitor their op

A network to promote high-tech ventures between small and medium-sized firms in the United States an

Ecuador is becoming a more inviting market for U.S. companies even though it did not receive much at

Swedish telecommunications group Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson said it opened a factory to make mobile te

The idea of a four-day workweek as a means of battling unemployment is gaining strength across widel

Nursery owner Dale R. Smith, said he has enough evidence to win his case against the Du Pont company

The European Community Commission Monday rejected an orchestrated campaign by EC-member governments

The collapse of the proposed alliance between four European airlines is likely to spur greater coope

A unique joint venture between the World Jurist Association of Washington, D.C., and the Internation

Supreme Court justices Monday focused on the right of airlines to challenge airport landing and conc

Nov. 29, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Nov. 29, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Caribbean countries, many with economies heavily dependent on tourism and shipping, have been slow t

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago11/27 11/24 Change % Change: 10

As part of Mexico's overall modernization plan, a proposal to overhaul the nation's navigation laws

World coffee production is expected to increase in the 1993-94 (October- September) crop year, Germa

Equitable Life Assurance Society said Monday it plans to sell a majority stake in its securities bro

Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. began mailing letters to Dade and Broward policyholders