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Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis this week reassured U.S. business executives that his nation's econ

NORTH AMERICA Canadian High Technology Show. Oct. 5-6. Toronto. Contact: Barb Mattson, Minne

The 7,000-deadweight-ton liquefied petroleum gas carrier Golden Star broke down off Matanzas, Cuba,

EGYPT BANS IMPORTS OF COTTON UNTIL DEC. 1WASHINGTON - The Egyptian government is ban

Commodity Exchange Inc. options on high-grade copper will expire three business days before the firs

Sept. 28, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

P&O, Britain's largest ferry company, said it was eliminating as many as 450 jobs to streamline oper

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 28, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

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

REPAIRS MAY DELAY RESTART OF NC PLANTNEW YORK - The restart of Unit 1 at the Brunswi

Net income at the normally profitable Port of Long Beach plummeted to $26.7 million in the fiscal ye

The importance of global partnerships between countries, companies and modes of transportation is th

Virginia officials have begun fostering a closer relationship between exporters and banks in the sta

Virginia is working to diversify its export market targets, following a slip in 1992 exports to trad

Virginia's ports have been undergoing a quiet revolution that has made them the nation'sleader in wa

It's up, up and away for cargo traffic at Washington Dulles International Airport, following the ope

Two companies in Louisiana's oil patch said they made promising initial contacts with Mexico's state

Tuesday Sept. 28, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The investor-owned electric utility industry is becoming much more competitive, and survival will go

A draft proposal put forward by the U.S., U.K. and French governments to stiffen sanctions against L

Oil companies in Indonesia have urged the government to liberalize the industry's lucrative downstre

The Middle East region will become the world's second-largest gas supplier after the former Soviet U

As of Sept. 28, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Some recent crop varieties from China are showing possibilities for improving the disease resistance

The "insurance industry of the future" is the theme of the 19th annual convention of the National As

The first U.S. insurance firm allowed to operate a branch in China for more than 40 years said Tuesd

INSURERS IN TEXAS BLOCK ANTI-REDLINING LAWAUSTIN, Texas - Insurers won a court order

U.S. insurance buyers who shop in the surplus lines market for hard-to-insure risks will be buying f

ITT Corp., a conglomerate with businesses ranging from insurance to auto parts, said Tuesday it will

It's hard to lie to GUS. GUS, the Geographic Underwriting System, is a computer program allo

CHARTWELL RE CORP. (Stamford, Conn.) - Kathleen M. Carroll joins the reinsurer as of Oct. 4 as vice

President Clinton's health-care prescription is making some Nebraska private insurance agents sick a

St. Paul Re has named James F. Duffy, a corporate insider, as its new president to replace James Whi

Hurricanes are expected to strike more frequently during the next few yearsbecause of a "wet

The importance of choosing the right type of safe to protect valuables is explained in a recent Inla

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgExp

While the selling and leasing of rail lines is old hat for the Southern Pacific Lines, their biggest

The heads of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Bank and the International

Aware of its land use and social consciousness, the Port of Los Angeles has rejected a move to turn

The United Parcel Service, the nation's largest transportation company, and the Teamsters union reac