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Jamaica has removed the import duty on rice supplied by a U.S. government food aid program.

FOREIGN FACTORIES HIT BY STRIKES IN TIANJINBEIJING - Workers at foreign-funded facto

Union Switch and Signal Inc., a supplier of rail operating systems and components, plans to offer a

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

Sales of platinum jewelry in Japan, which make up no less than 40 percent of the world's total consu

The ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver, British Columbia, are competing furiously for container

Tosco Corp. said it will buy BP Oil Co.'s 85,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Ferndale, Wash., plus all

American Cyanamid Co. announced Monday that Dr. Marinus Los, director of crop sciences discovery in

China's trade deficit amounted to US$5.72 billion in the first eight months of this year, up from US

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

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

Efforts were under way Tuesday to recover 34 containers that fell from a barge Sunday in rough seas,

Most of the world's leading oil companies will exchange information on tankers available for charter

The Clinton administration and U.S. business leaders oppose a House proposal to replace the foreign

A freight train bearing a heavy cask filled with nuclear fuel rods rumbled through sleeping Philadel

Amoco Corp. and China Petrochemical Corp. have signed a general agreement that will enable the two c

Sept. 28, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pr

The Russian government, in a further step to curtail budget spending, has decided to stop the monthl

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

Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Atlanta's airport is so near capacity that airlines may have to turn passengers away by the 1996 Oly

In early afternoon trading Tuesday between the German mark and the Japanese yen, the U.S. dollar los

Foss Maritime Co. has completed the previously announced acquisition of a Columbia River tug-and-bar

Shipbuilders from four Asian countries are looking to buy the state Philippine Shipyard and Engineer

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

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

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

The Peruvian ocean carrier Empresa Naviera Santa, stung by rates that have fallen by more than 30 pe

A new coalition formed to support the U.S.-flag merchant marine includes every shipping line in U.S.

Copper led most metal markets lower Tuesday as the long-running buildup in excess copper stocks cont

Cyprus Minerals Co. and Amax Inc. are weighing the sale of a portion of their molybdenum assets in o

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

A leading official at the Port of San Francisco is spearheading an effort to create a new internatio

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

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

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

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

The once-thriving San Diego-Tijuana border region is looking for new ways to develop international t