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The Johnson Wax division of S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. is looking to expand its presence in the Soviet

Japanese corporations concerned about criticism of their expanding direct investment in the United S

VISIBLE TRADE SURPLUS NARROWS IN HONG KONGHong Kong posted a visible trade surplus of US$477

British business representatives are studying the idea of a debt-for-equity plan involving possible

It's 5 p.m. on any given business day and your average freight forwarder is feeling pretty good abou

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 219.23 up 0.49 which compares

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 25, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The rapid completion of Terminal 3 at Lester B. Pearson International Airport makes a strong case fo

Long awaited noise rules for commercial aviation finally were issued by the Department of Transporta

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

It is no longer fashionable to talk about the natural gas bubble, that enormous excess of supply tha

The International Cocoa Organization left its forecast of the 1990-91 net world cocoa surplus unchan

Central American countries are signing scores of bilateral free-trade treaties that will invigorate

A festering dispute between the United States and South Korea ended last week when an arbitrator div

Three Weeks Ended Oct. 19, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has lost almost $100 million on its U.S. operations over the past 10 years,

Ports worldwide are establishing an increasingly sophisticated and complex web of electronic links w

Responding to ocean industry calls for a postponement, the Federal MaritimeCommission grante

London shipbrokers are divided over whether the sudden surge in new orders for bulk and ore carriers

Joseph Massey, assistant U.S. trade representative, Friday described four days of negotiations here

When Fidel Castro came to Mexico as a young revolutionary in the 1950s, he received military and log

Aviation insurance prices are zooming skyward. After five years of steady decreases in hull

If you are looking for an air cargo container just so high, weighing so much and made out of a certa

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi choose the safest political route as well as potent

Aetna Life & Casualty reported Friday a rise in third-quarter net income to $115 million, or $1.06 a

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

The restoration of trade between South Africa and other countries - including Japan, which lifted it

The federal government is likely to close the book officially on the recession when it announces thi

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

JAPAN STEELMAKERS CUT PRODUCTION IN QUARTERJapan's major steelmakers are scaling down crude

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 24, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

As of Oct. 25, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Relations between China and Cuba have been sweetening in recent years, in a process likely to be acc

BRAZIL NAMES PANEL FOR MARINE POLICYSAO PAULO, Brazil - A government merchant marine policy

Fearing the cleanup costs of a future Exxon Valdez-type spill, companies that invest in oil tankers

Kajo Schommer, economics minister in Germany's Saxony state, knows you can get too much of a good th

The U.S. dollar's fate in the week ahead will depend critically on the nation's output of goods and

The chairman of a Senate trade subcommittee proposed a new international agreement reconciling trade

NGC ENERGY TO BUY LA. GAS PROCESSING UNITNGC Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Natural Gas Cleari