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ITALIAN SUGAR PRODUCER TO HIKE STAKE IN ISIBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Thurs

A shift in U.S. negotiating strategy in the Uruguay Round of global trade talks appears to be paying

The headaches involved in making a sale abroad are sometimes dwarfed by those caused when the goods

John Davies has been a staff member of The Journal of Commerce since 1985, when the paper opened ful

Air Express International Corp. reported net income of $3.697 million, an increase of 10 percent ove

The puzzling drop in Japan's June foreign currency and gold reserves is very likely the result of th

The dollar rose sharply Thursday afternoon after several positive factors helped push the U.S. curre

The U.S. Treasury Thursday said it would freeze the assets in U.S. control of three European affilia

The popularity of insurance policies as a means of deposit five years ago is haunting Japan's cash-s

NATIONAL HEALTH COVER PICKS UP SUPPORTNational health insurance has picked up enough support

1460 (Aug. 1, 1991) Previous day - 1466 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Thu., Aug. 1, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

KENAN TRANSPORT SEES RISE IN NET INCOMECHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Kenan Transport Co. reported a sh

Early one morning last week, a group of visionaries sailed across the James River, weaving in and ou

Premium Talk is a regular Journal of Commerce feature spotlighting the movers and shakers of the pro

Consolidated Rail Corp. is shifting its container operations on Aug. 19 from Portside yard to the ne

Truckers urged a House committee Thursday to investigate the mounting problem of underfunded private

U.S. nuclear regulators unanimously backed a staff recommendation to let the Yankee Rowe reactor in

With national unemployment hovering around 7 percent, Congress appears poised to pass measures exten

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Aug. 1, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

August 1, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

August 1, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 22.

Aluminum ingots- $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99

Fewer U.S. exporters this year expect their overseas sales to increase in the coming months, accordi

PLASTIC RESINS OUTPUT FELL SLIGHTLY IN MAYProduction of plastics resins totaled nearly 4.5 b

An American terminal and storage company is expanding its facilities in Singapore, this time concent

China Airlines Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan, plans a fourth weekly freighter flight between here and Taip

The sea by any other name would still smell like the sea. But should a shipping line without ships b

The international freight forwarding industry lost another pioneer when Morton Brautman died Wednesd

Federal Express Corp. is considering making bids for Pan American World Airways' maintenance hub in

Island Creek Corp. announced it is offering employees early retirement incentives ina move that sign

Canada's petroleum industry is expected to remain depressed for the next several years, even as the

August 1, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/1 7/31 Change % Chan

Aug. 1, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 214.10 up 1.21 which compares

The Soviet government reportedly offered new concessions to the country's air traffic controllers Th

EASTMAN KODAK CO. (Rochester, N.Y.) - Rafael Lopez-Aparicio was named general manager of Kodak Kft,

COCOA GROUP REFUSES TO CONFIRM ARBITRATIONThe Cocoa Association of London refused Thursday t

A new bilateral maritime agreement between the United States and Brazil is just detailed enough and