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South Korea hopes a recent barter deal in which it shipped 5,000 tons of rice to North Korea will le

The Czechoslovakian government has hired a U.S. engineering firm to study ways to improve its steel

When it's business as usual again in Kuwait, Lawrence Meyers Jr. wants to be there. Mr. Meye

Now that both sides have turned to the federal courts, the long-running dispute betweenrailroads and

Russell "Rusty" Williams stared glumly at a crew member closing the cargo door on a Soviet jetliner

July 31, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

America West Airlines Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss that did not reflect its filing for b

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Wednesday July 31, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

The Environmental Protection Agency and state authorities need to increase their monitoring of water

U.S. government-backed loans to small Polish businesses are performing well, despite the difficulty

The U.S. dollar remained lower Wednesday in active but narrow trading ahead of Friday's release of U

Eric Taylor joined the multi-modal distribution company as director of sales. He is responsi

Brazil's government Tuesday officially noted the need for mechanisms to assure an "orderly" coffee m

A trade group representing 220,000 independent insurance agents and their employees will join a year

An eleventh-hour plan by the main shareholders of the failed Bank of Credit and Commerce Internation

ICC RULE REQUIRES ABANDONMENT MAPSWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a n

NO AUSTRALIAN CONSENT NEEDED FOR BONUS SALESThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will not have

Harrier Inc. said independent testing has begun on its Tumosterone pharmaceutical, which is a reprod

STATUS OF POLAND IN EC ON HOLD OVER DISPUTEWARSAW, Poland - Negotiations for Poland to have

The United States and Japan signed a new agreement Wednesday extending the 1988 pact on construction

The head of the organization that oversees most of the world's trade is confident that governments w

U.S. West Coast refiners, grappling with anemic profit margins, are eying a possible solution found

VIMRx Pharmaceutical Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Raggio-Italgene SpA, an Italian company

An insurance fraud ring that is alleged to have robbed auto insurers of $50 million since 1986 by st

TRAVELERS NET INCOME LOWER AT $91 MILLIONHARTFORD, Conn. - The Travelers Corp. Wednesday rep

New York Mercantile Exchange July 30, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The U.S. Postal Service has signed a contract with a Michigan-based charter carrier to move part of

Prime Minister John Major Wednesday strongly defended Britain's export of sensitive materials to Ira

The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry paid $567 million in trade insurance Wedne

South Korea's National Livestock Cooperatives Federation hopes to purchase Taiwanese frozen pork at

Tunisia continues to liberalize its trade and investment laws to lure foreign investors, but Europea

A protest by workers belonging to the International Longshoremen's Association slowed operations at

Brazil's Sepetiba Bay industrial port, located 50 kilometers west of Rio de Janeiro, is a priority t

Two recent train wrecks that closed major highways and forced residents to flee were unusual only be

Canada's ambitious effort to discourage smokers by heaping taxes on cigarettes is running into some

Japan's biggest car manufacturers are likely to benefit from a European Community proposal not to li

Productivity growth by Canadian manufacturers has lagged sharply behind U.S. firms over the past fiv

Egypt will allow private companies to import flour for the first time next year as part of a gradual

In the July 5 issue of The Journal of Commerce, a story titled "Energy Information Agency Predicts U