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American red meat and poultry production in 1991 is expected to rise 2 percent and 5 percent respect

Detailed profit and loss forecasts for the Lloyd's of London insurance market makes depressing readi

Sea-Land chief Alex Mandl's call for the U.S. government to stop providing direct subsidies to liner

UK INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP 0.2 PERCENT IN MARCHU.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production r

Massachusetts Gov. William Weld's administration has filed a workers compensation reform bill it hop

Alex Mandl, chairman and chief executive officer of Sea-Land Service Inc., said he is confident that

Despite complaints from the maritime and insurance industries, the Coast Guard will not compromise o

The chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission wants a skeptical Congress to scrap the 56-year-o

Empresa de Navegacao Alianca, Brazil's largest privately owned ship operator, plans to begin regular

Several U.S. ocean carriers protested a Central Gulf Lines Inc. plan to buy three used, foreign-buil

In an unprecedented move, a cross-section of Great Lakes maritime, labor and shipper groups agreed t

The U.S. Customs Service wants to use less paper when it notifies vessel and air carriers that their

Navistar International Corp. Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter loss through April 30 as the

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States should have enough electric power capacity to mee

Are Canada and the United States heading toward a collision course by linking their fates to Mexico?

The gross incomes of French farmers rose 9.3 percent in 1990, the highest level since 1982, followi

Two trade groups vowed this week to fight proposed legislation recently introduced in Congress which

Thursday May 16, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 215.26 up 0.94 which compares

Rhode Island Gov. Bruce Sundlun, struggling with a $200 million state deficit, is considering se

The Carl O. Goettsch Co., a Cincinnati-based export management company, has created its own niche by

Hapag-Lloyd AG and Atlantic Container Line, which share container space on each other's vessels in t

IT COULD BE A LONG WEEKEND for Ontario truckers and shippers as a second truck blockade in three wee

Several major foreign-flag airlines, particularly those with significant cargo operations, bucked th

The introduction of market-oriented energy policies by the Eastern bloc economies will drastically i

U.K. trade house C. Czarnikow raised its forecast Thursday of 1990-91 world sugar production by 2.58

A U.K. company launched a new roll-on, roll-off shipping service to Kuwait. Gulf Ro Ro Ltd.

Japan recorded an unadjusted trade surplus of $6.31 billion during April on a customs-cleared basis,

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 459,000 people during the week end

The Rhode Island state Senate is expected to approve a bill that would extend the statutory time fra

New York Mercantile Exchange May 15, 1991*CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

May 16, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

May 16, 1991 Copper Total, 24,772. Gold Total, .1,433,435.Silver Total, .260,888,572.

The government finally appears to be on course to overhaul several decrepit ports, though the

Independent trade unions pressing economic and political demands staged a general strike across Alba

The United States should fundamentally restructure its foreign-aid program , according to a new repo

The top official of America's largest shipping line called for an end to direct subsidies for U.S. s

Charles Worthington Thurston, a senior correspondent on the world trade desk at The Journal of Comme

EC PROPOSES TOTAL BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISINGSTRASBOURG, France - The European Commission Wed

The centerpiece of a pioneering universal health insurance law once held up as a national model is n