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House and Senate conferees met Wednesday to consider duty refund legislation for the oil industry, a

NAIC OFFICIAL BLASTS FEDERAL WELFARE RULESIn testimony before a Senate subcommittee this wee

Asia has become a riskier region in which to invest this year because of rising inflation and labor

Wed., May 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Industrialized countries are expected to promise at the end of May to stop subsidizing their domesti

AUSTRALIAN COMPANY TO SELL SHARE IN MINESYDNEY, Australia - The Australian coal mining compa

Railroads must be more positive in telling their stories if they want to be more effective in fighti

As of May 16, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 0.2 PERCENT IN APRILIncreased prices for services, especially medi

Novotrade International and Digital Equipment Corp. are but two of several companies that have turne

Mexico may be one of the fastest-growing markets for U.S. wheat in the coming decade, says a new ana

The nations of Eastern Europe face rising unemployment, higher prices and lower living standards in

The U.S. dollar was mixed again Wednesday, with the unit trading higher against the yen and lower ag

Continued restrictions on Japanese bank deposit interest rates have allowed Japanese banks to lend a

Hanjin Shipping Co. said it will use a three-legged rail route between the Midwest, Oakland and Sout

A bankruptcy trustee announced plans Wednesday to sell the Delaware & Hudson Railway to CP Rail, a u

The story "Global Ocean Carrier Shifts Ship Managers," which appeared in The Journal of Commerce May

A link between the GE Information Services data network and the U.S. Customs Service should make it

AIR COURIER CONFERENCE OF AMERICA, 15th annual conference and exhibition, May 20-22. Westin LaPaloma

Nearly two-thirds of the nation's toxic industrial waste is produced by 100 corporations and the che

The United States needs a national trade policy that reflects an understanding of global economic tr

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and the Pacific Maritime Association opene

The Bush administration opposes legislation that sets new and potentially restrictive entrance stand

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

Faced with a shortage of qualified engineers and the chance to pay lower wages overseas, more U.S. c

* Trading With Togo 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Aetna Relents on Pa. Auto Insurance Wi

UNIONS AT UK'S ICI REJECT 9.4 PERCENT PAY OFFERLONDON - Unions representing 25,000 manual wo

Something's happening in Japan. As if jitters about inflated stock prices, inflated land pri

ACADEMY COMPLETES SEMINAR IN NIGERIACASTINE, Maine - Maine Maritime Academy's Ocean Institut

The government Wednesday recognized the existence of the government in China for the first time in 4

May 16, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

ELECTRONIC GIANTS SIGN PACT TO DEVELOP HDTVAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Dutch and French electro

New problems have cropped up in plans by Caltex Inc. to establish a refinery in Thailand, a project

Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder says he will push the federal government to lift the ban on East bloc v

The petroleum industry will pay between $220 million and $225 million more to New York state in 1990

On the table this summer are several proposals to amend the sugar program. Two are House bills. Two

A U.S. regional brewer announced Wednesday that it has lodged a trade complaint in Washington aimed

There's no Rockefeller Center, Columbia Pictures or fat American bank here, but there are these irre

FRENCH DATA SHOW CONSUMER PRICE RISEFrench consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in April, accord

Two major storms pushed Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC, one of the largest composite insurers in