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Privately owned shipping line Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA has begun building Colombia's first a

Asarco Inc. acquired Oxy Metal SA de CV, a specialty chemicals producer based in Mexico City, from I

CZARNIKOW REVISES 1990 SUGAR ESTIMATESWorld raw sugar production should rise to 107.21 milli

Back when U.S. industry dominated every new technology from the light bulb to plastic wrap, few peop

The Soviet Union is buying U.S. corn from Japanese trading houses as some large U.S.-based companie

The handful of deep-sea shipping lines that specialize in the transportation of cars and trucks face

Saudi Arabia, which has pledged to cut its oil output by 430,000 barrels a day under the new Organiz

Navistar International Transportation Corp. outsold its competitors by a wide margin last month in a

The dollar broke decisively below its recent trading range last week, and traders said they expect t

AMTRAK LEGISLATION SENT TO WHITE HOUSECongress has cleared Amtrak authorization legislation

Mexico will become one of the top exporters of textiles and apparel to the United States in the comi

A larger U.S. and world wheat crop is likely to require the United States to use its export bonus pr

Varity Corp. of Toronto requested and received a US$11.5 million incentive package late last week fr

THE OCEAN FUTURES MARKET attempted to bounce upward last week, but failed and slipped backto the low

CUBA REPORTS OPENING OF JOINT-VENTURE HOTELVARADERO, Cuba - President Fidel Castro, saying g

IMPERIAL TOBACCO TO RESTRUCTUREImperial Tobacco Ltd., maker of John Player cigarettes, annou

The recent breakthrough in plans for a single currency for East and West Germany will help end the s

If states want to provide health insurance for residents who remain uncovered, they'll probably have

Formosa Plastics Corp. is considering a US$7 billion petrochemical investment in southeastern China,

UKRAINIAN MINERS HALT WORK OVER ILLNESSESAbout 10,000 Ukrainian coal miners temporarily stop

The U.S. textile industry has thrown its enormous weight behind congressional efforts to revoke spec

''KEEP MAX IN JAX," the campaign to persuade Maxwell House to keep open its Jacksonville,Fla., coffe

A long-stalled petrochemical project in the Philippines, backed by an equally long-suffering Taiwane

French aviation officials favor increased U.S.-French traffic, but "we do not want to be taken to th

Two shipping lines with a strong presence in Italy are engaged in talks that could lead to closer ti

ATLANTA -THE INTERNATIONAL Intermodal Expo held here last week has changed a lot since it began seve

PRODUCER PRICES, RETAIL SALES FALLProducer prices and retail sales fell in April, the govern

A less profitable, more complicated future lies ahead for the currently prosperous global fleet of 3

'STANDSTILL' IS URGED ON BUNDESBANK POLICYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Conflicting signals mean

A lobbying organization representing issuers of junk bonds says revisions to the rating and reserve

Horizontal drilling technology, introduced to the North Sea for the first time, could yield almost h

The changing environment in which railroads find themselves in the 1990s is the subject of three day

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway are expanding their Quantum intermo

Thousands of truckers in the United States and Canada will be stopped for roadside inspections this

U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills is urging this country's trading partners to concentrate on

Product liability legislation, which stirred up a storm at a Senate subcommittee hearing last week,

BALTIMORE AND GYDNIA SIGN SISTER-PORT PACTOfficials from the ports of Baltimore, Md., and Gd

Underwriters of crippled ferry Espresso Trapani, Genoa-based Societa Italiana Assicurazioni e Riassi

The Bush administration's proposals to ease strategic export controls are too little and too late, a

NYMEX SHIFTS TRADING IN PROPANE FUTURESThe New York Mercantile Exchange's propane futures tr