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TUESDAY'S INFLATION NUMBERS were rotten to the core. Consumer prices surged 0.5 percent in M

Shell International Marine, a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies, has bought fou

Torchmark Corp. began soliciting proxies on Monday for its proposed slate of five independent nomine

AXA-MIDI, HOYLAKE ASK FOR MORE TIMEThe Paris-based Axa-Midi and the Bermuda-based Hoylake

Japan's sugar refineries are combating a decline in household sugar consumption by cutting productio

SLOOOWLY THEY CAME . . . Step by step, the Japanese are starting to play a role in the groups that c

ISUZU JOINTLY DEVELOPS HIGH-POWERED BATTERYJapanese carmaker Isuzu Motors has invented a bat

The overvalued Canadian dollar is proving "disastrous" for exports and is the key factor behind a sh

A study released Tuesday forecasts that expanded automobile production in the United States by Japan

JAPAN'S LIFE INSURERS REPORT RISE IN ASSETSThe combined assets of Japan's 25 life insurance

The Japanese cabinet today is expected to approve a draft bill to liberalize Japan's commodity futur

INDIA MAY NEED SUGAR DESPITE RECORD OUTPUTNEW DELHI, India - India could have to import suga

QUESTION: HOW CAN A NATION WIN in the postwar world? Answer: Lose the war to the United States and i

The yen continued to slide Monday and the dollar rose on forecasts that the U.S. merchandise trade d

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The overseas investment that has spurred Malaysia's plastics sector is now depriving local companies

WHEAT FUTURES HAVE SHOWN some strength in April after having deteriorated from late last year throug

1456 (Apr. 12, 1990) Previous day - 1459 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

An officer from the Scandinavian Star ferry criticized Swedish firefighters Sunday for the way they

PORT CONSULTANTS are quick to caution about the danger of overbuilding port facilities, even in such

OVERSEAS INVESTMENT BY S. KOREA SOARSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's approved overseas in

Evergreen Marine Corp. does not want to play the maritime rate contract match game with a shipper an

Robert Ballard, who discovered the passenger ship Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck in the

SNAFU STALLS BRAZILIAN COFFEE REGISTRATIONSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian coffee export regis

Few developments would make American rice farmers happier than to see Japan open its door to imports

The U.S. International Trade Commission says American business still worries that greater unity amon

Michael P. D'Ambrosio, a career Customs Service official, was appointed district director of customs

U.S. businesses here view the latest developments in U.S.-Mexican trade relations as another step in

1)Textile Quotas to Watch as of 4/13/90 2)Fully Utilized Textile quota as of 4/13/90

COURT ALLOWS BYPASS OF MICH. GAS UTILITYThe Supreme Court allowed a Michigan steel company t

A team of Japanese energy experts will leave Wednesday on a three-week visit to the Soviet Union to

INDONESIA CUTS PRICE OF CRUDE FOR APRILIndonesian crude oil cargoes loading in April will be

U.S. railroads are gearing up for the winter wheat harvest, hoping to avoid the tight railcar situat

There was no sign anything was amiss until the truck drove up to Amersham Corp.'s loading dock in Bu

Less-than-truckload shippers are expected to tackle some tough issues this week at the annual spring

ZENITH OKS FINAL PRICE FOR COMPUTER BUSINESSGLENVIEW, Ill. - Zenith Electronics Corp. said M

Three Japanese companies that had sought an equity partnership with Boeing Co. to develop its 767-X

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Charles Gaffney - Trade Ta

Robert A. Guthans was elected chairman of the board of the American Waterways Operators at the assoc

A group of political and trade leaders urged all countries Monday to be more flexible in their trade