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Argentina will continue increasing its share of soybean complex exports to the Soviet Union this dec

CRYSTAL WORKERS STAGE STOPPAGES IN PROTESTDUBLIN, Ireland - Waterford's 2,300 crystal worker

There will be immediate access to the 6 billion deutsche mark ($3.5 billion) fund aimed at helping s

Wed., Jan. 24, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Jan. 24, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A New England utility that traditionally purchases West Virginia coal is reaching southward to Venez

The near-shutdown of the St. Lawrence Seaway because of ice last month demonstrated that the interna

About 7.9 million metric tons in export bonus offers, including 6.5 million tons for wheat, will exp

Leakage from a 5-gallon drum of turpene, a flammable industrial chemical being loaded onto a Burling

ERICSSON TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT TO MOROCCOSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Ericsson Corp., a Swedish teleco

The Port of Montreal suffered its first decline in container traffic in 1989 since 1982 and only a s

A state government official has suggested the Mississippi State Port Authority should assume control

Japanese companies have decided to revive plans for an organization to promote investment in China,

One Saturday last summer, Joel Nelsen got a call from an American exporter who said the grapefruit m

JAPAN'S LIFE INSURERS REPORT HIGHER ASSETSThe combined assets of Japan's 25 life insurance c

The nation's costliest auto insurance state? For the past few years it's been Massachusetts that's v

Calls are coming in "fast and furious" at a new information center set up by the Commerce Department

WORLD STOCKS SUFFER FROM POLITICAL JITTERSLONDON - World stock and bond markets fell sharply

The American International Group subsidiary that once insured convicted TV evangelist Jim Bakker and

BP SETS UP SUBSIDIARY FOR DIRECT GAS SALESBP Exploration, the exploration and production uni

Wednesday's dissolution of Japan's powerful House of Representatives, entailing a pro- jected loss f

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

Virginia's Port of Hampton Roads is facing a slowdown in its double-digit growth rate and a possible

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

The economy is expanding slowly in most regions of the United States, with the West outperforming t

Nissan Motors Corp. U.S.A. intends to go ahead with a controversial commercial scheduled to air duri

FMC CHIEF TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION TABLEJames J. Carey, acting chairman of the Federal Mari

Jan. 24, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Norfolk Southern Corp. earned $148.2 million, or 87 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, down 17.2

Shoemakers here are watching anxiously for signs of change in discouraging domestic and export marke

The dollar fell sharply with the stock market early Wednesday and later rebounded on worsening news

SINGAPORE COMPANIES POST RECORD EXPORTSLocally owned companies are projected to have exporte

Stranded oil terminal operators voiced hope that the Chelsea River could be reopened to tanker traff

The Coastal Corp. said Wednesday that its Belcher Oil Co., Miami, subsidiary will change its name to

INTERNATIONAL PROTEINS CORP. (Woodbridge, N.J.) - J. Eric Hanson was named vice chairman and chief e

PHILIPPINES PUSHING COAL DEVELOPMENTMANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Corazon Aquin

One of the colony's largest shipowners is studying plans to shift some technical operations to Singa

A Norwegian investment bank and a Bermuda-registered oil company are attempting to raise $140 millio

The European Community has been forced by Britain and West Germany to rework its plans to harmonize

Aeroflot, the Soviet airline, chose the European Airbus Industrie consortium over U.S. aircraft manu