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A sharp drop in food aid cargoes and the shutdown of the Mississippi River late last year led to a 7

In a surprise move that continued the dramatic shake-up at one of the largesttrans-Atlantic

The move to mandatory California earthquake insurance has been hustled onto the fast track over the

Analysts expect lower prices for cocoa and sugar futures amid sluggish demand for the underlying phy

New investment in the Philippines' four export-processing zones jumped 530 percent last year from th

This island's coffee industry, hurt by labor shortages, low prices and last year's Hurricane Hugo, f

Japanese chip-makers greeted the shutdown of U.S. microchip consortium U.S.Memories Inc. wit

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Tuesday, after gaining support from the Soviet border strife but slippe

When the board of directors of Sea Containers Ltd. meets Thursday, it will take up a considerably di

Oil refining in Brazil came to a virtual halt Tuesday as 90 percent of the country's 60,000 oil work

The National Association of Wheat Growers convention delegates here said that unless rains arrive in

Contracts for the active March and May frozen concentrate orange juice futures deliveries remained s

Singapore Airlines, encouraged by recent alliances with American and European airlines, has ordered

TAIWAN'S GATT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM CHINAChina opposes Taiwan's application to adhere to the

HONEYWELL, E. GERMANS TO FORM JOINT VENTUREHoneywell Inc. said it has agreed to establish a

PICK UP THIS GUN and you hold the future of logistics in your hand. Bar code scanners are on

Jan. 16, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Santa Fe Drilling Offshore Co., Alhambra, Calif., is seeking Maritime Administration permission to t

The intra-Asian market will soon be the world's busiest trade lane, Singapore will replace Hong Kong

* Gordon Platt - Credit Outlook 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Richard Lawrence - Trade Scene 8

US TRADE GAP SEEN NARROWINGEconomists expect today's U.S. merchandise trade report for Novem

A local group with American backing is joining with a Swedish telecommunication s firm to give the C

A headline on an article about the Italian grain firm Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA that appeared in the

The formal start-up of daily trading later this year on the Hungarian Stock Exchange could help attr

Two days of talks on opening this country's market for imported beef went nowhere, and South Korea a

Air France is buying 55 percent stake in UTA, an airline subsidiary of the Chargeurs group, for a to

EASTERN RECORD PROBE WIDENED BY GRAND JURYA federal grand jury probe into allegations that E

Mexico's average daily crude oil production increased 0.4 percent to 2.516 million barrels in 1989 f

The Coast Guard has started construction of a larger, faster prototype motor lifeboat that eventuall

COTTON MERCHANT JULIEN FILES UNDER CHAPTER 11Julien Co., the world's No. 2 cotton merchant,

This country will end its liberal policy on imports March 31, the commerce ministry says. Some busin

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

The California Fourth District Court of Appeal (Division 3 in Orange County) has refused to overturn

The widow of historical shipbuilder Nicholas Benton has filed a $29 million negligence suit against

Waterman Steamship Corp. is seeking Maritime Administration permission to extend for five years a su

By the end of this year, Yugoslavia plans to set up international financial and commodity exchanges

FREE SPENDING BY POLITICIANS IN THE 1970s was largely responsible for the inflation that swelled to

CHELATING AGENTS Dow Chemical Co. announced a 3 cent-a-pound price increase for its Versene

The Pacific Northwest's largest international trade organizations - Boeing Co., Microsoft and the po

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has named John W. Murray manager of operations for its mid-Atlantic divisi