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Will rates on the North Atlantic go up next year? That depends on whether the major carriers

Prices for Third World debt in the secondary market edged higher last week in thin pre-holiday tradi

A Senate bill to create a federal product liability system is finding more support from unexpected p

NORTH AMERICA Consumer Electronics Show. Jan. 6-9. Las Vegas. Contact Consumer Electronics S

THE FAILURE of Topgallant Lines is having an interesting ripple effect in the current industry specu

Colombo port, traditionally one of the busiest ports in South Asia, once again is buzzing with activ

Landmark Ventures of Simsbury is acquiring the portfolio of Cigna Venture Capital for over $100 mill

US PLANS TO SEIZE ASSETS OF NORIEGAThe Bush administration announced its intention Tuesday t

Among overseas investors in Asia, the flavor of the year for 1989 was Thailand, with its cheap labor

Good response from foreign investors saw Jardine Fleming's Malaysia Fund reach US$40 million of prel

Martyn Merritt and seven shipping companies he owns or controls may have run afoul of the Federal Ma

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

West German ports expect to snare the bulk of the increased East-West trade likely to develop as Eas

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE is waving the banner high as protector of American companies that manufactu

When the Bank of Communications, a large Taipei commercial financial institution, received its gover

Protesting South Korean workers are creating the same upheavals in the workplace as their Japanese c

ILIESCU NAMED TO HEAD ROMANIAN GOVERNMENTBUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's National Salvation F

Sonoco Products Co. of Hartsville, S.C., said it expected to report record sales for 1989, despite a

If Europe's political thaw leads to U.S. force reductions there, ocean carriers of military supplies

TransExpo, a transportation industry exhibition on the technologies that will move America into the

Earnings at the Big Three U.S. automakers will be down significantly in 1990, as a slumping car mark

Before the 1960s, most airlines weren't particularly interested in flying across the Pacific Ocean.<

The lunchtime crowd at one of Kentucky Fried Chicken's three Beijing restaurants lines up five deep,

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

Still stinging from the summer's South Korean boycott of grapefruit during the Alar chemical scare,

The Federal Maritime Commission has proposed some changes to two of its administrative records syste

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Tuesday on continued bearish sentiment. The dollar slipped

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

A STRATEGIC CENTER, such as an energy capital, requires a competent, active press corps for internal

CORN AND SOYBEAN FUTURES have been working mostly sideways in recent weeks, while wheat prices have

Dec. 21, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

ICC EXTENDS PERIOD FOR REVENUE COMMENTThe Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to exten

Despite a disappointing performance in fiscal 1988-89, Australian National Line is confident about f

By now, your trash can looks like an over-stuffed Christmas stocking. There's a catalog for

It's no secret that defense planners are thinking about cutting the defense budget, which will total

China is the world's largest wheat producer but is not keeping pace with its own consumer demand for

A Christmas Eve explosion at Exxon Corp.'s Baton Rouge refinery has choked off feedstock for the com

Tue., Dec. 26, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

SHIPOWNER ENDS JOINT TANKER VENTUREA shipowner incorporated in the Isle of Man will pull its

In the more than 30 years that Roy S. Roberts has worked in manufacturing,from assembling pr