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A new data network may help break down one of the biggest barriers to the automation of world trade:

ROCKWELL ADDS PRODUCT TO CAM BRAKE FAMILYTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp.'s Automo

RHONE-POULENC BUYS NJ FIRM MIRANOL INC.Rhone-Poulenc Inc., based in Princeton, N.J., said it

KOREANS CITE PROGRESS IN BORDER TALKSPANMUNJOM, Korea - Bitter rivals North and South Korea

Saudi Arabia has approved two British engineering projects as part of a $1.6 billion deal covering c

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has decided to hold a confirmation hearing

ANZDL TO CONSOLIDATE OFFICES IN LONG BEACHLONG BEACH, Calif. - Australia-New Zealand Direct

INVENTORIES RISE AS BUSINESS SALES FALLBusiness inventories rose 0.2 percent in September, w

About 1 million rural factories, one of the great success stories of China's past decade of reforms,

What's the most economical way to go from point A to point B? It's usually a straight line,

Matson Navigation does not oppose American President Lines' entrance into the Hawaii market because

Brazil could unilaterally waive duty requirements for most imports from all other Latin American nat

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FELL 0.7 PERCENT IN OCTOBERIndustrial production fell 0.7 percent in O

Temple Holdings Ltd. is a Swedish-British joint venture, contrary to what was stated in "Genstar to

Canada's Coast Guard went on strike for higher wages Tuesday, throwing up picket lines on the East a

The top insurance regulator in Texas announced his resignation Monday, saying he is frustrated with

Arturo Zaltzman has no plans to expand the textile business his grandfather started here 50 years ag

The management of UAL Corp. once again will seek the assistance of Japan's banking executives in a r

The 72 men and women who have explored the upper earth's atmosphere all have one thing in common: Th

Facing a public "pent-up demand for action" and broader government curbs on operations that encroach

As Saudi Arabia and Iraq increase their direct term-contract sales to the Far East, middlemen - espe

Hewlett-Packard Co. intends to increase its purchase of components from Thailand to supply its assem

The recent monthly figures were for October 1989 in "Japanese Trade Surplus Declines for the 6th Con

The United States remains the largest single investor in the Hong Kong manufacturing industry, but i

A team of Brazilian central bank and federal police investigators is visiting New York this week, tr

Railroads are divided on how best to exploit the electronic infrastructure they've created to deal w

A House subcommittee has approved legislation to regulate the use of railroad cars, trucks and other

KODAK LAUNCHES RECYCLING PROGRAMROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it will beg

LEADING OIL COMPANIES INCREASE PROFITABILITYThe profitability of leading U.S. oil companies

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

Managed care, a form of health insurance developed in the early 1980s for companies to get a better

The story headlined, "Heavy Losses Cast Doubts on IRI's Future," on Page 13A in The Journal of Comme

Indonesian coffee exports in 1988-89 (November-October) rose by around 30 percent to 350,000 metric

Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer has named a 16-member panel of Port of Baltimore labor and man

U.S. oil prices are expected to remain in the $16- to $21-a-barrel range, Richard M. Morrow, outgoin

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - TNT SKYPAK INTERNATIONAL STILL HOLDS fast to its original determination to have

A tanker company operating 11 ships will become wholly U.S.-owned when New York-based OMI Corp. buys

Puerto Rico Marine Management Inc. will continue operating the commonwealth's state-owned shipping l

Tue., Nov. 14, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. shipowners with vessels operating under the Panamanian flag, fearful of a move by the Bush admi