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The president of the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday it is preparing new loans for China, which

Europe's historic market-unification plan is still in a "fragile" state and has yet to deal with its

The Bush administration Wednesday said it generally supports a House effort to further revise ship m

A Paterson, N.J., money management firm sees bright prospects for Nortankers Inc., thanks to a reduc

Brazilian government financing has been approved for the construction in local shipyards of three o

Oct. 25, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

NORWAY'S NEW MINISTER TO MAINTAIN OIL POLICYHELSINKI, Finland - Norway's crude oil productio

The U.S. grain handling and marketing system faces a challenge unlike any since the "good old days"

China will adopt further "strong measures" to curb imports of such ''luxury" items as refrigerators,

Brazilian environmental authorities met here Wednesday for their second attempt this month to impose

The surge in Soviet buying has led to a doubling of barge rates in recent weeks, contributed to spot

The Mexican government is seeking investment from the private sector, foreign governments and intern

Taiwan's two biggest shipping lines both say they are continuing negotiations with shipyards after p

PAN AM, SHERATON IN MOSCOW VENTUREPan American World Airways Inc. and ITT Sheraton signed a

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday on Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's anti-inflation r

A company's failure twice in less than two weeks to promptly report a chemical spill has prompted a

EC Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry Wednesday said the latest U.S. proposal on farm trade refo

Few fisheries are more fabled than that of Massachusetts, which in the 1940s landed a whopping total

The crew of foreign nationals had to collect rainwater for their laundry and showers. Anothe

President Bush flies to Costa Rica Friday for the first summit of American heads of state in 22 year

Oct. 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Canada Steamship Lines Inc. is building a new generation of self-unloadingbulk vessels that

Japan's crude steel output in 1989 will probably hit a nine-year high of 108.09 million metric tons

The South Korean government Wednesday reiterated its hard line against beef and rice imports, which

The Senate Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would increase 1989 disaster payments to produce

SENATE JOINS HOUSE IN QUAKE AID APPROVALThe Senate Wednesday voted 97-1 to join the House in

Mexico has done more to develop international trade over the past year than many critics thought pos

The Soviet state bank announced Wednesday that it was dramatically devaluing the ruble for people an

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

WHAT DO INQUIRING COAL INDUSTRY MINDS want to know? For one: How will the integration of the Europea

New England Electric System said that its subsidiary, New England Energy Inc., will sell its interes

Supplies of distillate and gasoline declined, the American Petroleum Institute's latest weekly suppl

Richard Brunner doesn't want to be the only cargo game in town at Chicago's Midway Airport.

Plastic resin production will resume within a few days at Phillips Petroleum Co.'s damaged Pasadena,

A bracing bucket of cold water was thrown on the current "euphoria" over the rising market in ocean

FRANCE, SPAIN OPPOSE REALIGNMENT OF EMSFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Spanish Prime Minister

U.S. securities houses, eager to grab a piece of Tokyo's booming currency market, are opening bankin

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

A hostile suitor warned Sea Containers Ltd. not to sell assets before giving shareholders a chance t

Marsh & McLennan Cos. is taking over a leading West German insurance broking firm in a move that sho