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Some sugar forecasters are becoming increasingly bullish about the world market and predicting conti

Railroads must learn to think like motor carriers if they are to compete for short-haul bulk commodi

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers ended five days of talks Wednesday with a ne

Two small and financially ailing railroads are continuing to attract much more attention as bankrupt

Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Lever Brothers Co. are joing four other partners to build a US$50 million

Trade and transportation between the United States and Europe will be the theme of a conference to b

Norwegian Prime Minister Harlem Gro Brundtland came out strongly this week in support of free trade.

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Wednesday, the third day of global joint intervention, but managed

There is no perceptible improvement in the clearance of air cargo piling up at the airport in the In

INCO UNIT, HOMESTAKE OPEN GOLD MINE IN USAmerican Copper and Nickel Co. and Homestake Mining

Farmers Insurance Group has announced an average 5.9 percent automobile insurance rate increase for

A slowdown in public works projects helped push the level of new construction contracts down 3 perce

At the stroke of 10 a.m. on Oct. 31 a war will break out in the European oil markets. The fi

The government of Poland is asking Western democracies for $1.5 billion in new money through 1990 to

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. accused two European competitors of selling synthetic rubber at more t

Sept. 27, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A Sept. 22 story in The Journal of Commerce about growth trends at the nation's international trade

THAMES SHIPPING QUITS US-MIDEAST CONFERENCEThames Shipping Ltd. quit the conference that ser

The European Community's executive commission Wednesday agreed on the final text of a controversial

Surging Brazilian coffee embarkations still remain much weaker than record export registrations wou

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell accused President Bush Wednesday of being overly timid and ur

Shares in the Spain Fund soared by over 40 percent in heavy trading Tuesday in what analysts and tra

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

Choice Courier Systems Inc.'s recent acquisition has made this messenger company a $40-million-plus

Wheat imports in the Soviet Union are likely to decline in the future as agricultural reforms begin

As Massachusetts implements the nation's first universal health insurance system, college officials

TRADE SURPLUS SOARS BY 124 PERCENT IN HONG KONGHong Kong posted a provisional trade surplus

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

Auto production and sales are dropping, and that could mean layoffs around the time the United Auto

FLUOR UNIT, DUKE POWER ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURENEW YORK - Fluor Daniel Inc., a subsidiary of F

A powerful new force in the information technology services industry will be created when Istel Grou

THE LIGHTS ARE COMING BACK ON in Charleston, S.C., ruined by Hurricane Hugo on Sept. 22. For

James Pugh, executive director of the Port of Houston, told delegates to the first annual Bulk Trans

Contship Containerlines Inc. is moving its U.S. corporate headquarters to Virginia Beach, Va., in an

Both industrial and developing nations are pressing the United States to cut its budget deficit and

MEXICANS DUMPING, CEMENT MAKERS CHARGEA group of seven cement manufacturers have complained

Fears of renewed bloodshed in Cambodia could prove a psychological trip-wire for a sell-off in neigh

KEEPING UP WITH NEW FACES isn't as easy as it used to be in the port business. Pat Jones, vi

Federal transportation officials approved a $60 million grant to begin construction of an airport in

ARIZ. TO SEEK HEARING ON HOYLAKE-BAT ISSUEThe Arizona Insurance Department said Wednesday it