Latest news

Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida said debtor nations were showing courage in restructuring their

France's first actual exchange of insurance and banking products is expected to begin in the next fe

Reporting plunging profits in its carmaking division, Sweden's Saab-Scania AB has confirmed it is in

Three months after Chinese government troops crushed pro-democracy demonstrations and began restruct

The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into complaints by American stretch-limou

The rise of the U.S. dollar against the yen is a double-edged sword for Japanese investors in U.S. T

A Japanese distributor of U.S.-made bomb and drug detectors for airport security expressed confidenc

Congress will consider a number of bills this fall that could astronomically expand the government's

Sept. 5, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

HOW TO USE: These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWORK, a service

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun placing more people on trading floors in an effo

Damage to the Earth's ozone layer could devastate the planet's food supply by reducing crop yields a

Japanese trade negotiators launched a fierce attack on the use of leveraged buy-outs by U.S. corpora

SOUTH AMERICA Metalurgica '89. Sept. 28-Oct. 8. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine agricultu

It's tough on an Izusu budget to keep up with one's Porsche-driving neighbors, which is why the pere

CUMMINS SELLS ASSETS TO CITICORP AFFILIATECOLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine Co. has completed

The government in Taiwan said it will take several concrete steps to guard the intellectual property

The tugboat beauty contest to be held here Sept. 13 will throw the spotlight not only on the individ

Superfreighters are succeeding in helping Australian railroads win back freight business lost to the

Because they have the sophistication that small domestic insurance carriers lack, reinsurance underw

ABOARD THE COAST GUARD CUTTER WRANGELL - Coast Guard and other intelligence sources had just passed

US FARM PRICES FELL 1.4 PERCENT IN AUGUSTThe index of prices received by farmers for their p

(Second in a special series of columns devoted to an overview of the air freight forwarding industry

Japanese homeowners may be climbing spiral staircases built in Keyport, N.J., with a boost from an e

MONSANTO PLANS SHIFT TO HIGHER-VALUE GOODSMonsanto Co. of St. Louis plans to enter "into the

Tue., Sept. 5, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

BECAUSE OF STRONG DEMAND FOR GASOLINE, U.S. refiners recracked significant amounts of distillate fue

(First of Two Articles) Three years ago this summer, Conrail won an arduous struggle to cont

San Jose International Airport's problem in providing adequate housing for U.S. Customs Service insp

EXPORT GROUP, CHILE HOPE TO BOOST TRADEThe Mississippi Valley Coal Exporters Council is expe

Labor contract talks aimed at preventing a longshore work stoppage in New York harbor Oct. 1 resume

President Bush has signed the Federal Maritime Commission's $16.4 million budget bill for fiscal yea

The Chicago Board of Trade set a monthly volume record of nearly 14 million contracts during August,

With seven months to go before Peruvian elections, the International Monetary Fund has taken center

ISRAEL RECONSIDERS DEAD SEA CANAL PROJECTIsrael again is contemplating a project linking the

American President Lines Ltd. and CMB Transport of Belgium, the liner division of Compagnie Maritime

Larger share offerings are likely to be made by Japanese companies with stock traded in the over-the

The railroad industry is beginning to hear an old familiar tune, and some insiders believe this coul

High-level U.S. and Japanese negotiators meeting here over the past two days agreed Tuesday to draw

Insurance Editor: Janet AschkenacyTHE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE110 Wall St., New York<