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Department of Commerce district offices around the country are lining up events for World Trade Week

Declaring that the "free-wheeling days of Adam Smith are over in California," state Insurance Commis

The Commerce Department Thursday reported that retail sales rose a modest 0.4 percent in April, post

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

The Soviet Union will auction foreign exchange for the first time later this month, the first step o

GE CAPITAL (Stamford, Conn.) - George V. Grune was named a managing director of the corporate financ

A strike by British dockworkers looks unlikely to be possible before May 22 after the High Court pos

Thu., May 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

A.T. Massey Coal Co. is working on a deal to buy out an Austrian steel company's interest in a West

Government officials, truck manufacturers and electronics experts in the European Community are exam

Eighteen Japanese and foreign airlines said Thursday they have applied to Japan's Ministry of Transp

Lloyd's of London is planning to introduce its first formal proficiency requirements for new underwr

Owners of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have agreed to pay about $100 million to

The Maritime Administration has approved Lykes Bros. Steamship Co's. request to sell a cargo vessel

Growth in U.S. exports to Hong Kong fell sharply in March from February, while shipments the other w

Top leaders of U.S. administration that took office Jan. 20, 1989, headed by President George Bush a

It was a predawn phone call Steve Peterson had hoped he'd never receive. In the darkness, th

About 100 feet from Horace Bell's house in DeLand, Fla., is a bee-yard with about 1,500 working bee

A dockworkers' strike at the Port of Hull is still in progress despite a court order to end the wild

The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to notify other countries about dangerous pesticides

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

J.P. FISHWICK RETIRES FROM NS BOARDROANOKE, Va. - John P. Fishwick, retired chairman of Norf

Port Kelang, the main shipping center of Malaysia, is planning to start using electronic communicati

SENATE PANEL VOTES IN FAVOR OF FSX DEALThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted narrowly

A persistent fire aboard an Alaskan fish processing ship on the Seattle waterfront closed Port of Se

As Argentines prepare to go to the polls Sunday to choose a new president, their country is in crisi

A senior U.S. official reported Thursday "encouraging signs of progress" on Treasury Secretary Nicho

A Bush administration oil spill liability and compensation proposal would set up a $500 million fede

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - D. Lamar Smith joined Coastal organization as president and chief executiv

CMS Energy Corp., Dearborn, Mich., said Thursday that it will begin providing consulting services fo

May 11, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

A federal appeals court has enjoined Japonica Partners LP from soliciting proxies for Tuesday's elec

1727 (May 11, 1989) Previous day - 1715 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Department of Transportation's foot-dragging in setting international airmail rates is causing a

US REJECTS DEMANDS FOR SUGAR PLAN REFORMAgriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said Congress

OSG REPORTS HIKE IN NET INCOMEOverseas Shipholding Group Inc., a bulk cargo shipping company

The House Thursday approved raising the hourly minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.55 by 1991, bringing Co

Are you an "eagle" who thrives on business travel while worrying about stress? Or perhaps you are mo

Speculation buzzes as scientists and beekeepers await the arrival of the Africanized honeybee into t

MASS. SET TO REVIEW FIREMAN'S RE-ENTRY BIDFinal arguments in a hearing on Fireman's Fund Ins