Latest news

The United States said Thursday it was modifying trade sanctions against Libya to allow five U.S. oi

Zenith Laboratories Inc., of Northvale, N.J., may have to sell off much of its Puerto Rico property

October trade data for the 35 petrochemicals tracked by the National Petroleum Refiners Association

Britain's industrialists and businessmen have called on the government to improve the country's road

The St. Lawrence Seaway just had its best tonnage year since 1984, even though Canadian grain shipme

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Sa

Business rose sharply at Hong Kong's officially backed toy show, where foreign exhibitors took part

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Carriers and shippers in the Far East believe freight rates might fall in the trades between Asia an

Japanese government authorities are expected to budget nearly $3 million again in the fiscal year be

Southwest Airlines Co. reported it flew 703.3 million revenue passenger-miles in December, a 24.7 pe

President Reagan said Wednesday the United States should reconsider treaties requiring it to turn th

EVEN INSURANCE BROKERS can be non-partisan. Marsh & McLennan Cos. arranged insurance coverag

Major insurers have raised prices of health policies that supplement Medicare by as much as 40 perce

ON A RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN, Kevin Koy, co-founder of the Market Logic School in Chicago, found himsel

S. KOREA TO OPEN MART TO US WINE PRODUCTSSouth Korea has agreed to open its market to U.S. w

A consortium formed to bid for Britain's biggest industrial concern, General Electric Co. PLC, said

Australians have reached the conclusion that "G'day, mate. How's it going," followed by a hearty sla

MACHINE TRANSLATES JAPANESE TO ENGLISHThe world's biggest consumer electronics company said

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - John Santa Maria was promoted to senior account execut

Siderbras, the Brazilian national steel company, will open this year's coking coal contract negotiat

Thursday's Journal of Commerce interview with former Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley incorrect

CANADA'S NO. 2 AIRLINE MOVES TO BUY NO. 3Canada's second largest airline operator moved to s

In the inhospitable heat of the earth's lowest point, floating harvesters scoop up a yellowish slurr

Work on Japan's five newest high-speed "bullet train" lines is scheduled to begin before the end of

The Port of San Francisco is embarking on a new strategic plan. After a tug-of-war over fund

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

American President Cos. should show flat to slightly higher fourth quarter and annual earnings when

The Chicago futures industry reacted with a mixture of concern and skepticism to allegations that FB

Natural gas demand should increase 3 percent to between 19.2 quadrillion and 19.5 quadrillion Britis

THE BATTLE TO OVERTURN an Interstate Commerce Commission-approved track abandonment in Kansas intere

SAUDI, ABU DHABI SALES TO BE CUT IN FEBRUARYSaudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi have told customers i

Canadian bankers are striking out against a recent federal government decision that would allow Amer

An investment group working with Eastern Airlines' unions may make a bid to buy the troubled carrie

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

Hanson Industries' SCM Chemicals unit has begun production at its expanded and converted Western Aus

Henry V. Rabouin Inc. Vice President R. Douglas Kimple says New York State is looking mighty good as

Brazil, which last fall resumed payments on its foreign debt after a long moratorium, could be force

U.S. Customs officials this week announced their newest weapon in the war on drugs: small "sniffer"

Months after concern flared over the spreading of the AIDS virus prompted a shortage of rubber glove