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China is lowering rice exports to Hong Kong this month by 9,200 metric tons, a local Chinese daily,

Recovery of the Philippine economy is gaining momentum, with growth in the first nine months of the

APPLE'S LAPTOP MAC WON'T DEBUT ON TARGETSAN JOSE, Calif. - Only a few months ago, knowledgea

The management of bankrupt United States Lines Inc. issued a statement Friday aimed at answering que

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., says a legislative push to maintain a United States presence and r

A new executive director for the Port of Tacoma will be chosen shortly from within the ranks of the

FARRELL LINES MERGES WITH ARGONAUT MERGERThe Maritime Administration approved the merger of

Japanese government and business leaders hope that U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be

The freight futures market reversed course and turned sharply downward last week, following several

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

CUSTOMS INVOICE FORM FOR FOOTWEAR RELEASEDThe Footwear Retailers of America and the Internat

The American Trucking Association has finalized the sale of its trucking software to Bluebird System

Aided by radio-activated toll tags, motorists may soon be speeding past toll booths if an experiment

LEAR SIEGLER NOTES ASSIGNED B3 RATINGNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B3

Plans to make the European railroad system more competitive were approved by Transport Ministers fro

The European Free Trade Association and the European Community finalized two agreements last week th

The reactor from the nation's first commercial nuclear power plant will be barged down the Ohio and

Dec. 2, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High Low Vo

For the week ended Nov. 19 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

1490 (Dec. 2, 1988) Previous day - 1501 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Chinese authorities are remaining steadfast in their campaign to foster technological innovation in

Plastic resin production will increase 6.6 percent in 1988, more slowly than during the 1987 boom wh

Rollins Environmental Services Inc. announced the acquisition of Oil Process Co., a waste processing

PRICES INCREASED FOR CURING AGENTSRohm & Hass Co. will increase prices on its curing agents

HENKEL HIKES COST OF PHOTOMER LINEAMBLER, Pa. - Henkel Corp.'s Coating Chemicals business ha

Contrary to common belief, most Food & Drug Administration tests of food sold in the United States s

November was another impressive month for economic growth but with more signs of slowing exports, th

Eli Lilly & Co. has acquired Devices for Vascular Intervention Inc., a developer and manufacturer of

CURATEK GETS FDA NOD TO SELL ROSACEA DRUGELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - Curatek Pharmaceuticals a

In what may be the government's parting shot at intervention before freeing the petrochemical indust

The expression clear as mud could be used these days to tell how the economy is doing, where the dol

A series of capacity shutdowns overseas has pushed up benzene prices from $1.15 a gallon in Septembe

Brazil's largest shipyard, Verolme, is undergoing an ownership shuffle and gaining a welcome infusio

US FACTORY ORDERS ROSE 1.6 PERCENT IN OCTOBERNew orders to U.S. factories for manufactured g

The Coast Guard has proposed amending its regulations to bring them into line with its general prohi

The European Community took its turn in the hot seat this year in annual discussions here on trade,

About 2,200 of the most senior Chrysler Corp. workers in Kenosha will continue to receive full pay a

Shipping Corp. of India, or SCI, plans to acquire some 30 vessels aggregating 1.72 million gross reg

The shareholders of Atlantic Container Line soon may reorganize the company in an effort to improve

Mexico's new president, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has joined a growing chorus of Latin leaders who