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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index slipped on Friday to 101 from 101.5, its high of the

The drawdown in world grain stocks suggests a long-term bullishness for soybean and wheat prices but

US COMPANY PLANS AUSTRALIAN COTTON MILLSYDNEY, Australia - Dunavant Enterprises Inc., the U.

Quebec: The Risks to Cultural Distinctiveness in the New Economic Era. Sept. 19. Americas Society/Ca

U.S. Commerce Secretary William Verity has asked Thailand to provide commercial protection for U.S.

American business is picking up a strong message: You can sell to Japan. It may not be easy, but it'

The Asia-Pacific region will be the fastest-growing economic area in the world in the 1990s, a study

HOUSE TO DRAFT SOFTER IRAQ SANCTIONS BILLThe House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday will b

Italy, followed by the United States, leads the way in exporting substandard goods to China, the Chi

U.S. customshouse brokers say they have mixed feelings about the U.S. Customs Service's proposal to

Nearly 10,000 buyers, including 2,000 from overseas, attended the 7th Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair t

A.T. KEARNEY INC. (Tokyo) - Yutaka Kobayashi was named as a consultant in business and marketing str

Customs agents realized something was fishy when first-time anchovy importer Andes Trading Co. liste

The International Trade Commission next month will take a close look at how the U.S. government's st

PORSCHE UNDERGOING MANAGEMENT SHAKE-UPRENO, Nevada - Porsche Cars North American Inc. is und

A prominent Hong Kong leader described it as the heart of Asia's dynamic transformation. Lyd

A House Ways and Means subcommittee may vote on legislation that would expand Caribbean trade prefer

Some 10,000 people protested industrial pollution in the Serbian town of Zajecar blaming carelessnes

Philanthropist Arnold Beckman has donated $6 million to Rockefeller University in New York City, the

Pfizer Inc. and California Biotechnology Inc. announced a planned $30 million, five-year venture to

North American potash production in July soared 32.7 percent to 591,285 tonsfrom 445,615 in

Ten years after Congress required the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate polychlorinated bi

The next E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. president, Edgar Woolard, has predicted that the chemical gia

DOW REMOVES OXIDE ALLOWANCEMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co.'s USA unit announced the remova

Intermodal transportation giant Sea-Land Corp. named five executives to key positions. They are:

International Commerce Club of New Jersey. Sept. 21. Guest speaker: Joseph Cleveland, dangerous good

WILLIAMS HOLDINGS SELLS PLASTIC BUSINESSESWilliams Holdings PLC announced that it has comple

India will propose an expansion of government-mandated cargo reservation under the United Nations Co

Inchcape PLC, the U.K. company that owns the world's biggest shipping services network, reported pre

Associated British Ports PLC, the company that owns 19 United Kingdom ports including Southampton, a

Proven reserves of U.S. crude oil rose surprisingly last year, mainly because oil companies upgraded

U.S. oil production declined again in August and imports remained strong as uncertainty over prices

An arbitrator in Baltimore ruled that nearly $10 million should go into a dockworker union local's f

GASOLINE PRICE DECLINE CONTINUES IN MICHIGANDEARBORN, Mich. - AAA Michigan's weekly fuel pri

Wardair Canada Inc., the Canadian airline, is expanding its international operations. The nu

Small package carriers in the future will have no choice but to provide international service, a Fed

The beleaguered microwave precision landing system could benifit greatly from a major government pus

Patrick Foley had been on the job as chairman, president and chief executive officer of DHL Corp. In

Federal Express Corp. earned $66.3 million, or $1.26 a share, on revenue of almost $1.1 billion duri

Jamaica's economy has been shattered by Hurricane Gilbert, which scored a direct hit on the island e