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Illegal trade in threatened wildlife - from monkeys to crocodiles - is a $1 billion a year business,

Video cassette recorders, compact disc players, camcorders and other consumer electronics products a

Arms smuggling to Libya, drug hauls and child pornography may be nothing to smile about, but that do

Fri., Aug. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The futures industry will be faced with new legislative assaults next year, said David Ganis, chairm

JAPAN WORRIED BY RISE IN EXPORTS TO S. AFRICAJapan's trade ministry has cautioned industries

A 37-year-old embargo on imported fur pelts from the Soviet Union will come to an end when President

Imports are pouring into Mexico, lowering the country's trade surplus in a process that economists s

* Brazil Shelves Idea of Swapping Debt for Exports 3A * International Trade Commission's Sep

IMC Fertilizer Group Inc.'s phosphate production is expected to pick up this year, according to rece

European oil prices closed Friday with gains of 45 cents a barrel after a week of lackluster trading

First Capital Holdings Corp., a financial services holding company, reported net income of $10 milli

Japanese business leaders are cautious about new opportunities in a peaceful Persian Gulf, mainly du

The Federal Maritime Commission may allow port authorities to award or withhold exclusive tug servic

Authorities in this world's biggest port, plagued by a 25 percent unemployment rate, are debating wh

A stone's throw from the Seine River, the bit of a drill under a towering white derrick bores a hole

Arco Alaska, which operates the Prudhoe Bay oil field, may lose its North Slope barge slip in Tacoma

The idea of using synchrotrons for X-ray lithography was proposed 15 years ago. But synchrotrons are

TOP STORIES: Grapefruit and phosphate exports are fueling very strong economic growth in the

Canada's two largest railroads are up in arms about conditions laid down by a federal labor arbitrat

It comes as no surprise to maritime industry officials that the Republican Party platform's transpor

An administration headed by Vice President George Bush figures to follow closely the maritime and tr

BARCLAYS BANK CREATES EXPORT, PROJECTS UNITLONDON - Barclays Bank said it has created a new

Six years after a Mexican moratorium on debt repayment ignited the Third World debt crisis, prospect

US FOOD EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN JAPANThe largest ever U.S. food promoting and sales exhibit

Brazilian Finance Minister Mailson da Nobrega decided to shelve at least until next year a proposal

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. purchased the Valchem division of United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc

U.S. sales of household cleaning products are projected to show moderate but steady growth through 1

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. acknowledged it has spent more than $11 million thus far in its

Florida Power & Light Co., facing an electric generating shortfall as early as 1992, is asking custo

Three Bermuda-based insurance companies have formed an insurance facility to offer reinsurance for c

TLC Beatrice International has sold its Singapore-Malaysia operations to Singapore-based Fraser & Ne

A $5 million plan to pave over a sawmill yard contaminated with arsenic has won approval at the Port

July's hot weather caused Americans to spend more than a quarter-billiondollars above normal

The government is launching a project to develop an ultrasonic passenger plane that will be able to

SAS PURCHASE PLAN AWAITS RATIFICATIONBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Scandinavian Airlines System

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

Several ships have anchored in the Persian Gulf to wait for passing U.S warships after new fears of

The U.S. Customs Service, trying to keep pace with spiraling drug production, has seized a record 10

The cost of shipping cargo from the U.S. West Coast to the Middle East and Indian subcontinent will