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The merchandise trade deficit for March was revised upward 22 percent to $11.9 billion under a syste

Two major Alaskan oil and gas lease sales, scheduled for later this month, have been put off by the

Reichhold Chemicals Inc. announced the start-up of a modernized 80-million- poun ds-a-year coating r

U.S. intervention in foreign exchange markets to support the dollar fell sharply in the three months

While expressing general opposition to agriculture embargoes as a U.S. foreign-policy tool, Reagan a

FRENCH BRANDY SALES ON THE INCREASE IN USU.S. importers of Armagnac, France's oldest brandy,

The banking system needs to strengthen its level of risk-based capital in order to keep up with fina

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unexpectedly scheduled a session to consid

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., one of the world's largest liquid and drybulk tanker operat

Glitches in computer equipment and a new program used by air traffic controllers at Dallas-Fort Wort

In a June 6 story outlining price increases by Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Chemical group, a Dallas-sou

Production of natural soda ash in March reached a record high of 842,754 short tons, 10 percent more

Nedlloyd Lines decided to start a service between the United States and Peru and Chile largely becau

The U.S. Navy has yet to test its expanded policy of defending non-U.S.-flag vessels in the Persian

After years of inactivity, U.S. companies are pushing hard for export orders in the international ma

The professors and the insurance regulators came down on the side of the insurance industry but the

Juries in two different trials, in two different cities found in favor of Merrell Dow Pharmaceutica

It has been more than 200 years since Blackbeard the pirate plundered passing treasure ships, hid th

Traditional Exports Crude and refined petroleum, rugs, foodstuffs.Potential ExportsT

As most shipowners know, after a vessel accident, the owner is entitled to limit his liability to th

A FEW GRAIN SHIPPERS are pleased with the changes Burlington Northern Railroad made to liberalize it

Net earnings for United Parcel Service Inc.'s trucking operations fell more than 50 percent in the f

TEXAS PRODUCES more oil than some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, abou

U.S. Customs Service narcotics detector dogs spotted 238 pounds of cocaine secreted in three Eastern

Sixteen African and Indian elephants were loaded aboard Mitsui O.S.K. Line's Alligator Hope containe

Quantum Chemical Corp. said it has increased the rate of delivery for polyethylene and vinyl acetate

The jury in a tobacco liability trial could find that three cigarette makers conspired to keep secre

ASHTON-TATE TO SET UP FACTORY IN IRELANDTORRANCE, Calif. - Ashton-Tate Corp. said it will se

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

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead urged Hungarian leaders Wednesday to introduce a fr

Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and junk bond dealer Michael Milken face civil charges from the Securiti

Wed. June 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

The leap in grain and soybean prices in recent weeks has made Chicago's agricultural futures pits ex

WEST GERMAN MILLERS PLAN CAPACITY CUTFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German grain millers pla

June 8, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Safety Crew Reviews Operations at O'HareThe head of the Federal Aviation Administration Wedn

Port executives will be getting electronic ambrosia by June 30. That's the date a repentant

Magdalena Barut didn't need the money, but she was bored; tired of just chasing the chickens around

SENATE VOTE SUSTAINS VETO OF THE TRADE BILLWASHINGTON - The Senate failed Wednesday to overr

Recent changes in Soviet trade policies bode well for increased Sino-Soviet trade, one of China's mo