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Senate conferees Thursday rejected most of the proposals offered by the House to provide catastrophi

The American Association of Exporters and Importers and Logic International this week announced a ne

Like its sister waterway in Panama, the Suez Canal is facing worrisome times. Its problems are not h

Two years ago, many heavy-truck makers and analysts were saying that the market would go ga-ga over

With sales at a record $2.4 billion and profits double those of a year earlier, the nation's second-

Top executives of Japan's major shipping companies Thursday welcomed plans by two of the industry's

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

Bill Allows States To Control Log ExportsA House trade subcommittee this week approved a bil

The worldwide overnight package business grossed about $2.8 billion in revenue last year and is pois

The government has decided to reduce import tariffs on wine from the present 100 percent to levels

Ford Motor Co. set a world auto industry record for earnings in a single quarter, but suffered a dec

The National Insulation Contractors Association recently published the first comprehensive reference

Uniflex Inc. has joined the growing ranks of companies that have developed a biodegradable film that

Exporting for 15 years and with agents on five continents, Industrias de Papel Simao SA has provided

Containerized delivery of Brazilian writing and printing paper to East Coast U.S. customers has beco

April 28, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Despite slow growth and record inflation Mexico's economy did surprisingly well in 1987, the central

In the dusty corners of the U.S. Commerce Department sit a number of frustrated officials who strugg

THE PROBLEM WITH INFLATION these days may be how we describe it. Are we experiencing only a little i

Luring U.S. investment to the land of yurts - elaborate tents - and nomadic horsemen in remote Inner

As U.S. exports have increased, so has the number of advice-givers. Authors and consultants

Thai Assembly Passes Limited Copyright BillBANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai National Assembly on

The patchwork of local regulations governing noise abatement at airports across the nation disrupts

Congress is being asked to approve the proposed U.S.-Canada free trade agreement without sufficient

Delta Earnings Soar By a Record 113 percentDelta Air Lines reported a record 113 percent lea

North Carolina World Trade Association. Annual conference. May 3-5. Charlotte, N.C. (919) 794-4327.<

Lloyd's of London confirmed Wednesday that it is at a fairly advanced stage in negotiations to sell

A shipboard crane swings out from the docked ocean vessel here and lifts a tangled clutch of rusty s

Apex Resources Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., is seeking approval from the Maritime Administration to sel

Du Pont Net Income Up 51 percent in 1st QuarterWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours &

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

Walter Wagner, an importer of fine wood products like mahogany doors, left the Tenth Annual Southeas

Island officials will welcome two groups soon for visits that mark a new level in Puerto Rico's driv

Hopes of boosting China's grain output to 450 million metric tons a year by 1990 are unrealistic bas

Gulf ports, which have clobbered each other in pricing wars in recent years, may be calling a truce

Congress, the oil and maritime industries and environmentalists are gearing up for a battle over whe

Four years ago, it was conventional wisdom that you couldn't make money selling computer software.

AVIATION The patchwork of local airport noise abatement rules creates problems for airlines

China Unlikely to Meet 1990 Grain TargetHopes of boosting China's grain output to 450 millio

A study on the future of dockside rail at the Port of Long Beach concludes that by the early 1990s a