Latest news

Tue., March 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A steel carrier asked the Federal Maritime Commission to act expeditiously against two South Korean

Sea-Land Service Inc. will sign the world's biggest container-handling contract on April 14.

James Dwyer resigned as executive director of the port of Seattle at a Tuesday morning press confere

A Soviet shipping line is increasing capacity on its monthly service between Asia and western Canada

G.D. Searle & Co. is restructuring its operations in Argentina to try to increase its share of Argen

The ports of Tacoma and Seattle hope to begin resolving bottlenecks to ship and barge traffic caused

January-December 1987 - Quantities in 1,000s Export Totals Import TotalsF.A.

A drug that could save your life may be hiding right now in a bit of ordinary seaweed. So co

Great Lakes Hikes Bromine PricesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Great Lakes Chemical Corp. is increas

Park Phases Out Foam ContainersYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - The company that operates al

Chevron Corp. officials have met with Nikolai Lemayev, the Soviet minister of petroleum refining and

IMC Unit Acquires Mich. Sensor CompanyNORTHBROOK, Ill. - International Minerals & Chemical C

Move over Colombia, and make room for your coal-exporting neighbor, Venezuela. Output from V

GIBRALTAR FINANCIAL CORP. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) - Jay Janis was named chairman of this financial s

Nomura Passes Toyota In Corporate ProfitTOKYO - Nomura Securities Co. overtook Toyota Motor

The United States is now the biggest foreign investor in Australia. U.S. investment in Austr

The surprise replacement of the Banco do Brasil president and resignation of the central bank presid

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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

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

HOW TO USE: These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWORK, a service

HOW TO USE: Trade leads on this page are listed according to industry. Codes preceding each

Britain's minister of state for Northern Ireland is starting a weeklong trip through the United Stat

Zenchu, Japan's central union of agricultural cooperatives, staged a rally Tuesday to protest the li

With Chinese rule nine years off, many of Hong Kong's brightest people are moving overseas. Local le

OECD Deficit Grows Despite Record TourismThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Devel

War is good business for agriculture. Take the Persian Gulf war. Iraq, a California-sized co

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. management's rejection of a merger with Pirelli in favor of a venture wi

Japanese May Buy More N. American PulpJapan's paper industry is expected to depend on North

The United States and Japan are likely to lose some of their export markets in Australia because of

Spurred by the low dollar and cheaper air fares, Europeans from Spain to Scandinavia are rediscoveri

BIBE-INTERFOOD - International Exhibition of Food and Beverage Products. Through March 10. Genoa, It

A simple, safe solution to trailing wires from office electronic equipment has been designed by Vulc

Mercedes Price Hikes To Average 1.6 percentMercedes-Benz of North America has announced its

Interested in a staple gun that joins broken bones? How about a ceramic sushi knife that leaves no t

The International Cocoa Organization, known as the ICCO, has decided to bring into force its stock w

U.S. plywood industry officials and several members of Congress voiced concern Tuesday that, without

The Autolatina holding company, which controls Volkswagen and Ford manufacturing in Brazil, plans to

Although Japan has a reputation for inaccessible markets, it is possible to sell in Japan, experts s