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Automobile sales in Japan exceeded 5 million vehicles last year for the first time in three years an

Proposals to lay a Baltic gas pipeline from Norway to Estonia, to ensure the latter's energy indepen

Beauty may be only skin deep, but Malaysia would like its producers of ''prettifiers" to delve a bit

The seven-nation South Asian bloc agreed Tuesday to accelerate its drive to create a regional free-t

GOLD HITS $400 MARK FOR 1ST TIME SINCE '93LONDON - Dealers Wednesday set the gold pr

If you had been in Rio de Janeiro a decade ago, you might have come across a curious sight: an old m

INDONESIA LICENSES MERRILL LYNCH UNITJAKARTA, Indonesia - PT Merrill Lynch Indonesia

The story headlined "Exchange to Trade Prudential Re Options," which appeared on Page 7A Friday shou

DATE CHANGE PROPOSED FOR SOO LOCKS' OPENINGWASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engin

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CLUB. Jan. 17. Dinner meeting. Convent Station, N.J. Contact: Linda Conte-Cuc

Boeing Co. is opening the new year on the same roll as it closed the old, with a $4 billion order fr

P&0 Containers Ltd. expects to save around $8 million a year in running costs through staff cuts and

The Canadian government is plowing ahead with a new fee on commercial shipping that could change tra

The government hopes to end confusion caused by the six different sets of coins currently in circula

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The minimum wage for Indonesian workers will rise by an average 10.63 percent on April 1, the govern

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 13, '95 - Jan. 10, '96 (a graph) (2

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The former head of France's DGSE foreign intelligence agency has acknowledged that the group conduct

Many business taxpayers are likely to wind up losers, regardless of how the latest budget deadlock b

The Supreme Court Monday let a California company pursue its claim that the Iranian government wrong

The U.S. Agriculture Department may go forward with a proposal to lift an 81- year-old ban on import

The U.S. dollar, recently empowered by international investor buying, traded very quietly Wednesday

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Jan. 8, 1996. U

Union Pacific Railroad Wednesday threatened to scuttle its proposed linkup with Southern Pacific Rai

The Clinton administration, as expected, has declared Colombia and Costa Rica in violation of U.S. t

The conference shipping lines in the North Atlantic trade are snapping at each other again - this ti

Caribbean business is becoming increasingly concerned at what some leaders say is the impending canc

Diplomatic niceties have been scarce lately in U.S.-Colombian relations, after a year in which major

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Dockworkers fired from the Port of Liverpool are stepping up their campaign to win support from ship

On page 28 in the Jan. 8 issue of The Journal of Commerce's Shipping Review & Outlook, the names of

Some of the largest insurance companies in the United States started reopening this week in the afte

Hit by an economic slump and a rising Japanese yen, car dealers sold 548,000 vehicles in Taiwan last

A Washington state oil spill response group will no longer give Canada-bound vessels crossing state

Jan. 10, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International outcry over French nuclear testing in the South Pacific has had little impact on trade

Heavy truck makers ended 1995 with a blizzard of December sales, as the industry plowed through an a

Talks between American and European farm officials on a range of trade issues scheduled for Wednesda

Mexican government representatives will travel to Washington next week to voice complaints over what