Latest news

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES

U.S. economic growth will slow in 1996 and interest rate cuts will be needed to avert a recession, t

The World Bank estimates that the average human's share of the world's income was $4,600 in 1994, ab

Profit-taking cut short a Tuesday morning rally in the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen after th

The French are fanatically fastidious about their language and the perceived threat that English wil

Opposition allegations of foul play and the introduction of a reserve price for licenses appear to h

Indonesia plans to phase out restrictions on some food imports in what it says is a response to inte

"We legalized robbery."

Texas trade ties with Mexico will take on a new look this year as the Lone Star State shifts its foc

Algeria's Central Bank Tuesday said that a foreign exchange market will be opened here for the first

MEXICO RAISES DUTIES ON STEEL FROM 4 NATIONSMexico has imposed final unfair trade penalties

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Spain ended its six-month stint as European Union president on Sunday, handing over to Italy after w

INDIA'S TRADE DEFICIT GREW IN 8-MONTH PERIODNEW DELHI - India's trade deficit widene

You may only have just cleared away the pretty paper and picked up the other debris, but toy firms a

NORTH AMERICA Fashion Jewelry Mart. Jan. 12-14, March 9-16, June 5-8 and Sept. 28-Oct. 5. Rh

A group of Brazilian investors, grain farmers and agribusiness companies are hoping to make a little

Creating an effective river port for channeling grain out of the Amazon hinterland could make Brazil

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Dec. 29, 1995.

Cargo from Asia will arrive in Puerto Rico this week, for the first time under a new American Presid

"London to Scotland for the price of a pair of jeans," screams the downtown billboards for EasyJet,

Evergreen America Corp. started off the new year by naming a new chairman, Capt. S.Y. Kuo. A

22 MISSING AFTER FERRY SINKS OFF INDONESIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescue workers are st

Federal Express Corp. and the Air Line Pilots Association are going back to the negotiating table, a

Italian airline Alitalia flew its first flight in France Tuesday as French skies opened to domestic

MENLO LOGISTICS (Redwood City, Calif.) - Joseph M. Dagnese was named to the newly created position o

Viking Freight System Inc. became a national carrier Tuesday when it consolidated with three sister

Tuesday Jan. 2, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

TANKER TRUCK FILLED WITH MARIJUANA SEIZEDMEXICO CITY - Mexican federal judicial poli

Joanne Casey, newly named executive director of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, hopes

WITH MERGER, MANULIFE NOW LARGEST IN CANADAManulife Financial and the former North American

The House bill deregulating the banking industry continues to be held in limbo before the Rules Comm

Lloyd's of London is selling the family silver. It announced the sale of Lloyd's of London P

Shipping lines moving goods to Russia packed in shiny new containers could get a nasty shock and an

A mound of paper in Europe is hiding a lot of fraud, leaving freight forwarders with bills for unpai

The North American Free Trade Agreement has aggravated environmental and health problems along the M

An effort to streamline reporting for the state Workers Compensation and Unemployment Insurance divi

For the would-be owner of a short line, now is the time to go shopping. A number of Class 1 railroad