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Bolstered by demand for new cars, the Standard Products Co., a rubber and plastics parts maker based

The arrival en masse of foreign financial institutions in Mexico will provide a shot in the arm to t

Ahmed and Tagrit Hussain had it all. By Iraqi standards, the university teacher and his wife

A new scandal hit British Prime Minister John Major's government Thursday, with a junior minister re

On his way to visit his Chinese counterpart in Beijing last October, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture M

BRITTAN URGES CHINA TO END UNFAIR TRADEBRUSSELS - China should join the World Trade

"You are the apple of my eye" is not a Japanese expression, but it might as well be. "The Ja

U.S. horticultural exports - the biggest agricultural dollar earner aftergrains and feeds -

The Port of Wilmington, Del., was the major U.S. gateway for imported produce for the 12-month perio

In November 1993, in the final days of President Clinton's lobbying to line up House votes for the N

Intermodal shipments of perishables apparently are approaching a crossroads of sorts, as growing int

Forced to compete with unregulated motor carriers for fresh fruit and produce shipments, regulated r

More than a year after its introduction, the European Union's banana import regime continues to stir

Any agreement to improve U.S. access to Japan's air-transport market will likely come in a series of

The cost of insurance is increasing for mobile-home owners covered by Allstate Insurance Co., with s

The lack of people willing to sit behind the wheels of the nation's big rigs is driving trucking com

Premiums for reinsuring the fleet of Indian Airlines with foreign companies has shot up 82 percent b

The Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (LSW), based in Dallas, has had its Duff & Phelps credit

HANCOCK MAY FACE FINE FOR UNLICENSED NY SALESThe New York state insurance department is cons

Practical concerns of trade and investment dominated the second day of the U.N. international sympos

Sweden's industrial production rose 0.6 percent in August, compared with July, in seasonally adjuste

Spain's industrial prices rose 0.3 percent in August from July, 3.9 percentfrom August of la

INSURANCE COMMITTEE FOR ARSON CONTROL (Arlington, Va.) - Kenneth M. Goodnight was elected chairman;

A Lloyd's of London syndicate committed ethics violations when it paid thousands of dollars to two w

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is considering sanctions against New York-based

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

Freight rates for bulk cargoes of coal and iron ore are racing ahead as Asian and European steel mil

Less than a year after starting an international division, U.S. steelmaker Inland Steel Industries I

The expansion of shipbuilding capacity is forecast to put further downwardpressure on the pr

Under the threat of trade action by the U.S. textile industry, Pakistan agreed to dramatic reforms i

LABOR WOES WEAKEN MARSEILLES TRAFFICPARIS - The French port of Marseilles registered

Two of the ships detained in U.K. ports last month after failing safety inspections were infested wi

The door is now open for European importers and exporters to seek refundsfrom Atlantic shipp

The owners of the SS Independence, the ship that Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. threatene

A patent on a system for seagoing oil tankers that could prevent spills even though a vessel's hull

3 NY YOUTHS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING TRACKROTTERDAM, N.Y. - Two 11-year-olds and a 1

National-American Wholesale Grocers Association. Oct. 23-26. In conjunction with International Food

France is heading for a serious confrontation with European airlines seeking to operate services to

Air France, the state-owned carrier, has increased its freight-carrying capacity with the addition o