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The article discusses the growth of the U.S. South's pulp and paper industry in the ten-year period to 1946, including the construction or expansion of plants and facilities by companies such as Gair Santee Corp., Fiber Container Co., and Gaylord Container Corp.

The article presents a profile of entrepreneur Andy Khawaha. It mentions his founding of the mobile payment provider Allied Wallet, his plans to expand his services into Africa, and the importance of financial globalization that will also expand economic prospects in various nations.

The article discusses ways for American exporters to open business with buyers in Latin America as of February 22, 1919. It suggests that manufacturers hire agents in Latin American countries who are well equipped to sell their line of products. Other tips include for manufacturers to require importers to establish a letter of credit with a New York bank in their favour, monitoring the exchange rate and ways that shippers can obtain funds against the deposit of the bill.

The article offers information on the Pearl River Delta in China, dealing with topics including information on the region's high-speed rail, the billionaire residents in the region and insights in rich Chinese businesspeople including Ma Huateng and Cheung Yan.

Offers explanations from an American computer expert as to why she finds excitement amidst the frustrations of doing business in Russia. The Russian equivalent of a Visa or American Express card; How hard goods are valuable in Russia; Crazy, confused and corrupt country.

States that with productivity already greatly enhanced, distribution may be the last great frontier for cost-cutting. Helene Curtis' vast new distribution center in Chicago, Illinois; Distribution centers built by Mervyn's; Evolution of Japanese distribution systems.

The article reports on the recovery of the Japanese manufacturing industry as of 1988. Topics discussed include factors that helped the country's manufacturing sector recover, percentage of overall output accounted for by the services sector and domestic expansion overtaking the export sector in terms of its role as contributor to economic growth and effects of the economic growth of Japan on U.S.-Japanese trade. Also discussed are the changes to industrial structure adopted by Japan.

The article presents information on five hundred U.S. business enterprises that commanded maximum profits in 1984. These business enterprises have been identified by the periodical "Forbes." The consolidated total profit for the business enterprises in 1983 was 17 percent better than the year before. There are some arresting profit changes, in many cases reflecting a comprehensive definition of net income used by the periodical that includes most nonrecurring items.

The article focuses on the information on sales made by five hundred largest public corporations in the United States in 1984, collected by the periodical "Forbes." The information was compiled under the title "Forbes Sales 500." The "Forbes Sales 500" raked in $2.62 trillion in revenues in 1984. The combined revenue of companies on the "Forbes Sales 500" was up by 5.6 percent from the total of 1983.

The article discusses the open air market that exists on Maxwell Street in Chicago and the history of the waves of immigration that came to the city and made the market flourish. The many languages and cultures mixing to form a unique business culture is mentioned. Topics discussed include deal making, family businesses, and entrepreneurship.

A photo essay featuring actual photographs and illustrations documenting the evolution of world trade is presented.

The article details how technology and a high birthrate have forced the Old Order Amish to change their ways and increasingly integrate into a capitalistic society. Topics discussed include the estimated population of the Old Order Amish in North America, the use of computers by Amish entrepreneurs, and the increasing number of Amish businesses in the U.S.

The article focuses on the global decline in the prices of commodities and its implications for U.S. foreign and domestic commercial operations as of March 1930. Topics include the prices of raw materials and political efforts to alleviate the impact of deflation. Comments from statistician Karl Karsten are included.

The article provides guidelines for selling in Great Britain. Topics discussed include the need for conformity to the established ways of wholesalers and retailers, the problems posed by the society, commercial custom and national pride to businessmen and the importance of membership in the right clubs. Also mentioned is the need to make the wholesaler and retailer forget about businessmen's foreign origin.

Profiles entrepreneur Victor Galán, who turned Puerto Rico's R&G Financial mortgage and bank company into the third most profitable company in the country.

Reports on efforts by electronics makers in Japan to wage a comeback in the digital revolution. How they have missed out on the digital revolution in the 1990s; Description of some of the gadgets that they have developed; The importance of the next generation of products to Japan's consumer electronics industry.

Describes the positive climate for United States multinational corporations, and presents a chart listing the 100 largest, detailing revenue, net profits, and assets.

The article presents the author's report of his trip to Europe in 1957 and his analysis of the economic conditions of the time. Topics mentioned include an alleged lack of openness of European businesspeople to the press, the amount of foreign trade conducted between the United States and Europe, and an overview of European executives such as British paper specialist Sir Eric Bowater, Simca founder Henri T. Pigozzi of France, and Viscount Knollys of Vickers, Ltd.

The article presents the author's comments on the business outlook in the U.S., for 1961. According to the author, profits in 1961 might be in the 6 dollars per share area, when compared to 2.57 dollars in fiscal 1960. He also predicts the outlook for the fertilizer industry, as excellent. Firms discussed by the author include Minerals & Chemicals Corp., Deere & Co., General Steel Castings Co., and Crompton & Knowles Corp.

The author discusses global business and financial trends as of May 1, 1932. Topics addressed include foreign trade barriers implemented by the U.S. government, the U.S. public's demand for information about the identity of those who sold their securities before and after the market collapse, and funds provided by Reconstruction Finance Corp. to prevent railway receiverships. Also mentioned are improvements in the British economy and Russia's industrial problems under leader Joseph Stalin.

The article focuses on the legal issues involved in price cutting. Topics discussed include the idea of sustaining a lawsuit against a price cutter who actions restrain trade by putting out of business public sources of supply, an example of an illegal price cutting fighting company and a typical discount campaign amid competitive price wars. Also mentioned is the case of oil producer Galena Signal Oil Company.

The article highlights the career of Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. It is said that Klein can be considered the man behind U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover. His efforts to systematize the procedure for foreign cable posts in the Bureau are highlighted. His views on the importance of sending his agents all over the country to talk to business men prior to sending them abroad are also offered.

The article focuses on the continued improvement in the U.S. foreign trade. Topics discussed include the increase in exports due to the rehabilitation of overseas buying power, gains made on exports of outstanding commodities and the upward movement in imports. Also mentioned are the export increase registered in British foreign trade figures and continued onward march of Germany.

This section offers international business and political news briefs as of April 15, 1927. Topics discussed include Chinese Nationalists' entry into the wealthy and foreign commercial sections around Shanghai, disputes between Nicaragua's two presidential parties, and the expansion of British railway revenues. Also mentioned are improvements in French foreign trade, the German Reichsbank's increase of its gold holdings, and the firmness of the Italian lira.

The author reflects on developments in U.S. politics, economy and business as of April 1925. He wonders what the U.S. public think when oil leaders, implicated by the U.S. government in alleged questionable financial acts, flee the country and refuses to submit to a Federal subpoena. He also stresses the need for U.S. railways to abolish the seven-day work-week. He also advises U.S. politicians to take an international view of commerce.

The article discusses how to deal with exchange between countries when one of the countries in question is on a gold and one on a silver basis. It explores the definite limits within which fluctuation corresponding to the gold points tend to move. Information is provided on how home remittances factors in the exchange. The disparity of purchasing power where there is a free movement of commodities is also explored.

The article uses furniture store Koos Bros. Furniture Co. in New Jersey as a case study to find out how stores that were completely burned out with damages amounting to one million dollars are able to rebound back to commerce and the challenges that have to be overcome to do it. Among the tangible factors that helped the company resuscitate back to form were insurance, salvaging of important documents as accounts receivables, and the use of advertisements.

Discusses product liability laws in Europe and proposals by the European Commission (EC) to make the continent more consumer-friendly. How Europe compares to the United States on the issue of product liability; Controversy concerning the proposals detailed in the 1999 EC 'Green Paper'; Suggestion that producers, suppliers, and insurers with items destined for the European market be aware of the situation.

The article discusses how Great Britain's abandonment of the gold standard of the British pound will affect American foreign trade. The author claims that the declining value of the pound will discourage imports into the country while encouraging exports. Topics mentioned include the importance of foreign trade to the British economy, the opinions of the United States Department of Commerce, and the advertising campaign to buy British goods.

Presents a chart which shows some of the industries that Amazon.com is now selling in through its online services and several that it may enter into. Size of the electronic commerce market for leisure travel, brokerage services, books; Some of the target industries such as drugstore products, furniture, music.

The author shares his views on U.S. trade deficit as of February 1994. He finds the 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Japan to be meaningless as it does not count trade in services. He rues that many elected politicians do not understand that technology-enabled trade has not only created a global market but also a worldwide information network that made division of labor possible in all levels of production. He warns about sovereign states jealously guarding their power to control commerce.

The article presents Roy Denman, newly appointed economic ambassador of the European Common Market to the U.S. as of October 1982, focusing on his comments regarding bilateral trade relations, U.S. President Ronald Reagan's trade policies, and natural gas pipelines from the Soviet Union.

A letter to the editor discussing West Germany's trade restrictions and their effect on the U.S. economy is presented.

As countless companies have learned--to their chagrin--doing business in China can be like dueling blindfolded. So what keeps Jeffrey Bernstein going for a dozen hours a day in a drab warehouse in an out-of-the-way corner of Shanghai? He's found a small wedge into an underexploited corner of China's booming trade: logistics--getting goods to the right places at the right time. Because its distribution is so fragmented, the nation spends about 15% of its GDP (which was $1.2 trillion last year) on logistics, well above the U.S. rate. Thanks to barriers to foreign entry, few outsiders even try to get into this business in China. Which leaves an opening for Bernstein, 33, who spent six years as an energy and retail consultant for McKinsey & Co. in the U.S., Korea and China, grew fluent in Mandarin and has developed basic survival skills. He says of the 15 Western corporations that do business with him, 'They don't trust Chinese companies with their goods or money. And they don't want to open their own company in China in order to store goods, because of the cost.' So clients like DaimlerChrysler (selling gears, hydraulic pumps and the like), Gates Rubber (windshield-wiper blades, hoses) and Columbia Machine (machines that make concrete blocks) have Bernstein's three-year-old outfit, Emerge Logistics, take possession of their goods, get them to customers and fill out all the paperwork. From a staff of two, a Ping-Pong table for a desk and 4,000 square feet of empty rented space in April 2000, Bernstein has grown to 18 employees and three warehouses totaling 28,000 square feet, now stocked mostly with industrial parts.

The article reveals that the U.S. linen supply industry reached a volume of about 200 million U.S. dollars and an essential role in the commerce and sanitation of the nation. According to the author, there are more than 800 linen companies that serve every good-sized city in the U.S. in 1944. The author notes that foresighted linen operators are experimenting with improved methods and items such as germ-repellent products.

Reports on the role that Asian Sources Online has played in making products more accessible to Western markets. Why Asian Sources established its Web site; When Asian Sources, Asia's largest trade publishing group, was founded; Number of manufacturers who advertise on the Web site.

Discusses how media companies are hoping to turn a profit with electronic commerce. How they are blurring the lines between covering things and pitching them; Time Warner's division that chases on-line sales; Amount of money the `Wall Street Journal' charges for a subscription to its on-line version.

A review is offered for several bookshops in London, England, including Bell, Book & Radmall, Maggs Bros. Ltd., and The Travellers' Bookshop.

Examines how an incongruous protectionist alliance of Naderites, trade unions and environmentalists has formed to create a new hidden barrier that threatens to block free trade. Details of the two major international trade agreements that the US seems close to concluding; Free trade will always generate powerful enemies; Friends of the Earth is fighting aspects of the proposed trade pact with Mexico; Ralph Nader's stand; Stop hiding self-interest behind irrelevant causes.

Interviews Jagdish Bhagwati, a Columbia University professor and author of the book `Protectionism,' about his views on Japan and trade. INSET: Block that quota (discusses a Federal Trade Commission report on.

Discusses the squeeze on port management and managers on the Pacific Coast at a time when trade is booming. Real estate developers and environmentalists versus port trading; Rising costs; Benefits to communities with port trade often overlooked.

The article examines the status of Japan-U.S. trade relations as of 1987. Topics discussed include impact of the trade sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Japan in 1986 on the two countries' commercial relations, factors that contributed to the tense trade relations between the two countries other than the sanctions and steps that the two nations are exploring to improve trade relations. Also discussed are the benefits gained by both countries from trading with each other.

The article focuses on the market performance of Handleman Co. which sells music records. The company is getting rich selling top-of-the-pops records and is expanding dramatically into the selling of software for personal computers. The company buys from manufacturers and sells to big retailers like K mart, Sears and Wal-Mart, stocking stores with records and tapes, books and personal computer software. Handleman accounts for 9% of all records sold in the U.S. On most records the Handleman company gets about $1 each, and the retailer keeps about $2.

The article focuses on recent developments related to commerce in the U.S. Energy prices will stay high in the 1980s but will not affect economic growth, says a new report by the New York City-based Petroleum Industry Research Foundation. Business is booming already for one of the new entities created by the AT&T breakup. AT&T has built a $40 million complex in Jacksonville, Florida, and hired 1,150 people to staff its American Transtech Inc. subsidiary. The computer and other communications wonders have worked some magical changes in the lineup of the 15,200-member Financial Analysts Federation.

The author discusses multiple topics as of September 15, 1975 focusing on the impact of the U.S. selling wheat to Russia on U.S. food prices, a forecast on the U.S. future by an Argentine economist written in 1972, and the author's opinion on speeches and writing for special occasions. The author's contemplations on the impact of accepting blame when it is and it is not due are also included.

An interview with historian Arnold Toynbee is presented discussing multinational corporations as of April 15, 1974. He comments on economic growth, worldwide trade, and the economic conditions of the oil reserves Arab countries. When asked about the international business conditions, he elaborates on the establishment of a prospective world-scale political organization.

An interview with Japanese Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara is presented. He discusses Japan's strategy of deregulating foreign exchange, the securities industry and the banking sector to jump-start the country's economy and talks about asset management as the priority for reforms. He also presented his views about the Japan-U.S. trade, factors behind the weakness of the yen against the U.S. dollar and whether the Japanese economic recovery will last.

The article reports that U.S. exports fell from 320 million U.S. dollars to 299 million dollars while imports dropped from 285 million U.S. dollars to 250 million U.S dollars in August 1930. According to the author, U.S. export trade during the first half of 1930 has been about 20 percent less compared to the first six months of 1929 while imports are 25 percent below the 1929 figure.

The article examines the economic and business conditions in Latin American countries such as Chile, Argentina, and Brazil as of February 15, 1930. Attention is paid to the coffee market in Brazil, the depression in Costa Rica, and the business activity in Ecuador and Peru. The trade in Latin America and the retail industry in Nicaragua are also addressed.

The article reports on business developments in Canada as of April 15, 1927 including the positive effect of the earlier opening of inland navigation on grain movements and general Canadian trade, steel output during the first two months of 1927, and a possible revision of tariff laws.