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Norman Krieger, founder and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles customhouse brokerage firm Norm

August 28, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

European prices for North Sea Brent crude recovered by more than $1 a barrel by the end of last week

THE AVIATION INDUSTRY FACED a considerable risk Thursday when a score of Federal Aviation Administra

Tug and barge industry executives say prices for hauling petroleum could begin to rise in the next 1

Union employees of de Havilland Aircraft Co. of Canada will vote today on a proposed contract that c

A $17 million project in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay will develop part of the city's "great undevelope

Sea-Land Service Inc. may participate in a hotly disputed mainland-Hawaii service case, a Maritime A

An Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) professor has invented an economical process for convertin

After being walloped by a series of economic calamities, Jamaica may finally be poised for the econo

Thousands of claims have been filed by homeowners and businesses in the Chicago area as a result of

The Soviet Union could become virtually self-sufficient in food by the mid- 1990s, with important co

The United States is going all out to get more business for U.S. computer companies in Singapore, th

A British company - Frank Whitelog (Mfg.) Ltd. - has developed a product that takes wire from a coil

China's Reunification. Conference at Grinell College. Aug. 30-Sept. 3. Grinell, Iowa. Contact Eric W

Washington Gas Light Co., the local gas utility for Washington, D.C., for the first time is transpor

Top Stories: Early data on the chemical industry's second half export performance suggests t

McDermott to Build Sun Transport BargeMORGAN CITY, La. - McDermott Shipyard has been awarded

Total Transportation Posts Quarterly LossBUFFALO, N.Y. - Total Transportation Coordinators I

A Cook County, Ill., judge temporarily barred the owners of P-I-E Nationwide Inc. from disposing of

Aug. 28 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

The U.S. maritime industry is headed for a clash at international trade talks in Switzerland, with f

A decision on Soviet access to the multilateral Multi-Fibre Arrangement is premature at this time, a

U.S. exporters and bankers rated the U.S. Export-Import Bank as less competitive last year than expo

Employees of Smith's Transfer Corp. filed a class action lawsuit against the struggling truck line,

North Carolina has abandoned plans for an investment office in Japan because the legislature did not

The United States, a giant producer of wheat, corn and sundry other crops, will go at least another

The value of U.S. farm exports is expected to total $28 billion this fiscal year, up 4.6 percent fro

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Turkey and Malaysia Discuss Air AgreementKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Turkish officials held tal

General Railway Signal Co. has asked the Federal Trade Commission to relax the terms of a 1964 conse

1111.0 (Aug. 28) Previous day - 1110.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

BREAKING INTO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD can be tough, especially when you know the neighbors might not b

The man expected to take over the reins of the state's top business lobbying group said Friday the o

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said it will computerize its system for screening h

Oslo Investa, the Norwegian investment firm, has purchased the 357,000- deadweig ht-ton Swedish tank

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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

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

Fri., Aug. 28, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.