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The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said the Federal MaritimeCommission may be contemp

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

Swap Dealers Seeking Easier Capital GuidesThe International Swap Dealers Association Friday

GENERAL NEWS A jumbo gold mine goes back into operation on the Mother Lode. Page 1AIndex of

Fri., May 29, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

New indications of just how tightly China intends to control foreign exchange outflows have come fro

The scheduled signing by Alaska's Governor Steve Cowper of a gas pipeline bill was delayed due to sc

Spokesmen for the Brazilian central bank, private industry and academia disagreed here about the imm

Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Nutley, N.J., plans to sell a 3,000-ton-a-year intermediates plant in Freepor

President Reagan may be ready to order U.S. Navy protection for the Kuwaiti tankers to be placed und

Union Carbide Corp. announced that below-schedule prices for propylene glycol, United States Pharmac

The Virginia Port Authority is soliciting bids to improve rail cargo-handling facilities at Newport

The U.S. economy continued to grow during May, said the nation's industrial purchasing managers, alt

After years in the doldrums, the recovery of port activities at Lome, the capital of 3 million-inhab

The government said its main forecasting gauge of future economic activity plunged 0.6 percent in Ap

Maersk Takes Delivery Of Car CarrierThe vehicle carrier, Maersk Sea, has been delivered to M

Freightliner Corp. named Peter E. Rupp chairman of the board of this heavy truck manufacturer, succe

Down on Woods Creek, grizzled prospectors still guard their claims jealously, sipping whiskey as the

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter warned the European Community that a tax on oils and fats

GENERAL NEWS A jumbo gold mine goes back into operation on the Mother Lode. Page 1AIndex of

California Shipping Line Inc., Inglewood, Calif., wants the Federal MaritimeCommission to br

Bank of America has leaped out of a frying pan of bad commercial shipping and oil-related loans, onl

Foreigners invested a record $31.5 billion in U.S. businesses last year, a 36.2 percent increase fro

A sweeping restructuring of Japan's financially pressed shipbuilding industry was recommended at the

Toll collectors on Sydney's harbor bridge went on strike late last week, complaining that drivers sp

Construction Spending Figures Due TodayThe Commerce Department today releases figures on con

The long-awaited decline of the dollar has produced no export miracles for the trans-Atlantic ocean

Dutch police towed the Greenpeace ship Explorer into port last week after the ship's rudder failed i

U.S. exporters may have to look increasingly to Japanese and European banks to obtain trade financin

The media spotlight on heavy trucks and highway safety is putting heat on Washington for a quick ans

The credit markets are looking ahead to next week's economic summit in Venice with some degree of sk

The following is a partial list of ongoing efforts related to truck brakes: * Truck and Bus

Two West African ports, Conakry in Guinea and Owendo in oil-rich Gabon, are engaging in ambitious mo

May 29 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

1070.5 (May 29) Previous day - 1076.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The 65 mph speed limit signs went up in California at the weekend, the first time in 13 years that a

License Law Targets Commercial DriversALBANY, N.Y. - A new federal law makes it illegal to h

The port of Le Havre, France's second-largest behind Marseilles, is moving to improve efficiency.

St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. battled industrywide pricing pressures to post strong first quarter finan

An agreement allowing Exxon to begin building its long-delayed $2.5 billion offshore oil project is