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A regional railroad that operates in central Indiana is betting that there is a market for a coal di

HIGH AND DRY: The port of Long Beach so far has fared well during the saga of United States Lines. U

Falling prices have triggered an emergency meeting of the International Coffee Organization executiv

P&O and European Ferries, two of Britain's largest shipping groups, are due to make an announcement

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

For more than a century, the nation's railroad unions have constituted the aristocracy of U.S. labor

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad slid into history this week when directors formally approved its merge

Kohl-Mubarak Meeting BONN, West Germany - West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl will meet with

The key word after the Great Earthquake and Fire in 1906 was fire - at least when it came to collect

The Municipal Bond Insurance Association announced its plans to reorganize and become a new company

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Deutsche Bank to Buy BankAmerica UnitFRANKFURT, West Germany - Deutsche Bank AG said it agre

Treasury Secretary James Baker and U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be among the speak

The U.S. trade deficit will be $25 billion to $40 billion narrower in 1987, causing an increase in U

Fraudulent advertising and a variety of financial concerns are the top consumer problems facing regu

After the passage of the Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986, many quality issues remained, and th

Indonesia's earnings from coffee exports between October 1985 and September 1986 reached US$899.7 mi

When Holland America Line weighed anchor and moved its North American cruise ship headquarters from

After two years of debate, the Italian Parliament passed a law granting sizable state subsidies to b

The port of Oakland approved an environmental impact report as the first step toward building a new

Japanese trade officials have assured their U.S. counterparts that Japan's semiconductor makers have

The International Cocoa Organization Statistics Committee forecast a world cocoa surplus for 1986-87

Chinese coal exporters trying to secure a foothold in the European market will take an important ste

Spurred by a variety of factors, the stock market moved sharply higherTuesday in heavy trading as th

A third major player is pitching into the lucrative and booming telecommunicati ons market in Hong K

The number of jobless workers fell 2.8 percent in Belgium from October to November, the Labor Office

Railroad and shipper interests have strong opinions as to whether the Interstate Commerce Commission

Kuranari Plans US Trip TOKYO - Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari is planning to visit the Un

The Reagan administration plans to send a first installment of its fiscal 1988 budget to Congress by

U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary Richard Lyng said he remains emphatically opposed to starti

Greek shipowners and some of the men who supply them with money and cargo sat down together recently

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

Australia, New Zealand Ratings Cut by S&PStandard & Poor's Corp. lowered its ratings for lon

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The government initiated criminal proceedings against Geoffrey S. Collier, the bank securities chief

West Germany's hard-pressed shipbuilders are warning that demands by the engineering union I.G. Meta

A utility company was ordered to pay $90,200 to the owners of a dairy farm where power surges shocke

The Pullman-Peabody Co. announced a cash tender offer to acquire all the outstanding stock of Joy Ma

India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Commission signed a 10-year loan of $575 million in Hong Kon

Despite actions by 20 state legislatures, I believe the tort reform movement is heading into deep tr