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Railroad freight carloadings were virtually unchanged in May from a year earlier, reflecting the dri

United Parcel Service Inc. moved one step closer to winning a coveted air cargo route to Japan Frida

It will be at least Tuesday before officials reopen Lock and Dam 20 just north of Canton, Mo., on th

PRICE OUTLOOK WEAK FOR COKING COALWeak demand for coking coal and extra costs caused by poll

Venezuela's state oil industry reopened its doors to major oil companies last week, for the first ti

Northwest Airlines is considering expanding by buying part or all of another carrier, Alfred Checchi

LUFTHANSA TO BEGIN CHARLOTTE SERVICENEW YORK - Lufthansa German Airlines said it has accepte

The United States Customs Service is putting some teeth behind its enforcement of quality standards

PHILIP MORRIS COS. TO ACQUIRE SUCHARDPhilip Morris Cos. will acquire Swiss coffee and chocol

U.S. companies should adopt aspects of Japanese "holistic" thinking to bolster productivity and impr

JAPAN TOPS US AS FOREIGN AID DONORJapan for the first time replaced the United States as the

The two biggest problems that faced House and Senate oil spill negotiators last April remain their b

The government of Mexico is seeking assistance from Singapore in developing four ports. Visi

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

The London insurance market's enthusiasm earlier this year about regaining a foothold in the Iranian

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 22, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per B

A group of federal firefighters that protects U.S. Navy installations held two days of picketing in

Industrial prices tracked by the Journal of Commerce index were mixed last week amid continued slugg

As of June 22, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

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Ashland Chemical Inc. said it is acquiring two plastics distributors in the United Kingdom in its co

Roadway Services Corp., faced with stiff competition for its largest subsidiary, must focus more on

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CSL INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Michael Cipolla was named director of profitability management.

Massachusetts Port Authority officials are "concerned" that a Standard & Poor's Corp. "credit watch"

Labor leaders are accusing the New York State Insurance Deparment and the insurance industry of cons

Kenneth R. Leibler, outgoing president of the American Stock Exchange, says that working for the Bos

1ST HORIZONTAL WELL IN GULF IS COMPLETEDTexaco Inc. successfully drilled and completed the f

Chinese Petroleum Co., Taiwan's national oil company, bought 28,000 metric tons of N plus A naphtha

Local shipowners will mark a kind of independence day of their own July 4 when the bill to establish

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET reached what may have been its nadir last week, at a time of year w

A Getty Petroleum Corp. subsidiary and one of its executives were accused of conspiring with two cus

Despite recent attempts to force a 10 percent cut in federal sugar supports, Agriculture Secretary C

Makers of flexible polyurethane foam say they are well ahead of international guidelines for reducin

1152 (June 22, 1990) Previous day - 1159 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Here is how Nelson Mandela, vice president of the African National Congress, responded to concerns r

A critical series of negotiations between the United States and Japan culminating in Tokyo this week

Unrestricted use of satellite television receivers would jeopardize this colony's fledgling cable te

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan for massive reductions in logging that would cost up to 30,000

Two carriers are believed to be dropping out of a carrier cargo pool that handles Italian exports to