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A steep decline in dry cargo freight rates over the past couple of months and an early start to the

THE SLUGGISH ECONOMY is no surprise to anyone who follows the weekly railroad freight data.

A growing number of cities are secretly videotaping municipal employees on workers' compensation fix

Three former executives at Chicago-based CNA Insurance Cos. are forming an insurance consulting busi

Currency traders expect the dollar to rise against the deutsche mark and decline vs. the yen, a reve

GOLD-DOLLAR SWAPS BY SOVIETS REPORTEDThe Soviet Union has signed deals with some Western fin

"It's lean business here," says John Frisbie of the U.S.-China Business Council, one year after Chin

Managers of the Port of Trieste know they will never recapture the halcyon days of the 19th century,

West German cocoa imports rose 355 metric tons to 23,800 tons in March from February and rose 786 to

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The Canadian national port agency, Ports Canada, and the International Cargo Handling Coordination A

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 4 percent rate increase for much of the trucking indus

Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, disclosed it bought 130,000 tons of steam coal on the spot market for

World Weather Forecast for Monday; Temperatures in Major Ports, for Monday and Tuesday.<

PAYMENTS SURPLUS IN JAPAN FALLS SHARPLYJapan's current account surplus registered a 69.6 per

BUY IT AND SCRAP IT: When the Port of San Francisco looked at its market options in a recent strateg

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago6/1 5/31 Change % Change: 5

REGIONAL BLOCS Trade and Investment in Eastern Europe. June 5. New York. Contact the America

QUANTUM COMPLETES ETHYLENE PIPELINEQuantum Chemical Corp.'s USI division said a new pipeline

YEMEN EXPECTED TO CUT PRICE OF MARIB LIGHTNorth Yemen, now part of the united Republic of Ye

May 31, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

For the week ended May 26, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads, which is

NYCE BOOSTS MARGINS ON JULY COTTON FUTURESKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Effective with the opening of t

FACTORY ORDERS FELL 2.3 PERCENT DURING APRILFactory orders fell by 2.3 percent in April to $

Despite a drop-off in oil traffic in 1989, the Port of Marseilles last year posted new records in al

Emery Worldwide has found a niche carrying animals on one-week trips to beautiful Hawaii. Fo

May 31, 1990 Copper Total, 14,883. Gold Total, .1,794,253.Silver Total, .254,831,199.

Total meat production in OECD countries should resume its upward trend beginning in 1991, according

FRANCE'S LVMH SEEKS BIGGER GUINNESS STAKELVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a French liquor a

The Port of Riga in the Soviet republic of Latvia is modernizing its container facilities in an effo

Twin-trailer trucks will have more freedom to travel smaller roads to reach freight terminals and fu

POLYURETHANE ADDITIVES Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will increase the price of several of

Saudi Arabia, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' biggest exporter, appears irritated

Capitalist stock markets are blossoming across Eastern Europe. Yugoslavia set up a stock exc

Executives of major American steelmakers Thursday forecast lower quarterly profits and expressed con

The Soviet Union's move away from a totally state-controlled insurance industry to one with free mar

Roberto Colonnello steps down today as managing director of Italia di Navigazione SpA, confident he

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 242.81 off 1.52 which compare

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Kenneth G. Kolbe was named district sales manager

The San Francisco visit of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, changing as rapidly as Bay Area weath