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Alan J. Brody, president of the Commodity Exchange since 1981, resigned his post effective June 30 t

Santa Fe Offshore Construction Co. of Alhambra, Calif., is seeking Maritime Administration permissio

If catfish farming is a fast-growing business in some parts of the United States, can snail ranching

Shipboard workers, those who load and unload cargo, at Brazil's Port of Santos are set to strike for

Silicon Systems Inc. has agreed to be bought by Japanese recording tape company TDK Corp. in a deal

Companies ranging from fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. to aircraft maker Grumman Corp. agree they n

Ocean shipping lines and shippers remain split over how service contracts and independent rate actio

Western economies will probably slow down in 1989 after rebounding surprisingly well from the 1987 s

Gerhard Stoltenberg is likely to lose his post as West German finance minister in Chancellor Helmut

The nearly decade-long decline in the U.S. locomotive fleet has ended, rail equipment executives say

Carolina Freight Corp.'s first quarter earnings rose to $1.5 million, or 23 cents a share, from $463

CITIBANK (New York) - Mark Bach was named vice president in charge of new product development, a new

Baxter International Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its shares of Internati

BIAGGI BEGINS SERVING SENTENCE FOR BRIBERYGRAPEVINE, Texas - Former U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi,

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

W. GERMAN FIRM FOCUS OF TECHNOLOGY PROBEHAMBURG, West Germany - Prosecutors searched the off

An Indiana insurer, claiming its policyholders in North Carolina have been leaving the company in dr

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 4/7/89* Source: American Association of Exporters and Importer

North Korea said it is building a 250-mile canal by diverting the flow of the Taedong River to the n

Last week's negotiations at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva focused on four are

Engineering and construction giant Bechtel Group Inc. said it continues to see a steady decline in t

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said Monday the negotiating agreements reached on agriculture

The tanker market is facing a difficult period over the coming few months before conditions start to

ONE BY ONE, THE SPECTERS of the Depression '30s are returning to haunt America of the 1980s.

Southern Air Transport's fleet of Lockheed Hercules L-100s is helping other airlines operating aircr

BENAFUELS INC. FILES UNDER CHAPTER 11HERNDON, W.Va. - Benafuels Inc. Friday said it had peti

Polyesters Witco Corp.'s organics division, New York, announced that effective April 17, 198

Boise Cascade Corp. has agreed in principle to sell most of the assets of its Specialty Paperboard d

Gold Star Maritime Inc. of Texas may begin passenger and cargo ferry services between the Port of Ve

One-fourth of the school buildings in 28 states are in inadequate condition, according to figures pr

The phone lines have been busy at the Merchant Officers Protective Syndicate since the Exxon Valdez

Just how free is Israel's trade with the United States under their free trade agreement? That's what

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Seafood entrepreneurs abroad are looking to see how they can twist the recent oil spill in Alaska in

Insurers will probably win the massive antitrust lawsuits against them, but the fight will produce r

Apr. 10, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Lo

AMAX CLOSES MINE FOR SAFETY REASONSAMAX Coal Industries Inc. said production has been suspen

The CRB Futures Index, containing prices in 21 markets, advanced in early March, but later gave up t

The high-technology industry is eagerly awaiting the advent of Europe 1992, when the world's largest

KUBOTA COMPLETES PLANT IN GEORGIAGAINESVILLE, Ga. - Kubota Ltd., an Osaka, Japan-based farm