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Venezuela should receive a loan package within the next six months, following Mexico and the Philipp

A People item that appeared on Page 4A in The Journal of Commerce, April 3, should have stated that

A Spanish bid for a 40 percent stake in Argentina's deteriorating telephone system has been blocked

HOLT BEGINS OPERATIONS AT PHILA. TERMINALHolt Cargo Systems Inc. has officially begun its te

New Hampshire Insurance Group officials nixed an appeal last week by Massachusetts regulators that i

BEWARE VAPORWARE!! That's the warning Eugene A. Hemley, executive director of NCITD - The In

A bidding war for SmithKline Beckman Corp. may be brewing now that the pharmaceutical company has di

THREE NEW SAFETY LAWS TAKE EFFECT IN MICH.DEARBORN, Mich. - A three-year campaign to reduce

NYK Line (North America) Inc. says it has cut two to three days off its double-stack train service b

The former general manager of New Jersey's deficit-ridden car insurance pool was indicted late last

A mood of concern and frustration was apparent at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade headqua

Eyes, not instruments, are the best detectors of airplane structural problems, according to members

AT&T and unions representing 180,000 workers open the largest contract talks of 1989 this week at lo

INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORP. (New Orleans) - Erik L. Johnsen, vice president of ISC and its princ

After six years, the Port of Portland has finally found a buyer for the equipment at its unfinished

The U.S. Customs Service has begun to enforce its requirements that shippers use a unique bill-of-la

Government workers were manning the telephones Monday, answering questions and listening to complain

AFTER-TAX PROFITS FALL FOR MANUFACTURERSAfter-tax profits of U.S. manufacturers fell to a se

The U.S. Customs Service has delayed the ending of special treatment for textile and apparel imports

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System raised its throughput to 1.4 million barrels a day from 820,000, af

For John Devens, mayor of this oil and fishing community of 3,600, the fact that the one oil tanker

For U.S.-flag carriers on the Great Lakes, the 1989 shipping season began on an upbeat note, with th

A privately owned Minnesota consulting firm announced Monday it has formed the first service-orient

There's a common assumption that air freight makes economic sense only when low-weight, high-value g

CATHAY PACIFIC ORDERS 10 AIRBUS A330-300HONG KONG - Cathay Pacific Airways has placed a firm

ANCHOR SAVINGS BANK FSB (Hewlett, N.Y.) - James M. Large Jr., 57, was named chief executive and is e

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

The U.S. Customs Service may have violated federal law by sending a questionnaire last month to impo

Top trade executives have warned U.S. shippers against delaying plans to cope in a 1990s' world mark

Two years after the collapse of the Schoharie Creek bridge along the New York State Thruway, things

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

Final figures on 1988 financial results for Canada's property/casualty industry confirm a worsening

The United States and South Korea have resumed negotiations over a new bilateral air service agreeme

The federal government must take steps to increase the safety of older airplanes so they can operate

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's report on grains and soybeans last Friday triggered heavy selli

AMAX AGREES TO SELL MAGNESIUM BUSINESSAmax Inc. has agreed to sell its magnesium business op

During an open meeting Wednesday, the Federal Maritime Commission will consider a proposal to amend

Harry Corless, chairman and chief executive of ICI Americas Inc., may be more bullish on Mexico than

Riverbed soil erosion may have caused a 60-foot section of a bridge to collapse into Tennessee's Hat

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS MARCH TRADE DEFICITSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea had a customs-cleare