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

Eastern Airlines Wednesday endured the fifth day of its Machinists strike with a major court defeat

BHOPAL VICTIMS ATTACK UNION CARBIDE OFFICENEW DELHI, India - About 100 victims of the Bhopal

It is 8:30 on a recent Wednesday evening. George Lamb is meeting the Panamanian tanker Knock Taggart

DISCOUNT RATE HIKE SEEN RISKING RECESSIONThe Federal Reserve's recent discount rate hike may

Japan's current account surplus should continue to shrink despite expected increases in the trade su

A British freight forwarders' group has asked its U.S. counterpart to join in a new electronic data

Despite public officials' stated fears, Hydro-Quebec will supply a reliable flow of energy to New En

To ward off potential lawsuits from their own clients, transportation middlemen such as customhouse

Hong Kong Islands Line America SA has dropped out of the trans-Pacific trade and appears likely to d

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

APACHE CORP. (Denver) - Fred W. Almy joined the company as director of management information servic

With airlines threatening to file millions of dollars of claims against the Boeing Co. for late deli

IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE that the preponderance of air cargo veterans concede to a philosophical sh

MAR. 8, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT SLOWS AGAIN IN CHINAThe rate of growth in China's industrial production co

President Bush intends to nominate J. Michael Farren, a lawyer and former Commerce Department offici

The European Commission Wednesday appeared to be heading for a another bruising trade row with the U

SINGAPORE OFFICIAL SAYS PORT MAY BE PRIVATIZEDThe busy port of this Southeast Asian city-sta

Wardley Holdings Ltd., merchant banking arm of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., reported a second

Mar. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Inventories of both gasoline and distillate declined moderately, the American Petroleum Institute's

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is using a trial recycling program in Illinois to see if it can develo

CME FINES EX-OFFICIAL FOR TRADING VIOLATIONSCHICAGO - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has fi

1608 (Mar. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1597 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sometimes information can be a matter of life, death - and controversy. Accidents happen whe

Marten Transport Ltd. earned $270,242, or 8 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with $363

Huge foreign debts are complicating the already difficult economic climate in the West African coun

A joint venture in the fur and clothing trade, announced Wednesday, is the first concrete result of

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee Wednesday approved legislation to raise the minimum w

The Bush administration may announce its plans for promoting high-definition television within two m

Pennsylvania motorists have shown little interest in buying catastrophic loss coverage for medical a

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, promised the National Association of Independent Insurers he will filibust

Gerling-Konzern, one of West Germany's largest insurance groups, has founded a reinsurance subsidiar

The Journal of Commerce has expanded its MidAmerica staff and coverage with the addition of Dave Hig

The European Commission has launched an investigation into a bid by the West German government to he

A Dutch industrialist has signed a letter of intent to establish the first investment bank in the So

NIPPON INSURANCE PLANS EUROPEAN EXPANSIONNippon Insurance Co. of Europe Ltd., a subsidiary o

The dollar jumped late Wednesday on foreign exchange markets amid unsubstantiated reports that a sen

USE INSIDE TALK ON SHIPPING BY DAVID WHITE THREE TOP OFFICIALS of the International Cargo Ha