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Union pilots will react massively against Eastern Airlines should the carrier lease aircraft to a No

RAIL INSIDERS HAVE BEEN WAITING, and waiting some more, for the Interstate Commerce Commission to is

The economy continued to expand in January, but at a slower rate than inDecember, the nation

The European Community and its six neighbors making up the European Free Trade Association will meet

Japan Set to Invite Foreign ResearchersThe Science and Technology Agency plans to invite adm

The chairman of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee said he hopes to join with Insurance Depa

Four years ago, Indonesia's Palapa B2 satellite was lost and drifting in space. Now, after t

OxyChem Hikes Caustic Soda PriceHercules ChangesProduct PricingWILMINGTON, D

Argentina's downstream sector has attracted two overseas bids in quick succession for a polypropylen

Singapore has introduced a new system of allocating textile quotas. About S$30 million (US$1

Island Creek Coal Co., Lexington, Ky., has clinched a long-term coal supply contract worth $18 milli

Norton Lilly Forms Unit to Service SCISECAUCUS, N.J. - Norton Lilly International has create

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit is continuing to improve, if inflation is discounted, a U.S. offi

AIR CARGO Ailing Emery Air Freight gets additional time from creditors to meet loan requirem

A 5-year-old grain agreement with the Soviet Union expires soon, and Agriculture Secretary Richard E

Dome, Amoco Extend Purchase DeadlineCALGARY, Alberta - Dome Petroleum Ltd. and Amoco Canada

The European oil market ended the week on a firmer note, with spot crude prices buoyed in thin tradi

EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL U.S. AIR CARGO RIGHTS and passenger service agreements would makeaviation a k

Federal Aviation Administrator Allan McArtor said the federal government has become increasingly wor

Northrop to Build High-Tech AircraftLOS ANGELES - Northrop Corp. said it received a $2 billi

Employers considering a relocation to a different state will be placing more importance on the cost

Fri., Jan. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

BETTERLEY RISK CONSULTANTS LTD. (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Jane Rastallis was named vice president at thi

A predicted influx of immigrants to California at a time when public education is eroding could lead

A battle is brewing between U.S. importers and the U.S. Customs Service over the agency's use of an

A U.S. decision to end duty-free treatment on hundreds of items from four Far Eastern countries was

Quantum Income Rose in QuarterNEW YORK Quantum Chemical Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income r

Mayor Wilson Goode is proposing to take over management of the troubled Philadelphia Port Corp., pla

There's little fun ashore for the sailors of the Western navies in the Persian Gulf. With conservati

Latin American Insights - Trade and Finance. Feb. 2. Arthur Anderson & Co., Philadelphia. Contact, D

Japan anticipates that passenger car exports to the United States will not meet a self-imposed limit

The dollar can withstand a further reduction in interest rates without falling abruptly, currency tr

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it accepted an application from Swiss commercial bank Credit Suisse fo

Fruehauf Reorganizes Operations in EuropeFruehauf Corp. has completed the reorganization and

Rising truckload rates are starting to give railroads the chance to raise intermodal prices, but the

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

Jan. 29, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1393.0 (Jan. 29, 1988) Previous day - 1387.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The perpetually skittish shipping industry enters the new year with some more optimism than of late,

The California Senate has approved legislation that would offer health insurance to about 5 million