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November 20, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

CSX Corp. says it will use a sophisticated rail terminal that the Maryland Port Administration plans

NY Strives to Achieve 'Multi-Modal' SystemALBANY, N.Y. - Continuing its efforts to create a

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is staging a transportation revolution, and its vendors and carriers had better

US, Japan to Discuss Farm Trade IssuesThe first of two separate meetings on bilateral agricu

Commercial property/casualty brokers say the insurance carriers they use give them average or less-t

The ruling Politburo approved plans last week for a government-run job placement service and greater

Du Pont to Set Up Venture in S. KoreaSEOUL, South Korea - E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co's Du

CP Rail is hoping that coal cars originally given a 15-year life expectancy in unit train service wi

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Arnold S. Brenner was named senior vice president and general manager of Japanese operations at Moto

Maine Gov. John R. McKernan Jr. Friday afternoon signed a new worker's compensation bill aimed at st

U.S. Senate leaders plan to move quickly on legislation approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Com

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, The Journal of Commerce this week is printing - free of c

An innovative mixed-funding settlement for the cleanup of Pennsylvania's top priority Superfund haza

European crude oil prices ended the week slightly higher after sinking to their lowest levels for al

Cargo volume in the 13 largest West German ports during the first nine months of 1987 totaled 96.9

1152.0 (Nov. 20) Previous day - 1153.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Harold K. Kierce, a former public relations counsel for Barber Steamship Lines, died Nov. 17. He was

Catastrophe Program Set for AIDS VictimsA new AIDS catastrophe reinsurance program is being

California consumer prices in October increased by 0.5 percent in the Los Angeles region and by 0.4

All the tea in China may be fine, but it needs to get abroad to earn foreign exchange. We ha

British Caledonian Airways intends to pursue negotiations on a possible link- up with another Europe

Officials seeking a home for Sematech, the proposed semiconductor research consortium, apparently ha

Oman to Curb Output In Support of OPECMUSCAT, Oman - Oman will keep its oil production at th

Labor troubles confront the railroad industry from coast to coast as unions press their drive to res

A proposal filed in Congress would make it easier for Americans to sue foreign manufacturers for dam

A new Senate bill would authorize banks to enter all parts of the insurance industry but would put o

Defying the trend toward production reduction and mine closures, a new coal mine will be opened in A

And we're living here in Allentown. And they're closing all the factories down. - Billy Joel

The Federal Maritime Commission will consider restricting the reduced-rate service contracts that th

A transportation researcher says cargo preference can hurt commercial wheat exports when a country's

The flight of Greek-owned ships from the Greek maritime registry resumed in October. Shippin

Despite turmoil in the Persian Gulf, an oil economist predicted that oil prices will stabilize and e

Beecham Group PLC reported pretax net income for the first six months ended Sept. 30 of 181.2 milli

State tax officials have unveiled new rules that will stop crooked gasoline distributors from evadin

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

Being globally competitive today involves more than the capability of selling products overseas. It

The Soviet Union's trade deficit with the West could shrink to less than $1 billion this year from $

Albert L. Kraus, editor emeritus of The Journal of Commerce, received theEliot V. Bell Award for sig