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The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Arnold Chait is still refusing to let Ambassador Insurance Co. die. Vermont Insurance Commis

American Re-Insurance Corp. is moving its headquarters to Princeton, N.J., after 58 years in New Yor

Japan's financially ailing Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co., one of the country's six largest shipp

The first U.S. Navy warship to be armed with the new MK41 Vertical Launching (missile) System, the U

Hershey Foods Corp. and Dietrich Corp. announced that they have entered into a purchase and sale ag

Himont USA Raises PricesOf PolymersHimont U.S.A. Inc. is raising its price of copoly

A South Korean firm completed building work on Saudi Arabia's first plant for polyvinyl chloride and

Japan will transfer more technology to Taiwan and, taking advantage of the stronger yen, increase it

The following are the results of Monday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freigh

The average freight shipment hauled by trucking companies is worth much less a pound than many cargo

Fuji Xerox Corp. of Japan, a joint venture between Tokyo-based Fuji Photo Film Co. and a London subs

Exports and re-exports to China regained their upward momentum in July after a dip caused by tighter

Italy's wholesale prices in July fell 0.8 percent from the previous month, but declined by only 2.2

AIR CARGO DHL CORP. (Redwood City, Calif.) - Charles A. Lynch was named chairman and chief e

Washington is beginning to listen to complaints of Florida's export community concerning pre-shipmen

Inventories held by U.S. businesses, led by a big jump in unsold cars, rose 0.4 percent in July whil

Southland Corp. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA signed a definitive agreement for Southland to sell ha

Several major utilities will be asking coal suppliers in the coming weeks to submit bids for 1987.

GAO Asked to Examine Pollution in BayA Sacramento area congressman asked the General Account

Two Japanese ocean rate-making conferences voted to postpone until after Sept. 30 the implementation

Hundreds of business executives traveled from all over the Caribbean to Puerto Rico this month for t

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A recent federal-provincial government joint study called for lower transportation costs to boost t

A federal court judge ruled West Coast ports will not receive spent nuclear fuel rods until a proper

India's exports during the first three months of its fiscal year rose by 24.6 percent to $2.2 billio

Malaysia will further relax rules governing foreign investment to spur overseas interest and help bo

Relief may be on the horizon for travelers who find that plugs on hair dryers and other electrical e

The European Common Market, divided over how to pressure South Africa to end apartheid, opened talk

A Cabinet-level committee recommended that the United States keep talking with Brazil, rather than r

The arrival of U.S. integrated parcel operators will precipitate a rate war in the intra-European ai

Cash-rich and cocky, Pacific Western Airlines, Canada's third largest air carrier, is looking for up

Many women and doctors aren't making good use of cervical cancer screening tests, and lost lives may

Brazil's coffee output is expected to rise to 30 million bags to 35 million bags(a bag equals 60 kil

Brazil is buying coffee on the London futures market with the intention of taking delivery to stabil

In a move to improve efficiency, the Port of Singapore Authority is asking shipping agents to notify

It was nearly impossible to get through to a French Consulate in the United States as panicked U.S.

The future of an omnibus trade law reform bill brightened as the Reagan administration began work wi

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. is playing beat the clock as it tries to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy p

Prudential Lines was forced into involuntary bankruptcy, marking yet another turn in the odyssey of