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The announcement that Sea-Land Service Inc.'s second-quarter operating income improved 23 percent ov

U.S. exporters anticipate little immediate change in their sales to Europe as a result of the turmoi

Monday, Aug. 2, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Hungary has agreed to pass a new patent law by next June and grant protection for pharmaceutical pro

The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) will provide a $6 million grant to help a former

The following business missions are scheduled. The Journal of Commerce assumes no responsibility for

Monday Aug. 2, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

India is inviting domestic and international firms to bid on 17 offshore and 29 onshore oil and gas

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/2 7/30 Change % Change: 7/8

Lightweight choice beef grades were higher for the first time since early May, prompting some trader

Toronto-based MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. is about to sign a joint- venture agreement - the fir

Tea money in Thailand could either buy you a hot drink or get you through customs. One day l

Transisco Rail Services Co. and Allwaste Container Services Inc. of Atlanta have begun offering one-

Owners of Ozark Mountain Railroad, planning an 85-mile tourist line to the nation's newcountry and w

USCO Distribution Services Inc. is on the move again. The Naugatuck, Conn.-based warehousing

British Columbia Railway Ltd. said two days of talks broke off over the weekend whenunion leaders sa

Organized labor won some key concessions Monday as a national commission to help the airline industr

Various pieces of a tentative budget agreement reached late last week may have come unraveled over t

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 2, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

OPEC members, led by cash-strapped Iran and Kuwait, appeared undeterred by sharp oil price declines

In a smoky corner of the grimy trading floor, an unshaven man shouts ''Vouchers, vouchers" as a Stra

A few small U.S. shipping companies interested in setting up new services have approached British sh

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

Latin American coffee-producing countries, which agreed to a withholding plan over the weekend, will

JAPANESE PAY-OUTS SMALL FOR EARTHQUAKESAPPORO, Japan - Many people who lost their ho

Japanese department stores and supermarkets, which have seen sales slide each month for over a year

South Korea's consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in July from the previous month, the first month

Aug. 2, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Aug. 2, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Russian government has passed a decree under which joint ventures that produce crude oil and pro

The 1993 edition of the Annual Statistical Bulletin, a compendium of workers compensation data, has

Fish Before Work. Through Oct. 31. South Street Seaport. A behind-the-scenes look at the historic Fu

A two-week walkout at a Baltimore shipyard has ended following five days of intensive negotiations m

The dredging of New Haven harbor is now expected to begin this fall, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Toy boats, some of which are 100 years old, will be displayed at the South Street Seaport Museum fro

Fresh from winning an important ruling by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Evergreen Internati

The National Industrial Transportation League ripped the Trans Atlantic Agreement in a letter Friday

Containers may be the best way to ship animal feeds, fertilizers and otherbulk farm products

A small Pennsylvania company is expanding efforts to find overseas markets for its patented snap-loc

Importers and exporters throughout the Midwest have had their businesses curtailed by flooding, thei