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Teamsters officials in Washington last week called their tentative concessions deal with Northwest A

A surprise round of joint intervention by the U.S. and Japan Friday proved powerless to lift the dol

USX Corp. plans to challenge a U.S. Court of Appeals decision upholding a judgment worth at least $4

United Parcel Service announced that it has selected a new, low-emission engine produced by General

There's a tax revolt brewing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Alaska Airlines last w

Tin miners, in a desperate bid to bolster record low prices, want export curbs on main producers scr

As of May 28, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Members of the excess- and surplus-lines business are tired of wearing black hats, the president of

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Australian economists have lowered their estimates for growth in the first quarter following a weake

Orders for western German plant and machinery fell a real 11 percent in Aprilfrom a year ear

When U.S. tobacco consumption began to decline dramatically a few years ago, the industry looked to

Associated Air Freight, a U.S. freight forwarder, said it has signed a partnership agreement with a

MALAY MTBE PLANT TO REOPEN BY JUNE 30Malaysia's methyl tertiary butyl ether plant in Kuantan

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The world's bulk cargo industry is set to grow this year as China's economy continues to boom, accor

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit on a balance-of-payments basis widened to a seasonally adjusted $

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Oil industry experts are debating whether a buyer can be found for two Chevron Corp. refineries that

Friday May 28, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Foreign investor confidence in South Africa is the single most important ingredient in stimulating g

U.S. wheat and flour exports could rise above the U.S. Agriculture Department's current forecast of

GE Railcar Services Corp. is the apparent winner of a fleet of 4,000 boxcars being auctioned by Chry

Derelict and empty, the houses once owned by Uganda's prosperous Asians stand as the embarrassing le

Union workers at St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. have approved a plan to allow the Holliston, Mass., less

South Korean semiconductor manufacturers are looking to make 1993 one of their best years ever, than

The shortage of reinsurance to cover marine, aviation and property catastrophe losses has spurred a

Guatemala's suspension of democratic institutions jeopardizes nearly two years of efforts by the Cen

The House Public Works and Transportation Committee Thursday approved legislation to prohibit employ

When USAir chief Seth Schofield first called his British Airways counterpart Sir Colin Marshall to t

The Central Conference of Teamsters, one of the five major divisions that make up the International

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is pushing hard into the developing pharmaceuticals markets of what used to

American marine underwriters support the proposed North American free-trade agreement and are concer

The United States has decided to impose trade sanctions worth an estimated $20 million a year on Eur

The records of the U.S. Justice Department's Foreign Agents registration unit indicate dozens of U.S

These are wild times for barge operators on the current-charged upper Mississippi River, where towbo

May 27, 1993 Copper Total, 111,111. Gold Total, .1,842,221.Silver Total, .27

Persistent calms forced a three-masted schooner to withdraw from an attempt to break a longstanding

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The European Community Commission on Thursday refused to respond to a ruling by the General Agreemen