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Only a single U.S. company has adopted the MacBride principles - a set of nine rules aimed at fighti

A group of leading European industrialists Thursday urged the European Community to speed up integra

A top European industrialist Thursday criticized the European CommunityCommission for lack o

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 19, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

EXIMBANK TO BACK SALE OF BOEINGS TO GULF AIRThe U.S. Export-Import Bank has agreed to back a

Alan Abrams became a staff maritime reporter with The Journal of Commerce in June 1990, eight months

The government's electricity monopoly was swept away in a parliamentary vote Wednesday night, cleari

European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan begins a five-day visit to North America today during which h

1541 (Sept. 19, 1991) Previous day - 1542 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

REVIEW IS URGED FOR E. EUROPE EC BIDSFrench President Francois Mitterrand Thursday called on

FIVE STOWAWAYS CAUGHT AT PORT OF MONTREALA ship's captain arrested five Romanian stowaways h

Orient Overseas Container Line this week tossed a grenade into the bitter battle between Belgium's t

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - R. McFall Lamm Jr., 40, was named a vice president of the excha

U.S. cotton producers said the U.S. Agriculture Department's Sept. 1 domestic cotton crop prediction

Utility companies battled it out this week as a Senate panel considered a measure designed to lower

The International Longshoremen's Association has decided to appeal a federal court injunction barrin

An expected surge in Asian exports to Eastern Europe will help make the Asia- to-Europe air freight

Gregory J. Saxton was appointed chief rail engineer at this railcar builder's manufacturing plant in

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 19, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

India's ethylene production will increase from its current level of 0.5 million metric tons a year t

Sept. 19, 1991 Copper Total, 28,866. Gold Total, .1,340,185.Silver Total, .26

US EXPORTED CORN TO USSR IN JULYThe United States exported 996,638 metric tons of corn to th

Federal Express Corp. said its first fiscal quarter income fell to $17.2 million, or 32 cents a shar

"We used to call 'em sub callers; bring in U-boats from 100 miles around," the white-haired man said

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Thursday Sept. 19, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Most of the stock analysts that follow Consolidated Freightways Inc. remain optimistic that the comp

Commercial vehicle traffic through key U.S.-Ontario crossings began moving normally early Thursday f

Texaco Exploration Penyu Inc. and three other parties will spend $20 million over four years in offs

Fresh chilled horsemeat has emerged as one of the largest volume commodities that is flown across th

Malaysia's prime minister has accused the United States of a double standard in forging a trade bloc

The World Bank's International Finance Corp. Thursday singled out six developing countries - Chile,

European insurers are not terribly concerned about future competition from their U.S. and Japanese c

Edward L. Morgan Jr. was named vice president and director of corporate relations at ITT Hartford In

A Nordic proposal calling for liberalization measures in maritime services presented Thursday in the

The governor of Massachusetts is preparing a proposal to build a prison ship to ease the chronic ove

The United States foreign trade deficit in July rose to $5.9 billion, the highest monthly level sinc

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., the premier trading conglomerate in the colony, suffered a sharp squ

A dispute between P&O Containers Ltd. and a group of shipping lines, which could cost P&O more than

Thu., Sept. 19, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada