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KPMG PEAT MARWICK (New York) - Michael J. May was named managing partner offinancial service

The new, Miami-based Pan American World Airways, not hindered by high debt or unprofitable operation

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, a leading indicator of inflation, is pointing downwa

The long-delayed maintenance program at Saudi Arabia's Jubail oil refinery could last two months, in

BREMEN OPENS ASIA PACIFIC CENTERThe port city of Bremen, Germany, has opened an Asia

The reluctance of Soviet farmers to supply grain to the central government despite new incentives co

Transportation problems are holding up a Hungarian deal with the Tartar region of Russia for the bar

A depressed national grain market has forced Texas coastal ports to adopt measures to assure their f

The group representing the nation's largest shippers has joined the chorus asking the Interstate Com

MIKE WALSH did what needed to be done at Union Pacific, even though it didn't make him particularly

Abu Dhabi has agreed to cover any hidden liabilities in its majority-owned Bank of Credit and Commer

For the week ended Aug. 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

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

United Arab Shipping Co. is extending its Middle East-U.S. service to Singapore, Hong Kong, and an u

Three words dominate the shipping trade between the continental United States and Puerto Rico: the J

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 15, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A local investment company is looking for partners to help build a $20 million petrochemical plant i

Venezuela's recently amended tax law will be modified again to accommodate new foreign investment in

Canada's best land for growing fruit may soon disappear under concrete as farmers lobby for the righ

A Texas-based electricity generating plant development firm expects by the end of August to have Mas

Truckers carrying hazardous materials must improve their "unsatisfactory" safety ratings within 45 d

Two major members of the American Hull Insurance Syndicate have severed ties with the ocean vessel i

Federal officials are trying to negotiate their way out of a potential impasse over rules that would

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The U.S. dollar is vulnerable to perceptions of weakness in the economy and expectations of a furthe

No, train travel is not what it used to be during the golden age of railroading. But it's getting cl

Get a group of maritime hands together for a word association game. Odds are the first choice for "d

This year's drought-reduced corn production has prompted quiet calls for the U.S. Department of Agri

Business trade groups in Rhode Island are beginning to look to self-insurance pools to cut what they

(In Millions of Dollars) June 1991 May 1991 June 1990Exports* Imports** Expor

U.S. truck and bus exports to the Middle East are in high gear, as buyers in the region restart old

Exports of wheat through the Pacific Northwest during the first half of the year generally matched t

JULY FACTORY OUTPUT SHOWS MODEST STRENGTHU.S. factory output in July portrayed an economy th

With the late summer, early fall grain harvest about to begin in the Midwest, growers and grain mill

Aug. 16, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Thailand's National Petrochemical Corp., the core unit of a petrochemical complex in Rayong, is plan

Navistar International Corp., the nation's largest truck maker, qualified Thursday as yet another of

Despite optimistic noises from government negotiators about prospects for a successful farm-trade pa

The ocean freight futures market continued climbing last week, in response to strengthening spot fre

Cuba will "negotiate with the devil" - and foreign capitalists - to survive economically, but will n