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President Bush sent Congress Friday the U.S.-Soviet trade agreement, including trade benefits for th

Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coast commercial shipyards will be bidding on major repair jobs over the

OPERATING INCOME FALLS AT A&A SERVICESSecond-quarter operating income at insurance broker Al

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 2, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Emery Worldwide will lose 132,000 pounds of mail a night under a Postal Service decision to shift pa

Coastal Corp. confirmed that control of three of its German-based affiliates recently has shifted to

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

Aluminum ingots- $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

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

1442 (Aug. 2, 1991) Previous day - 1460 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Closure of a key highway because of a Southern Pacific Lines train derailment cost California trucki

Britain's busiest cross-Channel Port of Dover is forecasting a 40 percent drop in revenue after the

The port of Duluth-Superior handled more than 11.6 million metric tons of commerce this shipping sea

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. and the United Transportation Union concluded their agreem

The European Community's executive body Thursday granted airlines antitrust exemptions to two agreem

A year after the Persian Gulf crisis began, the New York Mercantile Exchange - the world's biggest e

The House approved a package of farm program technical changes that wouldallow U.S. producer

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 1, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

Aug. 1, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 1, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

Aug. 1, 1991 Copper Total, 35,853. Gold Total, .1,875,342.Silver Total, .27

ISLAND RECORDS LTD. IN COPYRIGHT MOVEWASHINGTON - Island Records Ltd. of London and Island R

The Port of Long Beach's top planner, who until earlier this year was a leading candidate to be port

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

ITALIAN SUGAR PRODUCER TO HIKE STAKE IN ISIBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Thurs

A shift in U.S. negotiating strategy in the Uruguay Round of global trade talks appears to be paying

The headaches involved in making a sale abroad are sometimes dwarfed by those caused when the goods

John Davies has been a staff member of The Journal of Commerce since 1985, when the paper opened ful

Air Express International Corp. reported net income of $3.697 million, an increase of 10 percent ove

The puzzling drop in Japan's June foreign currency and gold reserves is very likely the result of th

The dollar rose sharply Thursday afternoon after several positive factors helped push the U.S. curre

The U.S. Treasury Thursday said it would freeze the assets in U.S. control of three European affilia

The popularity of insurance policies as a means of deposit five years ago is haunting Japan's cash-s

NATIONAL HEALTH COVER PICKS UP SUPPORTNational health insurance has picked up enough support

1460 (Aug. 1, 1991) Previous day - 1466 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Thu., Aug. 1, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

KENAN TRANSPORT SEES RISE IN NET INCOMECHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Kenan Transport Co. reported a sh

Early one morning last week, a group of visionaries sailed across the James River, weaving in and ou

Premium Talk is a regular Journal of Commerce feature spotlighting the movers and shakers of the pro

Consolidated Rail Corp. is shifting its container operations on Aug. 19 from Portside yard to the ne