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INT'L SHIPHOLDING CORP. REPORTS PROFIT GROWTHSecond-quarter net income at International Ship

WYNDHAM BAKING CO. (Augusta, Ga.) - Jerry Cavitt was named senior vice president, biscuit division,

Thursday July 18, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

After several years of rapid cargo growth, Iowa's Des Moines International Airport is looking to use

JAPANESE BANK SAID TO BE BCCI VICTIMTOKYO - The Industrial Bank of Japan lost $30 million by

Foreign investment in South Korea rose for the first 6 months of this year after 2 years of decline,

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. agreed Thursday to a $1 billion cash injection from Gro

In the insurance industry, A.M. Best Co. has long been as close to the Bible as it gets. Since 1906,

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 18, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

American Waterways Shipyard Conference. July 23-24. St. Louis, Mo. Committee meetings on July 23, ge

A thumbs-up signal appears to be the gist of the first working paper in a federally funded study on

Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner said Wednesday the administration's determination to veto a

A CSX Corp. presentation at an analysts' meeting today is being watched closely for clues to the fu

U.S. refiners are concerned that a tightening of crude-oil supplies may develop soon in the north-ce

The Ukraine has banned free-market grain sales to other Soviet republics to ensure food supplies for

A New Zealand-based forestry company, Fletcher Challenge Ltd., has reportedly become the world's lar

Japan is bracing for renewed friction with the United States and the European Community as the proba

Containerization has made today's longshore industry all but invisible to the general public, but in

AIG SUBSIDIARY ENTERS INVESTMENT VENTUREAIG Investment Corp. and Standish, Ayer & Wood, a Bo

July 18, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Aluminum ingots- $1,315-$1,325 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

A rising tide of international traffic to and from the Far East helped American President Cos. post

A satellite hookup enabled U.S. television reporter Peter Arnett and the Cable News Network crew to

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES has become the latest air carrier to exit the tropical bird business.

World cotton stocks are likely to continue to build up in 1991-92 (August- July), but rising consump

TRANSPORTATION BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSEThe bipartisan leadership of the the House Public Wor

Two big railroads, one eastern and the other western, released earnings for the second quarter demon

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Canada agreed Thursday to the formation of a trade dispute panel to investigate a complaint that cou

Four U.S. computer-software giants have sued two Canadian computer dealers for pirating programs.

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" award in 1991. "E" Award in 1981.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Mor

For the week ended July 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

In a vote that shocked labor and management officials alike, Richard I. Kilroy, president of the Tra

The job security of unionized longshoremen in the South has improved noticeably overall since the wa

Top-level ministerial meetings in Kuala Lumpur this week and next by the Association of Southeast As

World sugar futures soared Thursday on reports the Soviet Union was in the market buying substantial

As of July 18, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

July 18, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The United States posted a $4.57 billion merchandise trade deficit in May - virtually the same as in

China and South Korea will soon negotiate the signing of a bilateral trade and investment protection