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One air freight forwarder in New York says he has traded in his Cadillac for a less-expensive automo

For the week ended June 15, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Fri., June 21, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has received an order from Shinwa Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. to build the wo

A two-week-old strike at Brazil's Port of Rio de Janeiro ended Thursday after dockworkers and port a

Citing a sharp rise in earnings this year, bulk and tanker shipowner OMI Corp. boosted its semi-annu

STATE JOBLESS CLAIMS INCREASE BY 47,000New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits

An official with the German economics ministry said Thursday U.S. aerospace manufacturers do not sup

KOREAN AIR BUYS TWO BOEING AIRCRAFTKorean Air Lines has agreed to complete the $300 million<

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

BARRIERS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT don't make sense. The Bush administration is finally beginning to app

UAL EXPECTS DECLINE IN AIR TRAFFIC REVENUEJohn Pope, vice chairman of UAL Corp., said revenu

Copper futures prices surged past $1 a pound on Thursday reflecting concerns of shortages of Chilean

The council that manages commercial fishing in federal waters off Alaska's coasts will consider prop

Ocean carriers have taken the first step toward creating airline-type shared booking, forwarding, bi

C.M. Najeeb was named general manager in Muscat, Oman, for this Barwil Agencies member company.<

The prospect of a thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations remains remote, a State Department official told Cong

A move is under way in the House to write a five-year $150 billion highway bill that would be financ

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

Hong Kong-made products sold briskly at the recent Chicago consumer electronics show, but Latin Amer

Imports of Canadian natural gas into the United States are facing a renewed challenge in Washington

STEREO PILLOW TALKER WON'T ROUSE BUNKMATEIt's late. You climb into bed, dead tired, looking

PROCTER & GAMBLE EXPANDS IN E. EUROPECINCINNATI - Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday it for

MINE'S OUTPUT FALLS DUE TO STORM IN CHILESANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's La Escondida copper mine

S. KOREAN FIRM HIKES NAPHTHA CRACKINGTOKYO - Daelim Industrial Co., South Korea's largest et

Summer is the season when cruising follows the sun. Though a vast armada of cruise liners re

Insurers are beginning to respond to demands by bankers and real estate developers, for coverage to

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 20, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

International Petroleum Exchange June 20, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 20, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

June 20, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Small companies on a tight budget can minimize time spent abroad while maximizing export sales throu

TCR Services Inc., an international trade and development consultancy, is hoping the recent peace se

PARIS CLUB RESCHEDULES SOME PHILIPPINE DEBTThe Philippines secured the go-ahead here Thursda

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev may move quickly to oust Prime Minister Valentin S. Pavlov and other

The South Carolina State Ports Authority this week approved fiscal 1992 operational and capital budg

Mobil Corp. plans to spend more than $150 million over the next two years to upgrade its Joliet, Ill

The National Resources Defense Council has voiced its support for the proposed Safety of Pesticides

June 20, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The Bush administration is throwing its weight behind legislation that would enable foreigners to ac