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CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP. (Cherryville, N.C.) - Kenneth G. Younger Jr. is the new chairman of

Ecuador's President Rodrigo Borja is expected to negotiate Friday at a Caracas meeting with Venezue

For two decades, when Florida citrus growers spoke of threats to their livelihood, Brazil was always

The Canadian government has officially opened its border to allow U.S. wheat and wheat products lice

A drought in Brazilian soybean growing areas likely will force Japan to turn to the United States fo

Australia Friday released 21 permits for offshore oil exploration in several areas, including the Au

Mississippi Power Co. conducted a test burn of Western coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin in Apr

The U.S. Agriculture Department is considering letting some cotton farmers in flood-stricken Delta s

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 215.22 up 0.10 which compares

Slovak authorities have fired the top executives of three meat packing plants for their involvement

In the wake of its partial recognition of China, Taipei awaits a "friendly response" before it opens

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC. (Honolulu) - John C. Couch was named president and chief operating officer

Foreign ministers from 18 European countries will attempt today to salvage stalled negotiations to c

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO. executives believe they can convince local unions to agree to a

Crude oil swaps arranged by Merrill Lynch Capital Services Inc. covered an estimated 15 million barr

The Columbia River runs deep. But apparently not deep enough for many of the ports along its

Take the Port of Portland's Ship Repair Yard on Swan Island off the endangered species list. At leas

Continuing its withdrawal from areas where the insurer says it cannot earn an adequate rate of retu

Movement of light crude oil from Asia to the U.S. West Coast again appears possible because of the s

Oil price levels would be under threat of falling if Kuwait and Iraq manage to resume exports later

This table lists spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and coal producer

AFTER A WEEK OF HOLIDAYS in shipping centers around the world, the ocean freight futures market pick

WASHINGTON - For the week ended May 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroad

May 10, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

New York Mercantile Exchange May 9, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents p

Aluminum ingots- $1,310-$1,320 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

The fear, raised by opponents of last year's oil spill law, that foreign shipowners might boycott th

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

AMERFORD, FORWARDER IN AUSTRIA SIGN PACTAmerford International Corp. signed an exclusive coo

SONY COMPUTER OFFERS DO-IT-YOURSELF CARTOONSHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Remember Etch-A-Sketch? Twist

Nordam Group, an aerospace manufacturing firm, and the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologi

US GASOLINE SUPPLIES ADEQUATE, DOE SAYSGasoline demand for May through August will be 100,00

After languishing in Greece for nearly a decade, a U.S.-Greek treaty that will improve trade ties b

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is the target of state investigations by the Califo

Just as aging George Foreman's staying power against Evander Holyfield in their heavyweight champion

Leading Danish insurance company Topdanmark A/S has opened the country's first financial supermarket

Texaco Exploration Offshore Bulgaria Ltd. signed a petroleum exploration and production license with

Graham-Field Health Products Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the ou

FIRST CAPITAL IS TOLD TO CEASE & DESISTCalifornia insurance commissioner John Garamendi said

The recent sinking of another ship in the Indian Ocean off Australia's west coast focused new attent