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Some of the most beautiful tugboats in New York harbor will be strutting their stuff Wednesday as Je

BP'S SIGNS REPLACE GULF'S IN SOUTHEASTGreen and yellow BP signs are replacing blue and orang

JACKSONVILLE MARITIME MUSEUM SOCIETY. Sept. 7. Jacksonville, Fla. Appreciation dinner honoring"Jack"

How to boost the Soviet Union's sagging oil output will be a priority issue at next week's high-leve

Redevelopment of Seattle's downtown waterfront will cost twice as much as advertised and do little o

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/6 9/5 Change % Change

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

Sept. 6, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Sept. 6, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Large lines and carriers sailing between the United States and the Far East took the hardest hits as

With refiners running plants at near capacity, worldwide production of unwanted high-sulfur residual

The recent Persian Gulf oil price shock will mean higher demand for U.S. steam coal in both export a

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Taiwanese textile makers and the Hong Kong government expressed disappointment Thursday at the U.S.

Once again, wheat farmers are seeing prices tumble and supplies rise as this year's bumper harvest q

As of Sept. 6, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Thursday Sept. 6, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

U.S. transportation officials tentatively awarded Federal Express Corp. the first all-cargo air rout

In an innovative financial deal designed to turn Mexico's debt obligations into ecological improveme

DATE OF AWARD: "E Star" Award on May 23, 1990. E Award, 1983. The Roundtable has presented i

Grain and soybean prices firmed Thursday amid reports that the U.S. would offer export credits to t

A French company agreed to sell off a plant in Thorofare, N.J., after federal regulators raised conc

SULFURIC ACID, OLEUM Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co. will increase all below-schedule pric

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth) - William J. DeWitt was named vice president, automotive m

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended8-31 8-24

Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad Inc. began operations Sept. 1 on three grain-gathering

The comprehensive oil spill response bill passed by California last week is the result of often heat

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

Gatx Corp., the world's largest bulk liquid storage company, could be a major beneficiary of the tur

Sept. 6, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

While Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is expected to raise the issue of food aid during his meeti

European Community foreign ministers gather in Rome today to discuss an aid program that would ease

POLAROID FORMS CHINESE VENTURECAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Polaroid Corp. announced Thursday that it f

After only a month as chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade, William O'Connor is not sure whether h

TYPHOON ABE DAMAGES FARM LAND IN CHINATyphoon Abe has damaged 443,000 hectares of farm land

Mobil Oil Singapore Pte. Ltd. plans to build a new S$1 billion (US$572 million) aromatic petrochemic

Insurance commissioners evaluate property/casualty insurers, in part, based on 11 financial tests, c

A Knoxville, Tenn., real estate company bought the Alabama & Florida Railroad Co., pending approval

REGULATORS TO CAP JUNK BOND HOLDINGSA committee of state insurance regulators will meet at t

Federal transportation officials fined an Idaho trucking company $15,000 for allowing a driver to op