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ROBERTS EXPRESS ADDS 2 PERCENT RATE SURCHARGEAKRON, Ohio - Roberts Express Inc. imposed a 2

Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and U.S.-based Tandy Corp. agreed to form a joint venture

US TO PROBE IMPORTS OF JAPANESE DISPLAYSThe International Trade Commission cleared the way W

Aug. 29, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Aug. 29, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A three-year plan to end heavy financial losses in the Port of Seattle's warehouse operations won po

Aluminum ingots- $1,715-$1,725 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Crude oil stocks rose by 942,000 barrels from the previous week and were 39.3 million barrels higher

A volatile oil market and bunker pricing snafus are interfering with efforts by the North Atlantic o

One of the few remaining local shipbuilders, already struggling to reorganize, reported a 213 perce

Melvin Mueller sits at his computer here in Union Pacific Railroad's national customer service cente

Japan's Transport Ministry plans to spend close to $9.7 billion over the next five years on major po

If it is true, as Napoleon said, that an army marches on its stomach, U.S. troops trudging through S

TRAFFIC CLUB OF NEWARK AND NEW JERSEY TRANSPORTATION BROKERS ASSOCIATION, FREIGHT BROKERS NIGHT, SEP

MORRISON KNUDSEN CORP. (Boise, Idaho) - Joseph G. Fearon was named chairman of the company's Rail Sy

It used to be predictable. When war, revolution or political unrest threatened, the U.S. dol

Tongasat, a satellite communications company with big plans, swore Wednesday to fight the powerful

The United States' largest computer company formally opened a manufacturing joint venture in China t

A federal judge ordered a ban on imports of tuna caught by five nations until they can show that the

Most U.S. steel exports involve large shipments of 1,000 to 1,500 tons. Thesize was misstate

Goods once destined for Kuwait are piling up in ports elsewhere in the Persian Gulf, showing U.N. sa

The Coast Guard will require all vessels to participate in New York harbor's revived vessel traffic

The wild instability that has characterized the oil markets all through August hit again Wednesday,

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

Metro Airlines Inc. earned $2 million, or 32 cents a share, in the fiscal first quarter ended July 3

CFTC ANNOUNCES STEPS ON STAFFING, ACCOUNTSThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to

Gold prices weakened again Wednesday after small gains early in the day. Analysts said the m

Stephen B. Dewhurst is one of many Agriculture Department employees who were notified this week that

Sonoco Products Co. of Hartsville, S.C., a large manufacturer of plastic and paper packaging, said i

The first mandatory homeowners' earthquake fund in the country received the nod of California Gov. G

What goes around, comes around. Thirty years ago, planners at the former Chesapeake & Ohio R

Executives at Intel Corp. couldn't figure out what the problem was with its Philippine operation.

Aug. 29, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Wednesday Aug. 29, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Japan Air Lines said Wednesday it would help transport supplies to the Persian Gulf region, but dema

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 29, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

A project to construct the world's tallest building at around a fifth of the usual cost was launched

The International Energy Agency is ready to declare this week that its member governments will relea

SERVICE SECTOR INDEX FELL SLIGHTLY IN JULYNEW YORK - The leading index of service sector act

Shippers can expect to pay up to US$1 a kilogram in war-risk premiums for air cargo moving to or fro