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Investment in Poland can help provide U.S. companies with access to the Soviet Union, said Marcin Sw

The U.S.-Soviet maritime agreement's cross-trading provision may be inducing a slight case of deja v

Boeing Co. became one of the first major U.S. beneficiaries of President Bush's recommendation to co

The U.S. Customs Service will extend its electronic pre-clearance system for import shipments at Anc

June 1, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1301 (June 1, 1990) Previous day - 1299 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

PRICES OF OCEAN freight futures contracts continued to trade in their previously established ranges

UP SELLS 108 MILES OF TRACK TO RAILTEXOMAHA - Union Pacific Railroad has sold 108 miles of t

Popular sentiment is building in the Soviet Union in favor of limiting grain imports from the West,

IS THE IDEA of cogeneration of electricity really a new one? Or do the issues just keep getting recy

The Soviet Union wastes huge amounts of natural gas every year, said the chairman of Soyuznefteexpor

US RETAILER TO OPEN THREE STORES IN JAPANBERKELEY, Calif. - The Nature Co., a specialty reta

Smollensky's restaurants in London can go back to selling steaks now that Lloyd's of London has prov

ACADEMY INSURANCE WEIGHS GOING PRIVATEAcademy Insurance Group Inc. is considering going priv

Delaware's new law that allows banks chartered in the state to sell insurance will likely dent insur

A new cement company has decided to build a multimillion dollar distribution facility at the little

BOEING CO. (Seattle) - Gordon M. Bethune was named vice president and general manager, customer serv

It is 10,954 gross tons, a 24-year-old breakbulk freighter plying the U.S.-Mediterranean trade, one

Fri., June 1, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Soviet Union's largest shipping line will begin weekly liner service between North Europe and th

John Doe bought pork belly futures a month ago and was feeling pretty smug about the deal. H

MEDFLY QUARANTINE EXPANDED IN CALIFORNIAThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said it is enlarg

Mexican President Carlos Selinas de Gortari is expected to make public on June 10 a program to moder

The Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping signed a new agreement that describes guidelines

The World Bank, which froze loans and aid to China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, has

FINNS SAID TO IMPROVE ANTI-CHOLESTEROL CEREALHELSINKI, Finland - Finnish researchers say the

The dispute over rail access to the Port of Philadelphia is expected to heat up this week with the s

Robert N. Steiner, a former top port official in New York, was named director of port operations for

Lines operating on the North Atlantic are seeing something good happen in their business lately: mor

Mohamad Saud Al-Deghaithar sees the U.S. market for plastics as an oasis that must be approached wit

CHELATING AGENTS Dow Chemical Co. said it will increase prices and modify transportation ter

Aluminum ingots- $1,900-$1,990 per ton lots & in wareh

CONFERENCE TO RAISE ITS CURRENCY SURCHARGEGENOA, Italy - A group of shipping lines plans to

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Crude oil prices slipped further at the end of last week. Egypt cut its export prices by a r

TOYODA MACHINERY, AEG UNIT SET VENTUREARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Toyoda Machinery USA Inc. an

Although this island nation is Southeast Asia's main trade and investment powerhouse, investors and

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

Jim Connolly remains sufficiently bitter to say, "I told you so." A federal grand jury conve

JAPANESE BOOST CONTENT OF SOYMEAL IN FEEDJapanese feedgrain companies have increased soymeal