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The London Metal Exchange expects to have two U.S. warehouses up and running by the end of the year,

SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE General Chemical Corp. is increasing the schedule price of sodium al

MAGNETIC LEVITATION and electric automobiles have something in common. Both seem to get trot

Michael Hagan is executive vice president of American Commercial Barge Line Inc. His full name and

WASHINGTON - For the week ended April 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

A study by the San Francisco Estuary Project on dredging problems in the San Francisco Bay finds tha

FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES traded in a sideways range for most of last week, as holidays in shipping cen

Indiana industry pumped 212 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water in 1988,

American Electric Power Service Corp., Lancaster, Ohio, announced that Valley Camp CoalCo., Oil City

US SELLS 600,000 TONS TO SOVIET UNIONThe U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday said private

HOUSE PANEL APPROVES CURBS ON LOG EXPORTSEfforts to restrict further log exports from govern

The United States may miss out on a trillion-dollar market for 12 "emerging technologies" without bo

Atlantic Container Line virtually broke even in this year's first quarter, for a dramatic improvemen

May 4, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Mexican manufacturers of cloth and yarns are unhappy with a renegotiated Mexican-U.S. textile pact t

New refinery units in Kuwait and Iran are changing the balance of supply and demand for residual fue

The major chlorine industry lobbying group, the Chlorine Institute, is concerned that recent Environ

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

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Larry Kaufman - Insi

A worldwide banking group warned that banks would not put up money to back a U.S. plan to attack the

KEMPER CORP. TAKES $19 MILLION CHARGELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. is taking a $19.5 milli

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will keep its industrial division of its pharmaceutical group in Syracuse a

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT INC. (Edison, N.J.) - James W. Wells was named vice president of North

Mr. Stallins and his seventh graders are on the cutting edge. ''I hope all my students enjoy

The Philadelphia Electric Co. expects a 25 percent increase in peak energy demand in its service ter

SOVIET UNION SEEKS PROJECTS WITH EUROPEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The Soviet Union is eager to coop

CHEVRON UNIT SELLS GEOTHERMAL OPERATIONSChevron Resources Co., a unit of Chevron Corp., anno

Goods and services covered by the government-backed export insurance agency rose 9 percent in the ye

Fri., May 4, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Trade and transportation companies are developing a panoply of new electronic messages for paperless

India will not change its economic policies to please Washington, which has branded the country an u

The Trading With Austria column published on Page 4A in The Journal of Commerce of Thursday, April 2

ADB MEETING ENDS IN BROAD DISAGREEMENTNEW DELHI, India - The annual meeting of the Asian Dev

An emerging accounting standard could hurt insurance company profits severely if companies dispose o

Suburban officials reacted enthusiastically last week to a "Buck Rogers" transit line being proposed

RAIL RATES HAVE FALLEN 22 PERCENT SINCE '80, ICC SAYSRailroad freight rates have fallen more

Residents of the Connecticut suburbs of New York City had a per capita personal income in 1988 nearl

Thailand is one of the few developing countries with a substantial food surplus, says an Agriculture

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (Chicago) - David Prosperi was named vice president, communications for the c

New trade agreements with Japan won't do much to end the U.S. trade deficit, but should provide some