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Merchandise buyers for Bradlees department stores have such a dim view of railroads that the compan

International Post Corp., the multinational body set up by some 20 postal authorities to manage inte

A shipload of rolled paper and bagged flour was unloaded from a Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. freighter

SONY USA INC. (NEW YORK) - Masaaki Morita was named vice chairman, and Michael P. Schulhof was promo

A group of developing nations has warned the United States and other industrial countries that the m

After almost two years of trying, Ireland's Guinness Corp. seems to be carving out a niche for its G

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

STYRENE BUTADIENE EMULSIONS Unocal Polymers, based in Schaumburg, Ill., announced it will in

BP CHEMICALS FINISHES RESIN PLANT EXPANSIONBP Chemicals Inc. announced it has completed a $3

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION (West Sacramento, Calif.) - Robert J. Crites was elected president f

CP Rail and Consolidated Rail Corp. executives are scheduled to meet here today in an attempt to res

SKYWAY FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC. (Watsonville, Calif.) - John W. Robinson was named director of internati

Three leading American business organizations warned the European Community Monday that it should av

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

MODERATE: THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT RATE of inflation, more than 5 percent a year, is described. That m

TOKYO STOCKS PLUNGE ON YEN'S WEAKNESSTokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday in thin trade

CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT NARROWS IN GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a ca

JAPAN'S MITI DENIES PRESSURING CARMAKERSJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Motorists who drive without insurance may soon have to face the tale of the tape. The state

United Community Insurance Co., a subsidiary of the Lawrence Group, has filed a $42 million defamati

John T. Lynch was elected president of management consultant and reinsurance intermediary Towers Per

NOWHERE TO RUN, nowhere to hide: That's the position transportation companies will find themselves i

The Port of Baltimore's new high-technology container terminal, scheduled to open last summer but t

The Soviet Union is running out of tobacco to meet the rising demands of cigarette smokers, accordin

HOUSING COMPLETIONS ROSE 9 PERCENT IN JANUARYU.S. housing completions rose 9.2 percent in Ja

Argentina's debt will be marked down by about $1 billion by means of a new debt-equity conversion fu

ORDERS, OPTIONS DOUBLE FOR PRATT & WHITNEYEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Orders and options for Prat

MOBIL, OMV SET DEAL FOR NORTH SEA FIELDMobil Corp. and OMV, the Austrian oil, natural gas an

Major truck lines are considering a 4 percent rate hike in early June, just six months after the las

The race to provide double-stack container service to Mexico is on in earnest, with two railroads pl

Right-O-Way Inc., an air freight forwarder, has established a road feeder service designed to genera

A Pennsylvania publisher plans to provide food for Soviet minds along with better-tasting sausage fo

U.S. polyethylene producers are optimistic that their planned April price hikes will stick despite s

The Pepper Commission's plan to guarantee Americans access to health care would have little effect o

HOW DO YOU HAUL garbage without everyone knowing it's garbage? That was a much debated quest

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and city officials broke ground Monday on a critical truck access road in So

The calendar says 1990, but in regards to a new union dockworkers contract, the year is beginning to

Conterm Consolidation Services (U.S.A.) Inc., Los Angeles, has established a new gateway operation i

Cargo volume at the Port of Baltimore is projected to continue to decline this year and next, but su

One of three major improvements to the filing process occurred around the first of the year when Un