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A story starting on Page 1A of The Journal of Commerce Jan. 2, "Lykes Gets Marad Nod For Accord With

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

In a thin holiday trading week, secondary market prices for Third World debt were narrowly mixed, as

Five American companies are among eight firms being considered for initial work on Hong Kong's new a

UNION PACIFIC TO SELL STAKE IN REALTY UNITBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Union Pacific Corp. has reached a

The Interstate Commerce Commission has lowered the maximum rates railroads may charge shippers for t

Many of the nation's top regional trucking companies showed little or no business growth during the

CSX Corp. earned $125 million, or $1.25 a share, in the 1989 fourth quarter on revenue of $2.03 bill

NCR Corp. has won a US$3 million contract from People's Bank of China, the central bank, for automat

Authorities and barge operators spent Tuesday checking the security of barges tied along the Mononga

Fruit traffic to the Port of Philadelphia is suffering delays of up to five days because of the U.S.

Industry sources expect the tentative labor settlement at Pittston Coal Group Inc. to weaken coal pr

Panama's beleaguered shipping registry will reopen its New York office, the newly installed head of

A research vessel that spearheaded the 1970s and 1980s cleanup of Lake Erie faces an uncertain New Y

Cocaine worth $4.2 million was stashed in two waterproof tubes attached to the underside of a Colomb

Maritime operations at the Port of Seattle are expected to slip farther into the red this year, losi

The reconstruction of the Soviet and Eastern European economies out of the ruins of the Cold War cou

US COULD EXPORT MORE TO MEXICO, PHILIPPINESChanges in import regulations could increase expo

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures prices surged again Friday, with January ending the session

LAWSUIT CHALLENGES CITY'S POLYSTYRENE BANPORTLAND, Ore. - A plastics recycler and five compa

Out with the old and in with the new. Only for the property/casualty industry, many problems of the

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has settled a lawsuit with Venezuela. An article in ''Chemical Briefs," a

ALTHOUGH THE BANK OF JAPAN raised its discount rate to 4.25 percent on Christmas to fight Japan's gh

Plastics-maker Rexene Corp. said last week it will suspend its quarterly common stock dividend, citi

E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. finally passed a litmus test of sorts this autumn. A handshake

The European buying spree by French insurance companies advanced last week when the state-owned insu

SHOPLIFTER CHASE LEADS TO PERSONAL INJURY SUITDetectives at the downtown Nordstrom store who

Brazil's monthly inflation rate hit a record 53.55 percent in December, the government statistics of

Holiday vacationers returning home to severe damage from burst water pipes are tripling estimated in

Even with accurate damage estimates from Australia's first fatal earthquake weeks away, insurance an

The Coast Guard will delay the effective date of its drug and alcohol testing regulations, where the

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

Few subjects can arouse the ire of waterfront labor and management as quickly as the Longshore and H

The European Community will hold off imposing a requirement for 51 percent domestic ownership of tra

A key U.S. business organization is about to recommend a significant easing of restrictions on expor

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., the Singaporean-flag carrier known as NOL, is investing US$25 million in

The Federal Maritime Commission, preparing for a mid-1990 review of Taiwan shipping practices, has o

Three years of double-digit economic growth appear to have persuaded South Koreans that anything les

The Maritime Administration has cleared an agreement that will allow a subsidized U.S.-flag carrier

Domestic textile manufacturers say they'll do everything in their power to block a proposed joint ve