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Maritime Administrator Warren Leback signed an 18-month extension of the U.S.- Brazil bilateral mari

The Maritime Administration has approved applications from two companies to sell a tanker and a dril

Al Hockhousen was appalled when he wandered into a Navy base exchange in Rhode Island some time ago

GUINEA-BISSAU - $23.6 million from the World Bank's International Development Association to improve

U.S. automakers, inspired by consumer demand for safer cars, are trying to regain the competitive ed

SEOUL PLEDGES MOVES TO AID ECONOMYSEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government pledged t

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET last week remained within its established trading range of the past

KOREA BUYS GE ENGINES IN $500 MILLION PACTLYNN, Mass. - General Electric Co. says it has won

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

Alligator steaks in Britain, California wines in France and Texas-style barbecues in West Germany ar

As the Commerce Department's top trade official, Undersecretary Michael Farren is helping the Bush a

THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS SUCCEEDED in slowing the economy to a virtual halt. But it has yetto demonst

Dec. 21, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1586 (Dec. 22, 1989) Previous day - 1590 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

CALIFORNIA SHIPPERS TO PAY PRICE FOR SAFETYWEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California shippers wil

GREAT NORTHERN NEKOOSA IS NOT A RAILROAD even though the big paper company's name sounds like it mig

In what was billed as the largest U.S. investment in Northern Ireland, Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn an

RYDER SYSTEM INC. (Miami) - Larry R. Williams was elected senior vice president, operations support

The newest member of the Interstate Commerce Commission said he will push the agency to conduct more

JAPAN'S GNP PREDICTED TO DOUBLE BY 2000Japan's gross national product will double by 2000, a

A surge in demand for aircraft and parts pushed up orders for durable goods by a surprisingly strong

UN SAYS GROWTH RATE IN ASIA-PACIFIC EASESBANGKOK, Thailand - Economic growth in most develop

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Stanford Erickson - Trade Talk 4A* JofC Industria

Fri., Dec. 22, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

The inland waterways system infrastructure faces a troubling future in the 1990s and beyond, say par

Massachusetts truckers say plunging temperatures have pushed their fuel costs sky high and raised th

An American company proposes to build the world's first internationally backed equatorial spaceport,

U.S. trade with Romania could rebound if a new investment-oriented government replaces the 24-year-o

The Mexican government continued its economic opening late last week by announcing a decree aimed at

In a controversy that could increase the price of goods imported to New England, the Massachusetts P

The United States has agreed to reduce drastically the number of restrictions on Japanese textile im

France's Compagnie Generale Maritime last week became the first shipping company in more than three

AMERICAN RE ACQUIRES RISK MANAGEMENT FIRMAmerican Reinsurance Co. has acquired Becher and Ca

WITH CHRISTMAS FALLING ON MONDAY this year, printers of newspaper advertising supplements havebeen f

While producers predict a bright future for light, healthy canola oil, some economists and industry

Millions of books are crumbling into dust, the victims of acid in the paper they are printed on. But

GLUTARALDEHYDE BASF Corp. of Parsippany, N.J., will increase the price of glutaraldehyde eff

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Thursday said he expected no "fundamental c

Good news for insurance company stocks: not only have they rebounded from declines Monday and Tuesda