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State and federal officials may be working toward a compromise on funding for the controversial Heal

A Brooklyn shoe-store owner who billed Medicaid for expensive orthopedic footwear, but gave his cust

A story beginning on Page 1A of the Nov. 28 issue of The Journal of Commerce with the headline, "Tak

US JOBLESS RATE ROSE TO 5.4 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERThe nation's unemployment rate rose to its hi

Latin America, its debt problems far from over, faces a potential new headache as industrial nations

Chubb & Sons Inc. has signed an agreement with the Soviet Union's state-run insurers to provide prop

RULES/REGULATIONS Customs Drawback: Manufacturing and Same Condition. Dec. 13-14. Los Angele

Currency traders predict the dollar will get much stronger in 1990, despite the prospect for some fu

NY WON'T HIKE RATES FOR HEALTH INSURANCEALBANY, N.Y. - The state's health insurance plan, wh

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Stanford Erickson -

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

US Perishables next week will begin operating a temporary facility at John F. Kennedy International

Airline deregulation has started to change course and this is the place. Philadelphia Intern

The top property/casualty insurance policy making bureau has proposed new options to make pollution

Bangt Dennis, head of Sweden's Riksbank (central bank), said at the weekend that a 10 percent devalu

TAIWAN INVESTMENT SET A RECORDTaiwan has posted records this year both for foreign investmen

WORLD ECONOMY SEEN 'GOING NOWHERE FAST'Based on industrial nations' leading economic indicat

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

The crew of a 417-foot containership abandoned ship in frigid seas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Frida

The United States and Canada proposed revisions to the multilateral trading system that would impose

For sale: one small airline and one huge chunk of Miami history. Chalk's International, the

French European Affairs Minister Edith Cresson said Friday that significant progress toward establis

Exceptionally cold temperatures could force a closing of the St. Lawrence Seaway before the schedule

The new port authority set to take over operations at the Port of Philadelphia will start talks with

The dramatic changes in Eastern Europe have triggered an explosion of interest among American compan

THE FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET moved sideways in moderate volumes last week, in spite of a continued dro

The new owner of Atlantic Container Line has set a two-year target for improving the bottom line at

REVENUE ADEQUACY FOR ONE RAILROAD may mean that others never will become revenue adequate.That's the

HUNT TRANSPORT PLANS 4 PERCENT RATE INCREASELOWELL, Ark. - J. B. Hunt Transport Inc. said it

BRITISH RAILWAYS (London) - Robert Paul Reid will become chairman on April 1, succeeding Sir Robert

It still is not clear whether methanol will be economically and logistically feasible as a motor fue

Heavy truck sales went from gradual cooling into the deep freeze last month as deliveries dipped 22.

Dec. 8, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1605 (Dec. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1605 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board said an October collision in the Gulf of Mexico

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., the chief operating unit of Sir Yue-kong Pao's commercial labyrinth, posted a

Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd., which controls Hong Kong's largest containership operator, is selli

A major Japanese trading company, Mitsui & Co. of Tokyo, will make a $40 million investment in Airbo

MORE FEEDGRAIN PURCHASES by the Soviet Union may be in the cards when U.S. and Soviet negotiators de

Mayor-elect David Dinkins told New York futures exchange executives Thursday that he will do everyth