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W.VA. OFFICIALS SUED OVER COAL STRIKE ROLESTOLLINGS, W.Va. - Rum Creek Coal Sales Inc., a un

Atlantic Cargo Services, known as Atlanticargo, has replaced its two roll-on, roll-off ships in its

SODIUM THIOSULFATE General Chemical Corp., based in Parsippany, N.J., announced it will incr

TOLL HIKE PROPOSED FOR NY-NJ CROSSINGSThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey proposes r

Marion Laboratories Inc. shareholders gave final approval Friday to a merger with a Dow Chemical Co.

WITH HEATHER GRADISON'S TENURE as chairman of the Interstate CommerceCommission drawing to a

International air express companies accused the U.S. Postal Service of restricting competition for g

TRADING IN US T-BONDS UNDER WAY IN TOKYOTrading in U.S. Treasury bond futures began for the

Three days of informal talks between coffee producers last week ended with no promise of new world c

CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. (Lionville, Pa.) - John J. Kilcullen was appointed president and chi

Infonet, the American-based multinational telecommunications company, today announced a global allia

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. said it intends to invest in an industrial site in Asturias, Spain, wh

European Community transport ministers renew their efforts today to open up their national trucking

The White House still has not received legislation passed by Congress to reauthorize the Local Rail

Declines in a broad range of industrial material prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Industrial Pr

Dec. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A proposal by the United States for a global prohibition on government aid to industries is drawing

Actors and others generically known as artists complain they have a hard time getting health insuran

U.S. and Japanese negotiators failed to reach an agreement on Japan's restrictive supercomputer trad

A major Soviet hydroturbine company has asked two U.S. companies to help it negotiate a trade deal w

NEW PRIME MINISTER IS NAMED IN INDIANEW DELHI, India - Vishwanath Pratap Singh was appointed

US OFFICIAL PREDICTS EASED COCOM CONTROLSWestern nations will respond to the democratic refo

Minnesota's Department of Trade and Economic Development has announced that the state will open trad

Organizations competing with Panama for the business of registering ships are in a "feeding frenzy"

A wave of new office and residential space is flooding the rental market in the Chinese capital, off

West Germany offers the brightest across-the-board prospects within the 12- nation European Communit

The threat was in the wind for weeks. Shipowners even received a firm warning in late Novemb

The potential for trade with the Soviet Union may be great, but severe currency problems, shifting p

International Longshoremen's Association workers at the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., have spurned the

Japan's current account surplus dropped to $3.59 billion on an unadjusted basis in October, producin

JAPANESE AUTOMAKERS PUSH TO END CURBSJapanese automakers are putting pressure on the governm

The Bush administration is fleshing out its offer of special duty-free treatment on imports from Col

Domestic sales of U.S.-made semiconductor equipment and materials will steadily dwindle in the comin

DEVELOPMENT BANK EASES LENDING POLICIESThe Inter-American Development Bank said Thursday tha

International Business Machines Corp. is asking its plants across the country to reduce or eliminate

Two Japanese conglomerates say they want to participate in a $2 billion petrochemical venture in the

The story headlined "P/C Industry Reports Drop in Earnings for Third Quarter," on Page 9A in The Jou

BACKGROUND: U.S. agricultural exports make an important contribution to U.S. foreign policy objectiv

Sen. Pete Wilson, R-Calif., wants U.S. chemical companies to stop selling foreign countries pesticid

COMEX TO EXPAND GOLD FUTURES OPTIONSNEW YORK - Commodity Exchange Inc. said it will offer mo