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11 US FIRMS INTERESTED IN JAPANESE PROJECTFUKUOKA, Japan - Eleven U.S. companies - nine cont

1599 (Oct. 23, 1989) Previous day - 1593 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

France's banking giant Credit Agricole will pay 1.3 billion French francs for a 13 percent stake in

A 15 percent increase in net income is being reported for the third quarter by Alexander & Baldwin I

The U.S. oil industry's rate of replacing oil and gas reserves rose in 1988 as finding costs fell, S

General Electric Co. is expanding its hub-and-spoke distribution system. Last month, the con

Even as a media event, this year's meeting of the Risk and Insurance Management Society and European

CON-WAY MAKES PLANS FOR MAJOR EXPANSIONNEW YORK - Con-Way Transportation Services, a subsidi

Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and U.S. auto giant Ford Motor Co. will begin producing cars jointly in th

Dockworkers at the Port of Tilbury want to be officially represented by the Transport and General Wo

AFTERSHOCKS REMAIN A THREAT IN CALIFORNIASAN JOSE, Calif. - Scientists said that within the

Oct. 23, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Oct. 23, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The investment banking group Paribas Monday launched a takeover bid for two- thirds of the capital o

About 8 million poor children are being shut out of Medicaid, threatening their health and leaving t

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The Customs Service has two "aspirins" for the headaches American importers and exporters are likely

Cummins Engine Co., lost $39.7 million on sales of $807.6 million in the 1989 third quarter. In the

Turning a U.S. proposal to phase out industrialized nations' shipbuilding subsidies into reality wil

JAPANESE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE USJapanese institutional investors are continuing to inve

A principal Southeast Asian energy producer, Indonesia, is floating the idea of an extensive pipelin

The government in China said Monday it intends to raise the official purchase prices for cotton and

Federal transportation officials will send California $100 million to begin repairing earthquake-dam

Robert L. Cross, recently named president of American President Distribution Services, expects doubl

Weaver Marine Agencies Ltd. has opened a new shipping agency office to cover the Hampton Roads port

Steven Paul Resnick, director of marketing at the Port of Los Angeles since 1983, has announced his

JOHNSON MARITIME SERVICES (GULF) INC. (Houston) - James Bourke was named manager of the shipping age

Evergreen Marine Corp. has denied allegations of illegally canceling a container transportation agre

* Commodity Research Bureau's James Nevler on Coffee 6A * Janet Aschkenasy - Insurance Risk

Pat Farrell is the manager of breakbulk operations for Chiquita Brands Inc. in Wilmington, Del. Mr.

FOR FOUR YEARS OR SO, British Airways has been talking directly to its cargo shippers. Not s

SOVIETS AREN'T WORRIED BY CUBAN SUGAR DELAYThe Soviet Union will not buy sugar from the spot

Caustic fumes released by a spill of hydrochloric acid forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 resi

Himont Inc. is raising polypropylene prices 2.3 cents a pound, effective immediately, on all new ord

1)Textile Quotas to Watch as of 10/21/89 2)Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 10/21/89<

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it was indefinitely detaining all shipments of mushroom

An Ecuadorian-flag containership that grounded at the entrance to Boston harbor last week sailed Sat

Shipping lines serving the Caribbean and Central American trades will impose a ''security charge" by

GROUP NAMES YENINAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORBarbara Spector Yeninas was named executive director o

West Germany's Bayer AG bought Creations Aromatiques SA, a Swiss fragrance firm with a branch in Woo