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

Crude oil inventories increased and refinery utilization rates remained high, the American Petroleum

Background: The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 reinforced recent directions in U.S. t

Leaders of the American futures and options industries fear publicity and concern over U.S. industry

Soichiro Honda is no Horatio Alger, but he'd play the role well in the Japanese translation.

Magma Copper Co., San Manuel, Ariz., has declared force majeure under its contracts for the delivery

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday on suspicions by some market participants that the Federal Reserve

Businessmen have a responsibility to assist governments in shaping trade policy, according to Henry

SHIPPERS APPLAUD THE SUPREME COURT decision in a Missouri intrastate trucking case. "I like

Thu., Oct. 12, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Fresh efforts are being made to entice China and Brazil into the Association of Tin Producing Countr

Yugoslav Prime Minister Aste Markovic meets today with President Bush and top aides in a bid to mobi

Wilford Middleton is with Sea-Land Service Inc. A story on Page 1A of The Journal of Commerce on Oct

THOMSON IS MARKETING RCA GOODS IN E. ASIAThomson Consumer Electronics Sales and Marketing Co

Lingering trade disputes sparked heated exchanges among U.S., Canadian and European Community offici

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

In the National Press Club, a young woman told a crowded roomful of reporters about being painfully

Japan Air Lines, which has taken a price leadership role on air freight across the Pacific, told shi

Richard Smith of Wei T'o Associates Inc. thinks he has developed a novel technology to save the mill

A company cannot hide behind a "corporate veil" to avoid funding the cleanup of a toxic chemical spi

U.K. interest rates will remain high for as long as it takes to squeeze inflationary pressures out o

A House subcommittee Thursday unanimously urged the Bush administration to take action against the E

Air cargo carriers and the Customs Service are preparing to eliminate the red tape that often adds 4

$3.8 BILLION HUGO LOSS A PRELIMINARY FIGUREThe preliminary estimate of insured property dama

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

The International Express Carriers Conference fears that a study commissioned by the European Commun

European transport ministers are worried about European Commission proposals for the second phase of

Transportation Research Forum, 31st annual forum, Oct. 11-13. Williamsburg Hilton Hotel & Conference

ENGELHARD TO BUY CANADIAN PACIFIC UNITEngelhard Corp. Wednesday said it had agreed in princi

A photograph of a Trans Ocean Ltd. tank container was misidentified in a pictorial story that appear

Oct. 11, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1479 (Oct. 11, 1989) Previous day - 1476 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

In less than a year, the budding double-stack train business in New England has grown from a curiosi

Manville Corp. plans a $65 million expansion of its fiberglass facility in Waterville, Ohio, which e

UBE Industries of Japan Ltd. broke ground this week on a new U.S. plant to supply General Motors Cor

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said Wednesday that her visit here accomplished a "great deal"

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, filed a rate increase request with the Pennsy

The Bush administration is fretting over how much the Boeing Co. strike could worsen the monthly tra

Brazilian President Jose Sarney canceled the public auction of a state-owned railway equipment manuf

Wed., Oct. 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.