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HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

DELTA, NORTHWEST, TWA WEIGH JOINT VENTUREDelta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Trans World

The National Mediation Board has proposed its first ground rules ever for handling competing union c

Richard B. McQuade Jr., a U.S. District Court judge, will resign to become president and chief opera

Saudi Methanol Co. (Ar-Razi) has signed a contract for an expansion project to nearly double methano

Two carriers in the Australia-U.S. trade are asking the Federal MaritimeCommission to declar

A New Jersey investor who owns several small Northeastern freight lines will buy ailing Bowman Trans

After 45 years as dairy farmers in Merced County, the Vierra family has fought to keep pace with new

Trade relations between the United States and the European Community are back on an even keel after

US GROUP INCREASES ITS STAKE IN SAATCHISaatchi & Saatchi PLC said Monday that the U.S. inves

Now that U.K. authorities have stopped the clock on Sir James Goldsmith's $21 billion bid for B.A.T.

It has taken five years, but Ken Lay now has Enron Corp. about where he wants it. The 47-yea

U.S. oil and gas drilling activity increased last week over the same period a year ago, the oil serv

IMPORTED CARS GET BEST, WORST MILEAGEImported cars dominate both the best and the worst cate

The debacle in the junk bond market could undermine the dollar in the weeks ahead, some traders and

Despite U.S. objections, an international panel will again take up China's application to join the G

The state-run Port of Singapore Authority, which regularly introduces concessionary rates to stimula

CONSUMER PRICE RISE OF 0.2 PERCENT IS EXPECTEDU.S. consumer prices crept up 0.2 percent in A

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

U.S. customs brokers and forwarders are worried that the stepped-up war on drugs will adversely affe

The Soviet Union is urgently seeking admission to the world's leading lendinginstitutions, such as t

JUDGE FINES UNION; PLANT SIT-IN CONTINUESLEBANON, Va. - A judge Monday fined the United Mine

SEPT. 18, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Mon., Sept. 18, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

IF THE TRADE DEFICIT shrank, industrial output rose and wholesale inflation fell in the latest batch

Two natural gas utilities, one U.S. and one Canadian, will begin work soon on the first major energy

Bruce Seaton, chairman and chief executive of American President Cos., challenged the maritime indus

Burlington Air Express announced at the weekend it is increasing lift capacity by 25 percent and ina

The Frankfurt airport is planning a 7.4 billion deutsche mark expansion to enable the airport to han

Poland was in the news again last week, resulting in sharply higher to limit- up pork belly futures

Opposition is mounting in the Senate to the nomination of Margot Machol to a seat on the Commodity F

U.S. exports of railway equipment to Africa could use a shot in the arm from competitive sales finan

Sept. 15, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

BRAZIL SETS TARGET FOR RAW SUGAR EXPORTSRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The Brazilian federal gover

United Fruit Co. has announced the appointment of Canusa Shipping Agency Inc. as its subagent for Ne

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 13A* Stanford Erickson - Conver

US SEALIFT POLICY SOON TO BE RELEASEDA long- awaited new national sealift policy statement m

The World Bank received over $1.5 billion more in loan repayments than it disbursed in new loans in

More funding to help Third World nations will dominate International Monetary Fund-World Bank talks