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U.S. manufacturing companies increased their investments overseas in the first half of 1989, the Con

About 300 Jeep workers will be temporarily laid off when Chrysler Corp. suspends production of the G

Sept. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

MAPCO PLANS TO ACQUIRE JNO. MCCALL OPERATIONSTULSA, Okla. - Mapco Coal Inc. announced Friday

Major private-level Japanese manufacturing corporations plan to expand capital spending by an averag

Between Zurich and Cairo, the regular one-way coach fare is $767 if the ticket is bought in Switzerl

qBritain should be able to remain self-sufficient in oil and gas well into the next century, accordi

CHURCH HEAD ENJOINED FROM SELLING INSURANCEAUSTIN, Texas - An Austin judge issued a temporar

The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded two contracts totaling 9,000 tons of coal in its first weekly

Mergers of overnight package companies such as Federal Express with major air freight players like F

RBC WON'T PROCEED WITH P.A.M. PURCHASETONTITOWN, Ark. - P.A.M. Transportation Systems Inc. s

Emery Worldwide, a leading air freight carrier, has moved its corporate inventory distribution opera

A $120 million overhaul of the interior of Seattle-Tacoma Airport to create a new international trad

WHAT'S A RAILROAD'S REAL VALUE? Several analysts and railroad executives question how much of the re

Ansett Airlines Managing Director Peter Abeles said the company this week will resume some internal

AIR CANADA PLACES BOEING AIRCRAFT ORDERAir Canada has ordered nine 767-300ER twinjets and pl

Westinghouse Transportation Systems of Pittsburgh has been hired to build and operate a "people move

James A. Glugoski, the Federal Maritime Commission's San Francisco district director, retired Aug. 2

U.S. Customs Service officials and executives representing six ocean carriers and eight airlines hav

California State Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie last week added four of the state's largest

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is expected to announce today the launching of a

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Wendy Gramm reintered her opposition to certain provis

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. is insuring the world's largest collection of natural gold, a $4 millio

Japanese life insurance companies are setting their sights on Europe as their next target for real e

Maritime Editor: Jon JacobsThe Journal of Commerce110 Wall St., New YorkNew

U.S. coal production in the week ended Aug. 26 totaled 19.975 million short tons, up from 19.949 mil

Japanese shipyards have enjoyed a surge of new business in recent months, according to latest shipbu

Island Creek Corp.'s plans to double the size of its already gigantic China coal project have hit an

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

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

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

SAUDIS TO CUT PRICE FOR OCTOBER DELIVERIESSaudi Arabia has told U.S. companies that the pric

Futures prices continued to range above the spot market for the actively traded positions last week.

A government plan to invest at least 2 billion French francs into the shipping industry over the nex

A competitor dubs KLM Royal Dutch Airlines "the pirate of the skies," but hastens to add, "I say tha

1437 (Sept. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP. (Cherryville, N.C.) - Richard Turney was promoted to senior director

It sounded like a good idea when it was conceived a couple of years ago. Why not run a nice little p

The head of an independent truckers association is trying to drum up support for adding a co-chairma

Nearly 30 shipper and shipper association representatives gathered behindclosed doors all da