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

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

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

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

U.S. Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa, and Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said they are encouraged by the U.S. Se

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Friday said U.S. futures exchanges must

RISE FORECAST IN OUTPUT OF GERMAN BEET SUGARFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German 1989-90 (J

Talk about being a risk taker. Claude Bebear, chairman and chief executive of Axa-Midi, now France's

The Super 301 provision of U.S. trade law is not aimed at retaliating against trading partners but i

The dollar probably will continue to rise this week, but the rally may be on its last legs, traders

More than 40 new berths will be completed at Chinese ports by the end of this year, the authorities

PHILA. LABOR LEADER, W.M. CULLEN, DIESWilliam M. Cullen Sr., a leading maritime labor leader

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

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

The Italian treasury minister appointed two new officials Friday to head Italy's biggest commercial

Trans-Pacific ocean carriers that specialize in forest products are looking ahead apprehensively to

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INCREASES IN CHINAThe growth of heavy industry surpassed that of light ind

An infant export firm here has been successfully selling products rangingfrom veneer logs to

An international stock exchange opening here next year marks the latest effort by this 2.3-square-mi

For the week ended Sept. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

SEGER 'UNCONVINCED' RAPID EXPANSION AHEADFederal Reserve Gov. Martha Seger Thursday said she

A soft boat-building market and stalled construction market will hold U.S. shipments of composites t

Shell Canada Products Ltd. announced Thursday the introduction of three blends of unleaded gasoline

ENTRY SUMMARY FILING TIME LIMIT/REJECTS. I. Rejected Entry Summaries. Entry summaries must b

The Bush administration, for now, will not facilitate China's entry into the General Agreement on Ta

The Military Sealift Command delivered a strong message to U.S. carriers this week when it accepted

When Hurricane Gilbert devastated 70 percent of Jamaica's coffee crop in 1988, the Japanese were the

Sept. 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A private terminal operator is on the verge of starting up an electronic communications system for t

ALTHOUGH DEMAND for gold and other precious metals remains sluggish, in one small way the modest or

WESTERN FUELS PANS BUSH'S CLEAN AIR BILLThe Western Fuels Association announced it opposes t

With a final Commerce Department analysis of risk retention groups due this month, the industry is g

1436 (Sept. 7, 1989) Previous day - 1433 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

TWO TRAINS COLLIDE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIAHOWARDSVILLE, Va. - Two freight trains collided and de

Harvey Cooper and his partners have a bright idea. They are working on the establishment of

TRADE SURPLUS GROWS SHARPLY IN ARGENTINABUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina registered a bal

SHEEP SAUDIS REJECTED ARE SHIPPED TO KUWAITMANAMA, Bahrain - Kuwait has agreed to accept for

With air cargo volumes rising and the Boeing Co. about to open a plant nearby, Spokane International

If the effects on the insurance industry of the European Community's planned ''Single Market" are up

CAUSTIC SODA Dow Chemical Co. said it raised off-list caustic soda prices $20 a ton, not to