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A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court and ruled that the Coast Guard acted properly las

Antitrust guidelines issued last month in response to Proposition 103 would prohibit brokers from di

INSURED STORM DAMAGE IN $40 MILLION RANGEInsured property damage from Hurricane Chantal, whi

Reflecting the impact of a continuing rate war, insurance brokers experienced a generally lackluster

1417 (Aug. 16, 1989) Previous day - 1409 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Soft economic growth and an expected decline in business are triggering a new round of truck rate di

NEW QANTAS JET TO FLY NON-STOP TO LONDONQantas, the international airline of Australia, has

B&W Cartage Co., Detroit-based regional truck line, is using its new operating licenses to serve Can

S. CALIF. CLEAN AIR PLAN WOULD RESTRICT TRUCKSTrucking patterns in Southern California could

Scandinavian Airlines System is developing an electronic network that willallow paperless ha

Two U.S. Navy ships will visit Baltimore Sept. 15-18 and will be open for public visits, the Navy sa

Sea Containers Ltd., the container lessor and ferries and ports operator, on Wednesday rejected an i

Association of American Railroads, 1989 industry audit conference, Aug. 20-22. Marriott Downtown Hot

China may have found a hidden opportunity posed by its chronically congested ports and inadequate in

Three companies are vying for the right to operate one of the Philadelphia Port Corp.'s primary stee

A Soviet freighter is returning to Montreal with a cargo of Canadian toxic chemical wastes that the

American companies could find strong markets in Europe for their products if they improved their des

Hundreds of workers tore down black-and-red strike flags, unlocked gates and poured back to their jo

Supporters of a bill to strengthen the Caribbean Basin Initiative ought to scrap controversial text

THAI COMPANY TO BUY BUMBLE BEE SEAFOODSPillsbury Co. said Wednesday it will sell its Bumble

Creating domestic agencies that will maintain an open trade policy in each country is the only way t

President Bush's visit to Budapest earlier this summer is proving to be a boon to U.S.-Hungarian tra

U.S ports loaded 12 percent more chemicals for export in the second quarter of 1989, compared with t

A Dutch court Wednesday ordered toxic zinc waste turned away by Brazil in July returned to its origi

Investors in Trinidad & Tobago plan to build a $160 million chemical-grade methanol plant, one of th

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. of Toledo, Ohio, will acquire full ownership of its affiliate, Fibergl

The United States imported 7 percent more chemicals by volume in the second three months of 1989, co

Completion of a US$1 billion petrochemical plant on Australia's west coast now seems unlikely, at le

The U.S. dollar edged lower Wednesday on concern that today's key report on U.S. trade for June may

The government of Thailand, already presiding over strong economic growth and overseas interest, is

U.S. imports of palm oil from Malaysia are expected to increase substantially now that the American

Wheat prices will firm into the fall and winter months reflecting weather- relate d crop reductions,

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

ARGENTINA TO ASK IMF FOR STANDBY LOANBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's economy minister

Wed., Aug. 16, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

CONFERENCE BOARD (New York) - Gail Fosler was named chief economist and director of the economic and

JAPAN POSTS 7.8 PERCENT RISE IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTProduction at Japan's mines and factories r

* Trading with Hungary 4A * Hong Kong, German Firms to Help China Build Boxes 1B* Tim Sansbu

This tranquil, prosperous south Atlantic port is an example of what Angola could be like if peace ta

Viewed in isolation, the United Auto Workers' failure to organize a Nissan automobile plant in Tenne