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A large commercial fishing vessel that sank in an Alaskan waterway over the weekend is continuing to

Record container volumes, strong demand for lumber in the Far East and rising steel imports pushed c

FOR A WHILE THE discussion with Colin N.E. Mitchell turns on the changed - and still changing - envi

DELAWARE OTSEGO POSTS QUARTERLY EARNINGS RISECOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Delaware Otsego Corp., the

A bridge that railroad baron James J. Hill built over the Mississippi River more than a century ago

U.S. steelmakers shipped 43,791,000 net tons of steel in the first six months this year, up 2.5 perc

When it comes to churning out favorable propaganda, you have to admire the Japanese. Each mo

A Navy officer has filed suit to collect the $100,000 life insurance benefit of a shipmate who died

Losses that exceed the national average for all automobile coverages are the root cause of auto insu

Feruzzi-Montedison Group, the Italian-based chemical and industrial conglomerate, has acquired more

More than 1,000 delegates from 45 nations are expected to converge on Milan next month for what's be

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

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

A Miami company is suing the Maritime Administration, the Department of Transportation and two major

National reunions for World War II merchant seamen and related occupations will be held in San Franc

United Parcel Service Inc. asked federal officials for international aviation rights to fly cargo to

A congressional investigating agency is taking a look at a 1986 tax reform law provision that repeal

''Korean Carrier in Tax Battle," a story on Page 1B of The Journal of Commerce Aug. 8, should have s

The Port of Tacoma's new executive director named the other two top candidates for his job as his de

Texaco Inc.'s old refinery at Lawrenceville, Ill., shut since 1985, was just acquired by a subsidiar

A federal appeals court is expected to decide this week if United Parcel Service Inc. must continue

NORTH AMERICA National Merchandise Show. Sept. 9-12. Javits Convention Center, New York. Thi

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (New York) - Wally Austin was named vice president in the U.S. co

The dollar declined Tuesday in light trading on the perception that its recent rally was overdone.

There will be only a "modest rally" in sales of existing homes for the rest of this year because low

Exxon Corp.'s massive oil-spill cleanup in Alaska's Prince William Sound has run aground again.<

Only slight delays in cargo delivery will result from Monday's collision here between containerships

1409 (Aug. 15, 1989) Previous day - 1405 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 15, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The restructured Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. said second-quarter earnings were slightly higher, but were

The Military Sealift Command and Sea-Land Service Inc. began Tuesday an exercise that Sea-Land descr

Asia's newly industrialized nations are fast moving in on the U.S. economic foothold in the Caribbe

SONY TO BUY SHARES OF MATERIALS RESEARCHSony USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Cor

BRAZIL COFFEE, SOYBEANS NOT AFFECTED BY STRIKESAO PAULO, Brazil - A one-day protest by steve

A company owner and four others Monday filed suit in the Tokyo district court against alleged unfair

American trading partners have agreed to let the U.S. government cut the red tape tying up exports o

Tue., Aug. 15,1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Batman gloves and Superman T-shirts are among the millions of dollars worth of children's wear that

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

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