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Sen. John B. Breaux, D-La., is tired of hearing platitudes about the ills of the maritime industry;

North American ports are taking a major step to end their electronic isolation. For the firs

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. is negotiating to acquire Transcon Lines Inc. and to secure the financing need

The volume of waterborne chemical imports rose 11 percent in May to 3.06 million metric tons, from 2

The Federal Trade Commission has put the brakes on the proposed $1.05 billion acquisition of Pennwal

WHILE A SHAKEUP OF MANAGEMENT at some of the nation's major commodity futures exchanges and a soybea

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - Thomas M. Quigg, 45, senior vice president, was named head of the

Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command and a staunch and outsp

July 13, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

New and more attractive terms for deep-sea oil exploration off Malaysia are being drawn up by the co

Thu., July 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A U.S. business leader urged the United States to negotiate a new Soviet trade agreement to help pre

EC CLEARS FILM DEAL WITH THREE US FIRMSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission

Business leaders from the United States and Europe are holding an International Congress on Small Bu

Finding a way to encourage economic and political reform in Eastern Europe without upsetting local s

Representatives of European dockworkers' unions will meet leaders of striking U.K. dockers Monday t

Exxon Shipping Co. was waiting Thursday for favorable reports from the Coast Guard that would indica

RHODE ISLAND RAIL USERS have mixed feelings over the Ocean State's refusal to extend a state tax bre

THOSE FRENZIED FANATICS IN IRAN can now tear each other to shreds and get paid! The governme

Leading commercial, federal and investment banking officials Thursday told a Senate committee that b

Japanese corporate affiliates in the United States should increase their purchases from American sup

Trans-Atlantic trade relations will top the agenda at a meeting of European Community foreign minist

NABISCO TO RELOCATE TOBACCO GROUP TO NCNEW YORK - RJR Nabisco Inc. said Wednesday it is movi

Sales of the Big Three automakers' cars and light trucks rose 8.9 percent in early July compared wit

Barry Appointed At CommerceLisa Brennan Barry was named principal deputy assistant secretary

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The House Ways and Means committee adopted a plan Wednesday to keep aviation freight, fuel and ticke

July 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Vietnam announced its population has grown to 64.4 million, and it called on all families to have no

Japan's Transport Ministry has urged the U.S. Trade Representative to reject a shipbuilding trade gr

Dilapidated piers along Seattle's downtown waterfront should no longer be allowed to collapse into E

A proposed settlement of a four-month-old strike at Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Sparrows Point shipyard,

1400 (July 12, 1989) Previous day - 1390 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

US AGREES TO PROVIDE BRIDGE LOAN TO BOLIVIAWASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Wednesday announce

The Florida Department of Insurance late last week sued Coopers & Lybrand for malpractice, saying th

BAT Industries PLC's strategy of diversifying away from its core tobacco business principally into f

They descended from the dais, each to their own side: Japanese executives to the right, smiling as u

The Port of Seattle is going after $9 million in former shipyard property for possible construction

Japanese steel producers say they will accept an extension of the current Voluntary Restraint Agreem

Ever since officials of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ruled in June that the U.S. sugar