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Fri., May 19, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

FMC SETTLES PROBE OF CRUISE OPERATORThe Federal Maritime Commission has settled a probe into

General Motors Corp. will set up a branch office in Taiwan this summer to capitalize on a sales boom

The FBI subpoenaed records of a California Senate committee on insurance shortly before it announced

The American auto industry may be a leader in globalization, but parts suppliers aren't keeping pace

Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles says the new intermodal rail-truck facility here is "ready, operatio

''THE MEANEST BUSINESS TEACHER in the whole world is the free market." I don't know why anyone would

It looks like another promising new drug is coming down the pike from the biotech industry.

A just concluded meeting in motor city should help push electronic data interchange into high gear i

For the week ended May 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

If location is a key to any important business venture, then the Atlanta Tradeport is sitting pretty

The Commerce Department will sponsor a seminar mission to Beijing, China, Sept. 11-13, to broaden co

Japan's next premier may well be the elderly former chairman of a bankrupt shipping company, a rulin

China's decision to crack down against student protestors and the apparent resignation of Communist

1744 (May 19, 1989) Previous day - 1748 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Two major accounting firms, Arthur Young & Co. and Ernst & Whinney, have agreed in principle to a me

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

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to maintain a production ceiling set i

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia has settled a Federal MaritimeCommission civil pen

Four Indonesian contractors have begun export shipments of coal in the last 18 months, putting the c

The U.S. Postal Service takes the cake, in this case more than 200 miles, without messing the frosti

UNITED PLACES ORDER FOR 32 BOEING JETSNEW YORK - United Airlines has placed an order for 32

UK CHANCELLOR SEEKS ENTRY DATE FOR EMSLONDON - Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson will

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Richard E. Murphy was named vice president and general manage

Custom Design Technologies of Canton, Ohio, received approval for a $150,000 loan from the Ohio Stat

Leading shipowners, ship charterers and bankers are divided over the best course of action for the w

US PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF IOWA SAILOR POLICIESNORFOLK, Va. - Authorities have launched a crim

Warren Leback, a former deputy maritime administrator who has been mentioned as the possible nominee

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index Friday eased from the record set on Tuesday and ended

The crush of business will lighten for the International Trade Commission in June. It is sch

Citizens can now buy a Europillow, emblazoned with a circle of 12 gold stars on royal blue, but foun

An experimental program to create jobs for New York dockworkers will get under way June 5 following

CONSUMER PRICES RISE IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONSConsumer prices in Western industrial countries an

NETHERLANDS TO CUT USE OF FARMING CHEMICALSTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch Ministry of Ag

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

Higher freight rates increased first quarter profits more than 50 percent year-over-year for several

Net operating income for America's railroads increased 22 percent during 1988 on a 6 percent growth

Just in time for that summer vacation in Europe: a stronger dollar to bolster Americans' buying powe

A devastating fire in Maine's Jackson Laboratory has created such a serious shortage of rare mouse s