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PCs AND SATELLITES. Those are the hot issues at the Distribution/Computer Expo in Chicago th

West Coast ports are slowly eroding the dominance that the Delaware River ports have maintained for

The latest beneficiary of a special U.S. trade program for the Caribbean expects to compete successf

U.S. business executives are anxiously awaiting the departure of Mikhail Gorbachev from Beijing, say

INSURERS SLASH RATES FOR NJ HOMEOWNERSTRENTON, N.J. - More than 70,000 homeowners will save

Harry Corless, chairman of ICI Americas Inc. and ICI American Holdings Inc., will retire July 31, 19

The 1989 dollar rally has demolished conventional wisdom on Wall Street. Taken by surprise,

As many as 200 longshoremen will be unemployed when Chiquita Brands Co. of North America moves its o

Record U.S. exports in March revived hopes for a substantially better U.S. foreign trade balance thi

Amerijet International Inc., an all-cargo operator, is expanding its overnight freighter service in

CANADA TRADE SURPLUS NARROWS SHARPLYCanada's world merchandise trade surplus in March declin

May 17, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1744 (May 17, 1751) Previous day - 1751 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Southern Shipper and Motor Carrier Council, 78th annual meeting, May 21-23. Mountain Brook Inn, Birm

A cruise company whose luxury liner rammed into a Cuban merchant vessel, killing its captain and two

May 17, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Family Secrets wishes its bottled sweet-and-sour sauce wasn't such a secret in Singapore, and Sun Sp

MONTEDISON REPORTS 54 PERCENT JUMP IN '88 NETMILAN, Italy - Italy's Montedison SpA said Tues

FARMERS AREN'T BUYING ALAR, UNIROYAL SAYSAs the season to spray apple trees with Alar, or da

Containership Agency Inc. merged this week with American Container Agency Inc., a related company th

U.S. meat imports have hit the skids in 1989, and industry sources are not optimistic that there wil

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Hugh Sigmon was appointed vice president of marketing at the Co

Most business and transportation ground to a halt Wednesday as more than 1 million people joined pro

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

Wed., May 17, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Toy exports from Thailand this year are expected to hit $140 million, compared with just $16 million

Midwest Foreign Commerce Club dinner, May 22, Starlight Inn, Schiller Park, Ill. Speaker: H. Hilbrec

As a number of European shipping companies restructure or expand in anticipation of the continent's

An "epidemic" is being created by reinsurers refusing to pay legitimate debts to insolvent insurance

The Bush administration is gearing up to develop a national energy plan that many energy producers a

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

SPILL STUDY TO DELAY ALASKA OIL, GAS LEASESU.S. Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Wednesday or

Testimony in the opening day of the Exxon Valdez oil spill hearings "raises some questions of judgme

The transformation of transportation oriented electronic data interchange in the United States has g

The United States is headed for serious trouble because it is selling its export producers and their

The number of people employed by the nation's cities is on the rise again, the Census Bureau reporte

Conrail is investing $3 million in a cogeneration partnership that is sponsoring over $2 billion wor

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. announced that International Telephone & Telegraph, Freiburg, West G

The European steel industry, like its U.S. counterpart, went through a painful restructuring in the