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Private crop forecaster Sparks Commodities Inc. has pegged total U.S. 1989 wheat production at 2.0 b

Unilateral U.S. action under the 1988 trade law against foreign unfair trade practices could complic

A strengthening market for liquid chemical shipping helped Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA b

CONSUMER PRICES RISE 0.4 PERCENT IN SOUTH KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's consumer p

Bright growth prospects have led to increased competition in the relatively young U.S. waste-to-ener

INDONESIA RAISES EXPORT CREDIT RATESJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will slash subsidies on e

The Federal Reserve Board's overall report on the nation's economy, generally optimistic, does point

Bankers remain skeptical about Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's plan for Third World debt relief.

The Department of Transportation formally approved the transfer of Flying Tigers' air cargo rights t

The United States and the 12-nation European Community have reached a tentative compromise toward re

The European Community targeted a host of provisions in the U.S. Trade Act of 1988 as violating exis

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who will resign his position later this month over links t

Wed., May 3, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

One of the two main containerport operators here has received official approval for an extension as

Like a patient with terminal cancer, the failed New York Insurance Exchange is chugging toward a pai

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday despite three rounds of dollar-selling by central banks.<

America West Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it offered to buy Eastern Airlines' Northeast shuttle, but

1649 (May 3, 1989) Previous day - 1641 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Industrial Transportation Budgeting and Quality Peformance, sponsored by University of Wisconsin's M

USX Corp.'s latest announcement of plans to spend $240 million on a fifth continuous caster at its U

The United Mine Workers of America said Tuesday it would accept federal mediation in its contract di

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the first of a new generation of bomb sniffers will

The Port of Wilmington's fortunes continued to brighten this week with the inauguration of monthly S

One of Western Europe's top labor advocates has blasted European Community lawmakers for all but ign

ICC SETS CAPITAL COSTS FOR RAIL INDUSTRYThe Interstate Commerce Commission has set the cost

"I call it a system, not a ship," chuckled Capt. Bernd Hinrichs as he prepared for the inaugural voy

While the Japanese open more and more "transplant" assembly lines in North America, the Big 3 automa

NON-FARM PRODUCTIVITY RISES 0.5 PERCENT IN QUARTERThe productivity of U.S. non-farm business

RULING DUE NEXT WEEK ON BHOPAL CHALLENGESNEW DELHI, India - India's Supreme Court said Wedne

Nearly 90 countries agreed Wednesday to support a ban on ozone-destroying chemicals by the year 2000

A leading British computer manufacturer has started sending electronicpurchase orders to sup

Regulating the use of computerized files containing personal data is among a broad range of issues t

IBM PRODUCTS ENHANCE PRIVATE PHONE SYSTEMSInternational Business Machines Corp. has introduc

HAPAG-LLOYD TO EXPAND AGENCY ORGANIZATIONSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Hapag-Lloyd AG is expanding i

There's a 50 percent chance motorists in some parts of the country will be waiting in lines for gaso

SAUDI KING SEES OIL AT $26 IF ALL COOPERATEOil prices could reach $26 a barrel early next ye

An article on Page 1A of the May 2 edition of The Journal of Commerce, headlined "Analysts Question

A locomotive missing for more than 100 years in eastern Colorado has been found, but not by the 300

Four months ago, futures traders were concerned that the FBI's investigations into illegal trading p

The Federal Reserve's district banks said the economy has been growing at a ''moderate, sustainable