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US, SOVIETS TO MEET FOR GRAIN SALES REVIEWWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture sa

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe After 1992: Implications for the United States & Japan? April 11-12. F

Smiling and greeting the crowd at Port of Tacoma headquarters, Della Newman of Seattle looked more l

Chemical export volumes slipped 2.6 percent in February to 3,253,000 metric tons from 3,339,000 metr

Apr. 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

MATSON NAVIGATION CO. (San Francisco) - Barbara White Trimble was named treasurer of this shipping c

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

HONEYWELL STOCK RISES ON TAKEOVER RUMORSCHICAGO - Rumors that Honeywell Inc., the big electr

The electronic information revolution that is becoming such an instrumental part of transportation s

GEORGIAUS COMPLETES PURCHASE OF SOUTHLANDGeorgiaUS Corp. said it completed its $433.5 millio

That quarter of Germany claimed by the Soviets after World War II today boasts the best economy the

Ford Motor Co. is in an enviable position. Last year, the company's electronics-product deve

The European Community's sugar beet output in 1989-90 (September-August) will rise by 2.9 percent fr

The nation's paper-box manufacturers are gnawing on the hand that feeds them. The manufactur

Executives of Japan's largest longshoremen's union warned at the weekend they intend to continue the

Corporate America is eyeing Europe for potential takeover targets and junk- bond players, but the re

Kuwait has chartered at least four tankers and Saudi Arabia another eight, shipping sources said her

The Port of Oakland said it has delayed the date on which an environmental impact report will be cer

Apr. 7, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

Although Chicago's rats are the toughest in the nation, and as loathsome as any to inhabit urban Ame

Associated British Ports Holdings PLC, a major ports and property development group, has announced a

Howard I. Hoch, George Papazicos and Hope E. Rosenbaum were named vice presidents at Equitable Finan

Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey, who played host to Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev for

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A* Stanford Erickson - C

The federal government is studying whether criminal charges can be brought against Exxon Corp. for i

International efforts to reduce protectionism and liberalize world trade can be resumed following cr

Apr. 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low

AEP Industries Inc. announced the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Design Poly

New electronic trading systems will lead to a re-examination of international regulation of the futu

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday on a statement by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Texas, that he wants the

Joint venture agreements between British and Soviet companies ranging from expanding Soviet chemical

* Customs Update 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Marc Levinson - Korea and America's Embr

A maritime union and a shipping line fulfilled their promise to challenge International Shipholding

American Airlines on Thursday unveiled a major expansion of its Miami passenger and freight service.

ADHESIVES Atochem Inc.'s Polymers Division, Glen Rock, N.J. announced a 3 percent price incr

Amoco Chemical Co. announced that it will nearly triple the purified terephthalic acid, or PTA, annu

DESPITE ECONOMISTS' CONCERNS about inflationary pressures emerging later this year, gold prices have

S. KOREA ALLOWING CURRENCY TO RISESEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean won may strengthen t

Japan is expected to garner the No. 2 spot at the International Monetary Fund by the end of the year

Exxon Corp.'s pledge to pay all claims arising out of the worst oil spill in U.S. history is apparen