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Despite construction setbacks, New York hasn't given up building an intermodal railyard in New York

The topic was Just-in-Time inventory control. But the issues turned out to be people and management.

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. (Framingham, Mass.) - James Halpin was named president. He replaces John Le

A lean and specialized sea-land transport system is helping a couple of Brazilian cellulose manufact

Thirteen insurance associations and companies announced Sunday they formed a coalition with consumer

The Justice Department successfully reached back to an 1868 law to block attempts by Johns-Manville

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners tackled the thorny issue of advisory or rate-mak

The rate-cutting ax that voters dropped on the auto insurance industry four months ago has produced

INFLATION MODERATE IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONSThe inflation rate in industrial nations rose for th

INSURANCE COALITION CHALLENGING FED MOVEA coalition of insurance agent groups announced it w

International creditors were still huddled Monday in negotiations for new loans to Venezuela, saying

The minimum wage issue will be back on the political calendar some time this year, and as usual it i

South Koreans, with new confidence born of wealth and a flourishing democracy, are beginning to ques

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Britain's Pound 6A* Albert L. Kraus - M

Pillsbury Co., now controlled by Britain's Grand Metropolitan PLC, said Monday that it plans to cut

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

Past carrier agreements with the U.S. Customs Service failed to stem the flood of illegal drugs into

Right now, it's just 45 acres of flat pavement in these wooded hills, with five railway tracks and s

Railway labor is moving fast and furiously to ensure it is not the primary victim of the momentous l

To free up cash, Sea-Land Corp. has sold title to four of its largest containerships, and is close t

America's frozen Northwest is meeting Asia's (comparatively) warmNortheast, as Alaska stages its fir

TRAILER TRAIN DEVELOPS ARTICULATED FLATCARCHICAGO - Trailer Train Co. has developed an artic

P&O AGREES TO BUY DISTRIBUTION COMPANYPeninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., the U.K.'s

U.S. ship operators and shipbuilders are at odds over whether there is a need to clarify the standar

Representatives of Japanese-flag carriers are amused by the way some other shipping companies are pu

EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL (U.S.A.) CORP. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Richard Huang was named president of th

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

State money for settlement of $162 million in Indian land claims against the city and Port of Tacoma

Joseph Chau, president and chief executive of Hong Kong Islands Line, has formally announced the end

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

The futures market traded upward last week, although its pace was sideways until late Wednesday onwa

Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita said Friday the stability of foreign exchange rates during 198

The best informed businessman might be surprised to learn that Dow Chemical Co. has its foot in the

A senior Environmental Protection Agency official told Congress Thursday that apple products are saf

AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD. (New York) - Robert F. Smith will step down on or before July 1 as chairm

Thu., Mar. 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

BUSH URGED TO JOIN EC IN PHASING OUT CFCSA senior U.S. official is urging President Bush to

Amines Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., said it will increase list and off-l

China has opened a new petrochemical buying office in Houston, distressing U.S. chemical makers in A

The scam seemed almost foolproof in its simplicity. A group of five planned to fan out acros