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1495 (Feb. 17, 1989) Previous day - 1499 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

REGIONAL BLOCS Common Market Trade Barriers. Feb. 23. Organized by Long Island University's

John R. Holland has given himself perhaps the hardest sales job of all, the selling of an idea.<

Last week saw the buyers of freight futures emerge from hibernation, as sentiment again turned posit

DEVELOPERS UNVEIL PLAN FOR BRIDGE AT NIAGARANIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A group of developers seek

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - David Burgess was appointed branch manager at ABF's And

Federal transportation officials said it is not feasible by today's standards to adequately enlarge

Transamerica Container Leasing Inc., based in White Plains, N.Y., will acquire the "high-cube" conta

Fruehauf Corp. lost $10.2 million on revenue of $547 million in the fourth quarter. That com

For the week ended Feb. 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Hearings and deadline dates for pending U.S. International Trade Commission investigations:*

The end of hostilities between Iraq and Iran is reviving the fortunes of the industrial free zone at

It's getting harder to tell the imports from the domestic goods. After all, what do you call

WRIGHT POSTPONES VOTE ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIPHouse Speaker Jim Wright has called off until afte

A major U.S. metals company has signed an agreement with the Guyana government to mine and sell the

The U.S. International Trade Commission will complete next month its report on pros and cons of poss

An organization representing wastepaper processors has protested a series of shipping rate surcharge

The heated debate over the development of Brazil's technology sector has intensified with a federal

France and the Soviet Union have agreed to seek orders this year for new French exports totaling 5 b

Six hundred Illinois workers have gotten jobs thanks in part to a billion Chinese and their increase

A joint venture between Detroit's Bing Steel Inc. and Cleveland-based LTV Steel Corp. has produced a

FIRESTONE WILL BUILD TWO ROOFING FACTORIESAKRON, Ohio - Firestone Rubber & Tire Products Co.

GOLDEN VALLEY MICROWAVE FOODS INC. (Minneapolis) - Robert A. Sander was named president. He was name

Although a number of companies may talk about the perceived benefits of air freight, most Canadian s

Despite selling its Grand Trunk Eastern subsidiary, Canadian National Railways assured New England s

Passed over for the job of CEO by his former employer in North Carolina, the current president of Ba

A health-care coalition Thursday proposed a $21 billion overhaul of Medicaid, the government health

THREE LAWSUITS FILED IN LOCKERBIE CRASHThree lawsuits were filed last Thursday against Pan A

A "People" item that appeared on Page 11A in The Journal of Commerce of Monday, Feb. 13, misstated t

The New River, which originates near Mexicali in Mexico and enters California at Calexico, has becom

A heated debate has arisen over the likelihood of survival for the many small pharmaceutical compani

ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION INC. (Washington, D.C.) - David N. Parker, vice president of corporate affairs

Eastern Canada's leading cereals export port, Thunder Bay, recorded a 16 percent decline in total tr

An initial voyage is scheduled for mid-March in a new ship service between Salem, N.J., and Hamilton

MK-FERGUSON TO BUILD DRUG PLANT FOR GLAXOMorrison Knudsen Corp. of Boise, Idaho, said a subs

Ethylene prices are maintaining a three-tiered level of 32 to 34 cents a pound, despite the widely r

Zimbabwe is expanding its coal production base for the first time since 1923, when African tribesmen

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter says he's looking for men and women who are

Polish miners will extract between 185 million and 190 million metric tons of coal this year, press

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