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The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee wants the Bush administration to r

Nine African ambassadors huddled with executives from the M.W. Kellogg Co. last week as part of an u

The structure of Southern California's electronic community cargo information system is beginning to

Census takers are about to launch a survey of the nation's housing. More than 41,000 homes i

China is not likely to cut its shipments of crude oil to Japan under term contracts despite agreeing

Australia has high hopes that its wool exports to China soon will increase. Those expectatio

Six oil producing countries that are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countrie

Any moves to escalate the Salman Rushdie affair into a full-scale trade war would rock the Iranian e

Colombia will temporarily freeze oil exports to cooperate with the Organization of Petroleum Exporti

A Peruvian research ship ran aground in the Antarctic, and most of its 53 crewmembers and scientists

An international standard for the next generation of larger shipping containers is still a long way

Official details emerged over the weekend of the tin export quotas agreed by seven of the world's la

REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ECONOMISTS, before they signed off, went to some lengths to defend their recor

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

William J. DeWitt was appointed vice president, domestic marketing and sales for Burlington Northern

Air Canada president Pierre Jeanniot said the merger of his two largest competitors will end a "kami

World trade center representatives and trade missions from as many as 57 countries will meet in Beij

SPD TECHNOLOGIES SETS JOINT VENTURE IN KOREASPD Technologies has announced a joint-venture a

A consumer watchdog group Monday announced a campaign to tighten federal pesticide laws, saying a st

A tanker truck overturns on a busy highway in an urban area and immediately burns. The drive

Feb. 27, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The United Transportation Union's ratification of a tentative accord reached earlier this month with

Japan has decided to alter its monitoring of overseas computer chip prices, one of the key provisio

American Transport Lines Inc. is scheduled to handle its first ship Thursday at the Port of Philadel

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

With the absence of any new reports stifling trading activity, secondary market prices of Third Worl

Rail freight rates for most goods will go up 11 percent effective April 1, Railway Minister M.R. Sci

EASTERN SAYS UNION IGNORED COURT RULINGMIAMI - As the deadline for a possible strike nears,

When 19th century editor Horace Greeley urged fortune-seekers to go west, he pointed further than 50

Montecristo cigars from Cuba. Enough Chinese fireworks to light up a holiday, or blow up a house. Ca

Five years ago, Electrolux Corp. took a look at its products and its plants and decided it was suffe

A new logistics study, called "Leading Edge Logistics: Competitive Positioning for the 1990s," is av

Ethylene prices will fall dramatically in the years ahead as new capacity begins to come on line, ac

NORWEGIAN OIL EXPORTS FORECAST TO RISE IN '89Norway's oil exports in 1989 are provisionally

Transcon Inc. earned $142,000, or 2 cents a share, in the fourth quarter compared with a year-earlie

World trade grew at its fastest rate in four years in 1988 and looks set for record growth this year

Several U.S. carriers and ports will end up winners or losers from a pending Federal Maritime Commis

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* GATT Bullish on 1989 Trade

A trans-Atlantic liner service operated by United Fruit Co. plans to cease sending its ships to the

Contract Freighters Inc. is expanding its operations in Memphis and will hire 550 new employees with