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The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Board Options Exchange have high hopes for the new CBOE 2

FOREIGN TRADE'S IMPORTANCE to the U.S. domestic economy was glaringly obvious again this week, as th

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

DELTA AIR EARNINGS UP 69 PERCENT IN QUARTERMONROE, La. - Delta Air Lines earned $99,951,000,

Oct. 27, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

International Business Machines Corp. appears to be regaining ground lost to rivals in the battle fo

Farrell Lines Inc. may have to find a new home for 57 barges it has been storing in San Francisco Ba

The All India Shippers' Council is urging the government to ratify the 1978 United Nations Conventio

North American potash production rose in August by nearly 35 percent to 491,234 short tons of K2O co

DEXTER CORP. (Windsor Locks, Conn.) - R. Barry Gettins was named president of the Dexter Nonwovens d

The House of Representatives may again step-up its efforts to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act or re

Thu., Oct. 27, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Prices for nearly every major category of imported goods fell during the third quarter, while U.S. e

A hated word was on the lips of most cognac producers meeting in Paris this week - whiskey.

The government's textile commissioner has raised minimum prices for exports of some garments to the

Two Japanese companies are considering investment opportunities in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean bas

UTILICORP UNITED PLANS TO BUY CABOT SYSTEMKANSAS CITY, Mo. - UtiliCorp United intends to acq

UTILICORP UNITED (Kansas City, Mo.) - Clark G. Redick will join the company on Nov. 1 as new senior

Why, you might wonder, does a major airport - already operating at capacity and often crowded to ove

Happy days are here again for the trucking industry - sort of. After a disastrous 1987, prof

Meredith S. Buel, a special assistant to the chairman of the National Mediation Board and a longtime

Sean Burke, the newly named president of Crowley Maritime Corp.'s Atlantic Division, said he plans t

After a two-year freeze of its transit tolls for most commercial ships, the Suez Canal Authority ann

Waterman Marine Corp. has signed a definitive agreement with International Shipholding Corp. to sell

Six states have adopted laws requiring that recycling codes be stamped on plastic bottles, and two o

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Liberalization of the European Community market in 1992 will create new opportunities for insurance

FEELING WEDGED BETWEEN A ROCK and a hard place may best describe the emotions of U.S. and Soviet agr

Soviet lawmakers meeting Thursday to adopt 1989 budget for the first time admitted that the country

DEREGULATION, INFLATION TARGET OF SWEDISH BILLSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - The government presented a

Seven foreign-backed hotel ventures are among more than 100 large projects canceled by Chinese offic

General Motors Corp. today reported its third-quarter earnings rose to $859.2 million, an industry r

The annual tug-of-war over coking coal contract prices is getting under way between U.S. exporters a

The Federal Maritime Commission has offered additional guidance on its proposed rules for using the

The U.S. Department of Energy's obscure Economic Regulatory Administration will go out of business o

From Vision to Payoff: Breakthroughs to Growth, 20th Annual Information Industry Association convent

100,000 RAIL WORKERS FACE TESTING FOR DRUGSSALT LAKE CITY - The Federal Railroad Administrat

1369 (Oct. 27, 1988) Previous day - 1364 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

A Belgian shipping company trading between Mexico and the Indian subcontinent is expanding its servi

The headline of a story on Page 3B of the Oct. 26 edition of The Journal of Commerce should have sta