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Sept. 16, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High

* International Trade Commission Calendar 4A * Howard Simon - Why Industrial Price Index Is

The American Association of Port Authorities' newly elected board is made up of nine officers, up fr

U.S. exporters are missing opportunities presented by the apparent end of the Iran-Iraq war and the

A bank economist says employment growth has been phenomenal in Sacramento, adding that the state cap

Members of the bodies that create global standards for electronic messages are gathering in Sindelfi

Assurances Generales de France (AGF), the third largest insurance company in France, has set up a ne

The drawdown in world grain stocks suggests a long-term bullishness for soybean and wheat prices but

American business is picking up a strong message: You can sell to Japan. It may not be easy, but it'

The Asia-Pacific region will be the fastest-growing economic area in the world in the 1990s, a study

A.T. KEARNEY INC. (Tokyo) - Yutaka Kobayashi was named as a consultant in business and marketing str

A prominent Hong Kong leader described it as the heart of Asia's dynamic transformation. Lyd

A House Ways and Means subcommittee may vote on legislation that would expand Caribbean trade prefer

International Commerce Club of New Jersey. Sept. 21. Guest speaker: Joseph Cleveland, dangerous good

Proven reserves of U.S. crude oil rose surprisingly last year, mainly because oil companies upgraded

Officials from the U.S. Customs Service last week said they were willing to do what the shipping ind

Overnite Transportation Co. converted strong second quarter tonnage gains into a 35 percent earnings

The House Wednesday approved a conference agreement that puts the Coast Guard on a two-year budget c

HILL & KNOWLTON INC. (Brussels, Belgium) - Steven Worth, a senior vice president of this consulting

Prospects for a tax bill that includes relief to non-highway diesel users and other business tax cha

Retail sales, dragged down by a sharpest drop in auto sales in 10 months, declined 0.2 percent in Au

With the Iran-Iraq war over, Western companies are eager to participate in the postwar reconstructi

Alabama-based Drummond Ltd. announced it signed an agreement with the Colombian government that clea

Japan's offshore market has not turned out to be as serious a threat to offshore businesses in Singa

Associated British Ports PLC, the company that owns 19 United Kingdom ports including Southampton, a

APPLE COMPUTER PLANS TO HIKE PRODUCT PRICESCUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple Computer Inc. is planni

Sept. 15, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High

The only two railroads that have ever publicly supported legislation to modify the Staggers Rail Act

The future of liner shipping lies increasingly in the total transportation concept, carriers and shi

A Taiwanese importer says he can't get enough mullet roe; a Frenchman seeks salmon; a British buyer

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 300,000 people during the week end

CORROON & BLACK CORP. (New York) - James A. Finkelstein was named president and chief executive offi

FBI agents in New Orleans have arrested a convicted swindler who allegedly conspired to use $10 mill

Marine underwriters face another sustained period of unprofitability unless they take action to arre

Midwestern farm banks are apparently emerging from this summer's drought unscathed, but bankers are

North American potash production in July soared 32.7 percent to 591,285 tonsfrom 445,615 in

WILLIAMS HOLDINGS SELLS PLASTIC BUSINESSESWilliams Holdings PLC announced that it has comple

U.S. oil production declined again in August and imports remained strong as uncertainty over prices

WHEAT PRODUCERS are casting a wary eye at Union Pacific's new grain car allocation program.

Sea-Land Service Inc. is groping for a way out of its suspension from thecarriage of militar