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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

Sentencing of former Chicago Board of Trade member Thomas Sanders is set for Nov. 3, following his c

CHAMBER OFFICIAL SAYS EXPORT BOOM PEAKEDWASHINGTON - The sharp improvement in the July trade

Australia may be forced to promote a Pacific Rim trading bloc, similar to the European Community, to

COMMISSION TO REVIEW US FREE TRADE PACTThe International Trade Commission will gather views

France's efforts to protect its domestic carmakers could obstruct European Community plans for a gen

Sept. 15, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Iraq's oil minister was quoted on Thursday as saying his country would not reduce its oil output bec

The Aluminum Company of America says a profit-sharing plan involving 7,000 white-collar employees in

Thu., Sept. 15, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Intermodal transportation giant Sea-Land Corp. named five executives to key positions. They are:

Some 10,000 people protested industrial pollution in the Serbian town of Zajecar blaming carelessnes

GASOLINE PRICE DECLINE CONTINUES IN MICHIGANDEARBORN, Mich. - AAA Michigan's weekly fuel pri

Wardair Canada Inc., the Canadian airline, is expanding its international operations. The nu

Patrick Foley had been on the job as chairman, president and chief executive officer of DHL Corp. In

Federal Express Corp. earned $66.3 million, or $1.26 a share, on revenue of almost $1.1 billion duri