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In the Friday, Sept. 2 edition of The Journal of Commerce, FMC Corp.'s price increase for 75 percent

METALLIC STEARATES ARE UP AT WITCOThe Organics division of Witco Corp. is raising the under-

Designers of computer-controlled equipment are stepping up efforts to prevent disasters caused by bu

* Customs Update - 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 4A* Michael G. Messner - Rails' Wasted Cap

TWA PILOTS FILE SUIT TO BLOCK BUY-OUT PLANNEW YORK - Pilots at Trans World Airlines Inc. Wed

Lloyd's of London said Thursday that the hurricane that struck southern England last October has tur

Congress is expected to consider legislation today that would end quickly this morning's planned rai

Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co. knew it was pouring dangerous chemicals into the area around its Newar

The House of Representatives likely will get a chance to vote on a banking bill this year but not on

French Agriculture Minister Henri Nallet said he will meet with U.S. Agricultural Secretary Richard

This year's Summer Olympics in South Korea may clash with the needs, comforts and budget of many Asi

A Waste Hot Line set up last week by the International Maritime Bureau is already generating some us

Two major oil refiners lowered the price they pay for West Texas Intermediate crude oil by 50 cents

Supplies of gasoline and distillate increased moderately, according to the latest supply bulletin fr

Otisville BioPharm Inc. Wednesday announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to merge w

RUCO INCREASES POLYESTER PRICESHICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Ruco Polymer Corp. is increasing prices on

A robust U.S. economy should keep ethylene in short supply for the next two years as U.S. petrochemi

NEWMONT MINING CORP. (New York) - Richard B. Leather was elected vice chairman of this metals mining

State-run Air India, in the red for 15 straight months, appears to be turning the corner. Ma

The French government has set up a series of specialist study groups to help prepare for 1992, Europ

TDCC Ocean Standards Maintenance Committee, Sept. 15, semi-annual members-only meeting, Maersk Inc.

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday on short covering stirred by a huge European order to

Thu., Sept. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A new report for the Maritime Administration concludes that carriers may enjoy some success hauling

For its automation campaign to work, the maritime and trade industries are going to have to get smar

ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. licensed from Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, N.J., and Hoffmann-La Roche L

ITEL WON'T INCREASE ITS STAKE IN APCItel Corp. will not increase its stake in American Presi

THINGS ARE SLOWLY getting back to normal at American Cyanamid Co.'s Wallingford, Conn. plant.

A House committee took a major step forward Thursday in the congressional beat the clock effort to a

A new $6 million terminal for Alaskan ferries is being laid out today following a state of Alaska de

EC APPROVES DEALINGS AMONG STEELMAKERSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission

Despite drought conditions most of this summer, terminals on the Lower Mississippi River handled 21

U.N. officials are caught in a maddening situation, sitting on a $7.2 billion nest egg they can't to

BUNDESBANK SATISFIED WITH CURRENT RATESCELLE, West Germany - Bundesbank President Karl Otto

China's principal shipping line can handle no more than 15 percent of the nation's container load, a

Saudi Arabia has made a detailed discount pricing offer to Japanese oil companies for October shipme

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB 3

A NEW GENRE of commodity player may be emerging, traders who watch nothing but the numbers - the vol

American Association of Port Authorities 77th Annual Convention. Sept. 11-15. Keynote panel is moder

A new weed killer that uses heat instead of poison to clear terraces and gravel or paved paths has b