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IT'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS for two Illinois grain shippers. First the good news. The shippe

Although some meat packers and retail chains have been affected by the recall of trucks in their fle

A Bay Area Rapid Transit management employee implicated in a bribery and extortion probe is resignin

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will invest $238 million to expand and modernize the paint facility

Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. earned $100,000 in June, its first monthly profit in several years, the

A federal bankruptcy judge approved Wednesday a $14 million state bailout of the Chicago, Missouri &

In a story that appeared in page of Thursday's edition, the terms of a proposed takeover of San Dieg

ARKANSAS BEST CORP. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - H.L. Hembree has resigned as chairman and chief executive o

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

Federal officials issued new bridge inspection rules aimed at helping states spot problem spans befo

Shipping lines calling at Thailand's principal containerport are really feeling the pinch from conge

California is importing more than tourists this summer. The Golden State also is pulling in

INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OPERATING CO. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Thomas J. Simmers was named vice presiden

Japan should eliminate barriers that restrict U.S. chocolate manufacturersfrom promoting the

The Federal Maritime Commission wants to tighten its rules to make sure that the ocean freight rate

Westwood Shipping Lines and Gearbulk Container Services have announced plans to share space on each

Both Republican and Democratic camps want to move from the general to the specific on ocean shipping

If Wednesday's oil spill in the Chesapeake Bay follows the general pattern, it will result in renewe

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

An empty 599-foot Norwegian tanker that went aground at the southern end of Staten Island Thursday i

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. announced that it has negotiated a reduction in its bank borrowing rat

Mitsui & Co. said Thursday it will send a mission to Iran in late September to study the possibility

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first major regulatory step toward control of g

HIMONT HIKE PRICE OF POLYETHYLENEWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont U.S.A. Inc. has announced an 8-ce

When is a hot dog not a hot dog? To Protein Technologies International, that is the question

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that it will start up a new facility to produce developmenta

U.S. dissatisfaction with Japan's patent laws will be high on the agenda at U.S.-Japan trade talks t

Connecticut scrap metal dealers, facing possible fines, have stopped taking old refrigerators and ot

TAKEDA BOOSTS SHARE OF BIOMEDICAL FIRMTakeda Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan's largest pharm

ENVIROPACT INC. (Miami) - The company appointed Michael H. Ayers vice president for engineering. He

Wall Street analysts say Farmers Group Inc. got a good price in its merger agreement with Batus Inc.

DELAWARE RESOLVES RACE-RATING COMPLAINTDOVER, Del. - The Delaware Department of Insurance ha

A federal judge has let stand the first damage award in 30 years of anti- tobacco litigation, but al

The worst-ever set of monthly trade figures, showing that Britain is buying far more than it is sell

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

A survey reveals that 95 percent of U.S. business travelers received no training on how to travel ef

It seems that it is the airlines that always lead the way with creative marketing schemes to lure t

Taiwan's central bank is selling the Taiwan dollar against its U.S. counterpart, analysts in Taipei

The United States announced it was easing a ban on payments to Gen. ManuelAntonio Noriega's governme

The approximate $1 billion Soviet trade debt to Finland may be solved by a hefty Finnish loan to Mos