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TLC Beatrice International has sold its Singapore-Malaysia operations to Singapore-based Fraser & Ne

Autolatina, South America's biggest motor company, is negotiating a $900 million contract with Iraq

If you are one of the 110 million Americans who carry bank-issued credit cards, watch those monthly

The Federal Maritime Commission may allow port authorities to award or withhold exclusive tug servic

Authorities in this world's biggest port, plagued by a 25 percent unemployment rate, are debating wh

A $5 million plan to pave over a sawmill yard contaminated with arsenic has won approval at the Port

MINETA, MIKE'S MAN ON MOVEMENT, showed up on the podium prominently during the Democratic National C

A stone's throw from the Seine River, the bit of a drill under a towering white derrick bores a hole

July's hot weather caused Americans to spend more than a quarter-billiondollars above normal

MOBIL BOOSTS OCTANE AT LA., TEXAS STATIONSFAIRFAX, Va. - Mobil Oil Corp. said it increased t

Air cargo's long-running double-digit growth rates reflect a hot market buoyed by higher U.S. produc

The government is launching a project to develop an ultrasonic passenger plane that will be able to

SAS PURCHASE PLAN AWAITS RATIFICATIONBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Scandinavian Airlines System

After state-owned Aeromexico plunged into bankruptcy last April, the government charted a course: cr

Welcome to the VDT wars, West Coast style. VDT stands for video display terminal. In New Yor

How does the trade community spell relief? Oliads.At least, that's what Torrance, Calif.-bas

RESTRAINT ORDER ISSUED IN TRADE SECRETS CASESAN JOSE, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corp.

Slow is the way to go with electronic data interchange, according to Datapro Research, New York.

HOUSE APPROVES MARAD, FMC FUNDINGThe House of Representatives has approved a $502 million fi

Arco Alaska, which operates the Prudhoe Bay oil field, may lose its North Slope barge slip in Tacoma

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The idea of using synchrotrons for X-ray lithography was proposed 15 years ago. But synchrotrons are

Several ships have anchored in the Persian Gulf to wait for passing U.S warships after new fears of

The U.S. Customs Service, trying to keep pace with spiraling drug production, has seized a record 10

Aug. 12, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1195 (Aug. 12, 1988) Previous day - 1191 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

TOP STORIES: The U.S. chemical industry is expected to spend some $18.29 billion on capital

TOP STORIES: Grapefruit and phosphate exports are fueling very strong economic growth in the

A proposal to turn a dilapidated Seattle wharf into a major gateway to Alaska, possibly with histori

Truck drivers should be tested for drugs during roadside safety inspections by state officials and n

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. acknowledged it has spent more than $11 million thus far in its

DESIGN WORK LAUNCHED FOR DENVER RAIL LINEDENVER - De Leuw, Cather & Co. was chosen by the Tr

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

Some of New York's construction firms, labor leaders and other highway industry officials want the s

For the week ended July 30 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Canada's two largest railroads are up in arms about conditions laid down by a federal labor arbitrat

The cost of shipping cargo from the U.S. West Coast to the Middle East and Indian subcontinent will

An increase in cargo volumes combined with the completion of its rationalizatio n program helped the

Tougher legal controls on insider trading will be enforced in Japan as of Oct. 1 in view of the rece

The U.S. trade deficit report for June will determine the short-term direction to the dollar.