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MIDWEST AND WESTERN rail shippers are hoping conversations with rail officials will lead to lower ra

The Louvre Accord on currency stability, now 18 months old, is still intact but looking more and mor

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

U.K. sugar analyst C. Czarnikow Ltd. Thursday forecast a world 1988-89 (September through August) su

Economic growth in Indonesia last year came in at a disappointing 3.6 percent, the government said,

Australia and New Zealand moved closer to full economic union Thursday with the signing of a new agr

ROMANIA - REMOVAL OF MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS. The removal of MFN statusfrom Romania becam

In the gently rolling valleys that are home to Ireland's sprouting electronics industry, there is a

The iron sailing ship Edna, a worn but still useful old lady" for all its 72 years, nodded gently on

Cruise operator Bermuda Star Line Inc. named Kristian Siem chairman of the board and chief executive

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

Increased competition in the world coal market means that a prolonged miners strike in Poland won't

A Continental Airlines report filed with federal safety inspectors blames the fatal November crash o

Pan American World Airways Chairman Thomas Plaskett told the mechanics union this week that it has u

Eastern Air Lines has paid its sister carrier Continental Airlines $30 million to hire and train pil

The Interstate Commerce Commission Wednesday granted Delaware Otsego Corp. an 180-day extension of i

For the week ended August 6, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

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

U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen denied a motion by a former Chicago Board of Trade member to dismis

COMMODITY MARKET LETTER PUBLISHERS from Wall Street to La Salle Street are heard lamenting over the

TOURISTS FLOCK TO UK, BUT ENTHUSIASM WANESForeign tourists flocked to Britain in record numb

Global arms sales are on the decline and the superpowers are losing an important source of political

Mauricio Monroy envisions a 21st-century Mexico that, after years as a convenient source of cheap la

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said a team of U.S. lawyers will travel to the Soviet Union nex

Mexico's senior union leader is urging government action to stop capital flight, bringing into the l

U.S. chemical export value increased a rapid 25 percent in June with export volume up a less dramati

August 18, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

APPLE COPYRIGHT CASE DELAYED FOR ONE YEARSAN JOSE, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Robert Aguil

One of the largest U.S. military exercises, Reforger 88, began late last month with the movement of

A sharp drop in Soviet grain import requirements over the next five years will depress world grain t

With a formal cease-fire only days away in the Iran-Iraq War, the focus in Tehran is shifting to reb

A new category of insurance cover for port authorities is to be launched by the London-based Through

Venezuela will issue $100 million of Eurobonds Monday, marking the second time a developing nation d

OHIO CASUALTY REPAYS ALL OF EMBEZZLED FUNDSMAYS LANDING, N.J. - Public funds taken by a form

Auckland, New Zealand, lives up to its motto of the City of Sails. Look out from any directi

While South Korea's shipbuilding industry is hard on the heels of No. 1 shipbuilder Japan, Korean sh

Underground storage tanks for home heating oil are less threatening to the environment than those us

After four years of pleading for adequate facilities to house its commercial cargo staff at Los Ange

Aug. 17, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

DEAN WORLDWIDE (Huntington Beach, Calif.) - Ronald Kiser was named an account executive. He was mana