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LEASEWAY TRANSPORTATION CORP. (Cleveland) - Anthony J. Kosak was named president and chief operating

Nor-Fishing '88. Norway's largest trade fair and seminars on fishing technology, vessels, ships' equ

President Reagan is expected to sign legislation to require nuclear power companies to take a bigger

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Shipping Corp. is proceeding with plans topurchase Farrell Line

Most of California's Silicon Valley companies still are assessing whether new U.S. trade legislation

BILL WOULD COMBAT ILLEGAL IVORY IMPORTSThe House has approved legislation to bring the Unite

MCI Communications Corp. chairman and founder William G. McGowan's illness came at a crucial time fo

Lloyd's of London reported that insurance losses paid out on ship hulls damaged in the Persian Gulf

CHAD - $22 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for primary schools.

Tue., Aug. 9, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

An unspecified number of million-ton chemical mining projects are being undertaken by China to spur

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Utilities in Illinois and elsewhere in the nation's midsection are being forced to cut power output

Canadian Pacific Ltd. of Montreal reported a 51 percent increase in earnings for the second quarter

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. will host one-day seminars on automated information syst

James K. Batten, the new chief executive officer of Knight-Ridder Inc., telephoned me in June with a

Standard & Poor's Corp. has lowered the ratings attached to about $445 million of debt issued by The

Australia's marine insurers will be using the International Union of Marine Insurance Conference nex

An 18-year-old high school dropout was charged Monday with the theft of more than $1 million in soph

SHIPPERS HAIL TRUCE IN PERSIAN GULF WARShippers were cautiously optimistic on Tuesday after

James R. Wolfe, chairman and chief executive officer of CNW Corp., died Monday afternoon of cancer.

Steel production fell to 1.890 million tons in the week ended Aug. 6, a decrease of 3.8 percent from

Senator Linie, the maverick round-the-world carrier that started operating last June, said it has ta

A round-the-world service is only as good as its component parts, as United States Lines learned in

Production of crude glycerine (including synthetic) for June 1988 totaled 22.4 million pounds, down

EASTERN OBEYS ORDER, CANCELS LAYOFF NOTICESEastern Air Lines, complying with a federal judge

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. said Australian Airlines has ordered nine 737-400s for delivery in 19

The U.S. Postal Service will offer a new type of pre-stamped envelope this year, hoping to pick up s

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng blasted the European Community on Tuesday for blocking progress i

What's the best way to manage electronic data interchange? Stop using it altogether - for a

A Pacific Northwest congressman wants the U.S. Customs Service to give the Port of Tacoma the same n

The Port of Oakland announced a new plan Tuesday to dispose of hundreds of thousands of cubic yards

1190 (Aug. 9, 1988) Previous day - 1192 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

OPERATING INCOME SLIPS AT CNA FINANCIALCNA Financial Corp. reported that net operating incom

Bankers Trust is continuing its Australian success story with a triple-A rating. Bankers Tru

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity has announced the establishment of the Commercial Space Advisor

The House of Representatives Tuesday gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to legislation implementi

OLIN HIKES PRICE OF CAUSTIC SODASTAMFORD, Conn. Olin Corp. increased its off-list prices of

Chevron Corp. will expand capacity for the manufacture of polymer grade propylene in two stages by a

AIRGAS INC. (Wilmington, Del.) - Thomas Mason was named president. Mr. Mason has been president of U