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The Soviet Union is starting to seek Western advice on a whole range of management and business matt

ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER PASSES CHINESE TESTSThe Chinese government has approved a second-generat

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Monday despite dollar-selling intervention by the Federal Reserve

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it has agreed in principle to exchange certain operating subsidy righ

If bad is good, is good necessarily bad? The drought is bad, right? For thousands of farmers

A steep rise in insurance premiums for offshore oil installations was forecast Monday following last

Leaders of Japan's three major opposition parties bitterly rejected a new proposal by the ruling Lib

India is being nudged gently into opening up an investment fast track to make life easier for forei

The complicated set of stock transactions and vessel charters announced last week among four existin

DOLLAR RISES ABOVE 100 ON ATLANTA FED INDEXATLANTA - The dollar rose above its 1980 average

The Export-Import Bank has resumed taking applications for medium- and long- term financing of expor

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

Japanese investors still have an appetite for U.S. stocks. Europeans and other foreign inves

Trying to cut down on roadside accidents, NCI Transportation Services Inc. has produced a driver edu

SAI AND BRITISH RAIL LAUNCH OVER-50 CLUBCHERRY HILL, N.J. - SAI Group Inc. has signed an agr

Roadway Services Inc. reported second quarter income of $15.1 million, or 37 cents a share on revenu

The Jewelers Shipping Association, which provides transport services for the jewelry industry, is in

Viking Freight Inc. reported second quarter net income of $2.2 million, or 62 cents a share, on reve

COULD WISHFUL THINKING have prompted the recent suggestion that W. Graham Claytor was about to resig

Allan McArtor sees progress behind him and a renewed sense of pride and enthusiasm in the Federal A

July 7, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Two years from now, Minnesota can boast that it saved 700 miles of track. Since 1978 Minneso

If carriers can do it, so can stevedores. In the same fashion as the recent spate of slot-ch

1186.0 (July 8, 1988) Previous day - 1186.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

A new scandal involving charges of huge waste and wholesale mismanagement has rocked Far Eastern Shi

DOCKWORKERS PICKET AT PORT CANAVERALATLANTA No disruption in operations was reported at Por

NO PAN AM JOB in Allan McArtor's future, the Federal Aviation Administration boss said last week.

A directory, The North American Cruise Industry 1988, has been published by Nissen-Lie Consult Inc.<

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. (Flint, Mich.) - Robert T. Bolo was appointed GM Automotive Components Group r

Nicholas M. Baker, a 45-year-old graduate electrical engineer, will be the prime mover in the drive

American President Cos. is coming close to ending its ties to California's gold rush with the sale o

The French merchant navy may not survive the present crisis unless action is taken to revive it, acc

In a budget-cutting move, the Dutch government plans to cancel part of a submarine construction proj

Speculation that it was once again a takeover target Thursday sparked heavy trading in the stock of

Africa Ocean Lines, the Nigerian-owned shipping company, has restructured operations in an effort to

Last week's trading in the freight futures market pointed up the difference between the soft summer

This week, Polysar Energy & Chemical Corp.'s board of directors is scheduled to approve the definiti

In a spinoff from Star Wars" research, scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have found a

DOW CHEMICAL RAISES PRICESMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. announced price increases fo

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (Troy, Mich.) - Ross W. Fasick, director of the Du Pont Co.'s finishes