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Chevron U.S.A. Inc. decreased by 50 cents a barrel its posted buying price for all grades of crude o

Hoechst Celanese Textile Fibers, a unit of Hoechst Celanese Corp., is installing a $10-million-plus

For April 1988 vs. April 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortApr. 88

U.S. sales of lawn and garden chemicals, potting soils and soil conditioners totaled almost $2 billi

For April 1988 vs. April 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)RegionApr. 88 Apr.

For April 1988 vs. April 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)Rank CommodityApril 88

Chemical import volumes climbed steeply in April to 3.2 million metric tons, compared with 2.4 milli

FIRE FORCES EVACUATION IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Thousands of residents bega

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

A mania for giant mazes in which humans run about like puzzled laboratory mice is the latest import

Growth and change cut two ways at the same time in the still-successful regional airline industry, i

Electronic data interchange is the food industry's seasoning of choice. That's because the t

The Federal Aviation Administration has refused to review a 155-an-hour limit on flights at Chicago'

COMPUTERS AND FRUSTRATION often go hand in hand. If you doubt that, just ask the United Stat

IBM RETAINS NO. 1 SLOT IN MAGAZINE SURVEYNew York - International Business Machines Corp. re

A Defense Department computer network used by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a naval air stati

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement has filed new currency adjustment factors for shipments fr

Aeromexico, the state-owned airline that was declared bankrupt two months ago, is being restructured

The British government has given in to demands from the shipping community and decided to bring down

In an apparent bid to fix damaged labor relations at Eastern Air Lines, Texas Air Corp. Chairman Fra

A Port of Seattle executive will become executive director for one of the nation's most active log e

When Henry G. Jeff Joffray left a steamship company 21 years ago to join the Port of New Orleans, th

Prospects for the trouble-free liberalization of Europe's air transport industry could be strangled

AIRBUS GIVES US FIRMS DEADLINE ON PROJECTThe four-nation Airbus Industrie has set an October

FRENCH YARD WORKERS STRIKE OVER JOB PLANWorkers at France's last surviving major shipyard we

Government agents, and evidence from Brutus the drug dog, showed no grounds to believe a plane chase

June 20, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1254.0 (June 20, 1988) Previous day - 1258.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

CON-WAY CENTRAL PLANS NEW SERVICE CENTERSANN ARBOR, Mich. - Con-Way Central Express said it

The Port Everglades Authority still doesn't know for certain whether a container crane, damaged in a

USX Corp. is selling a majority interest in seven railroads it owns for about $500 million to a New

A coalition representing shippers and retailers urged Congress to finish the job of deregulating the

Few of the 1,200 workers who have been on strike against the Springfield Terminal Railway since mid-

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River ground to a halt again, just hours after a week-long tie-up a

The Coast Guard disclosed it has taken disciplinary action against Rear Adm. Peter J. Rots because o

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

Mon. June 20, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Monday, unaffected by early Bundesbank selling of dollars overseas and

Trading in the secondary market for Third World debt continued in a narrow price range last week, wi

BURUNDI - $90 million from the World Bank's International Development Association to help the govern