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Import contracts concluded by 18 major Japanese trading companies rose 11.8 percent in May from a ye

Cargo volume through the Port of Boston is shifting toward greater reliance on exports, which are ri

On the Philadelphia side of the Delaware River, the Tioga Fruit Terminal keeps especially busy durin

The Maritime Administration has put together possible guidelines for determining fair and reasonable

METRO-MARK INTEGRATED SYSTEMS INC. (New York) - Eric Reidinger was named customer support coordinato

A compromise on a difficult constitutional question has cleared the way for agreement between the Re

TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS BACK BEIJING PROJECTSEntrepreneurs from Taiwan are working with Beijing

The United Arab Emirates carried out a threat to ignore its quota assigned by the Organization of Pe

In Brazil, the latest equivalent of a Wanted Dead or Alive poster is a reward being blazoned across

The Federal Maritime Commission won't jump in and decide whether a carrier may deny extending terms

Steel production fell to 1.819 million tons in the week ended June 25, a decrease of 1.5 percent fro

Sales of new homes edged down 0.1 percent in May, the first setback since January, the government re

Consumers will pay at least 6 percent more for food over the next year, which will boost the consume

ARGENTINA, ITALY REACH $5 BILLION AGREEMENTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine Chamber o

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

James M. Bouskos, a businessman who was appointed to the San Francisco PortCommission three

Joan M. McEntee was named deputy undersecretary for the Commerce Department's International Trade Ad

UK INTEREST RATE SEEN BLOW TO FARMERSLONDON - A rise in British interest rates to 9.5 percen

The new vessel-sharing arrangement between Sea-Land Service Inc., Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd L

AMMONIA PRICES SURVIVE DROUGHTProducers say ammonia prices have been stable since May and ar

Britain's Sempernova PLC entered a joint venture agreement with Zhanjiang Oils & Fats Chemicals Co.

Union Petrochemical Corp. of Taiwan and Monsanto Chemical Co. have signed a cooperative agreement to

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

June 29, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

House and Senate conferees reached agreement on a $17.8 billion fiscal 1989 spending bill for energy

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Don Bearden was appointed terminal manager at Hot Spri

The leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party said Wednesday that the nation must press ahead with econ

The government plans new regulations to protect copyright on integrated circuits, the microchips tha

U.S. consumer activists have accused the Swiss Nestle Co. food conglomerate of breaking promises to

The president of Coca-Cola Co. Wednesday countered reports that the Atlanta soft-drink maker bribed

The value of newly started U.S. construction projects rebounded by 9 percent in May to an annual rat

Traditional Exports Fish, iron, steel, petroleum, fertilizers, paper, paper products, wood p

COLDWELL BANKER (Los Angeles) - Thomas F. Sternfield was named a vice president of Coldwell Banker R

Wed., June 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The nation's gasoline stocks declined and distillate fuel stocks increased slightly last week, accor

GAS EXPLOSION KILLS 40 MINERS IN CHINAForty miners are believed to have died after a gas exp

EAST HAMPTON AIRWAYS GETS GROUNDING ORDERFederal Aviation Administration officials grounded

For 44 years, the official policy of the self-anointed Heart of Silicon Valley has been to distrust

The newly named Port of Tilbury, operated by the Port of London Authority, was earmarked Tuesday for

South Korean companies are likely to be the big winners of a recent U.S.-Japan pact aimed at opening