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Local companies will get quasi-official backing for the first time this year to take part in the pre

The United States and Brazil will do over 50 percent more trade between them this year than they did

Inventories of U.S. wholesale merchants rose 0.9 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted $173.3 bi

Traditional Exports Crude and refined petroleum, rugs, foodstuffs.Potential ExportsT

Republican George Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis Wednesday celebrated victorious conclusions to t

International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday it had agreed to sell an educational publishing

In the strongest political challenge yet to the government's market-oriented economic policies, the

SOVIETS TERMED LIKELY TO REPAY EX-IM BANKWASHINGTON - The governments of Cuba and Ethiopia a

Thousands of abandoned hens are starving to death each day at Japanese poultry farms as financially

Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and junk bond dealer Michael Milken face civil charges from the Securiti

President Reagan signed legislation to make U.S. laws comply with a recent fisheries treaty governin

The banking system needs to strengthen its level of risk-based capital in order to keep up with fina

Wed. June 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Brazil's chronic, breakneck inflation - running about 600 percent a year - carries with it an overlo

The leap in grain and soybean prices in recent weeks has made Chicago's agricultural futures pits ex

A majority of countries in the European Community still want to agree on a way of dismantling negati

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 4.71

Recent commodity price increases could sap interest in talks to revamp farm subsidies by making thos

WEST GERMAN MILLERS PLAN CAPACITY CUTFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German grain millers pla

Canada is expected to honor its wheat export commitments for 1987-88, but efforts to sell more wheat

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead urged Hungarian leaders Wednesday to introduce a fr

U.S. and Japanese negotiators are expected to resume talks early next week in Tokyo in yet another a

ATEX OUTLINES PLANS FOR CENTER IN SCOTLANDBEDFORD, Mass. - Atex Inc., a leading manufacturer

CF Ocean Picks Agent in W. GermanyLONG BEACH, Calif. - CF Ocean Service, the international c

Stolt-Nielsen is selling door-to-door cargo insurance to its bulk liquid shipper customers.

As most shipowners know, after a vessel accident, the owner is entitled to limit his liability to th

Grocery stores are taking electronic data interchange to the streets. They're looking to tam

Construction of an expanded center for seafarers at Port Newark received a boost from Sea-Land Corp.

Mediterranean Group To Raise Rates 10 percentThe Mediterranean-Pacific Coast Eastbound Trade

Greece is fighting the European Community's bid to outlawprotectionism in Europe's coastal shipping

June 8, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

1287.0 (June 8, 1988) Previous day - 1288.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

A FEW GRAIN SHIPPERS are pleased with the changes Burlington Northern Railroad made to liberalize it

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unexpectedly scheduled a session to consid

Low water levels may force barge operators to reduce the tonnage they load in each barge and the num

Net earnings for United Parcel Service Inc.'s trucking operations fell more than 50 percent in the f

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., one of the world's largest liquid and drybulk tanker operat

The International Maritime Organization has announced plans to open an institute in Malta to help de

Shipping lines in the U.S. trades had better learn to live with service contracts. That's the word f

The Soviet Union is discussing collaboration with U.S. and other foreign interests to develop vast n