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The U.S. dollar was mixed in a narrow range Wednesday with dealers citing no clear direction for the

The westernization of the Soviet Union's banking system took another step forward Wednesday when Bar

When a Tennessee mule trader started shipping planeloads of mules to the Afghan rebels last year, ha

A ban on imports of strategic metals from South Africa would cost the U.S. economy at least $1.85 bi

When the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 1941 on April 27, it added to the productive satellites in orb

Big Job Loss Foreseen If Minimum Pay HikedPresident Reagan's chief economic adviser predicts

The federal arbitrator named to hear the case concerning the United Transportation Union's six-month

The Port of Ponce on the southern coast of Puerto Rico continues to invest in its infrastructure in

Five Firms Commended For Safety in NYThe New York Shipping Association honored five companie

When the European corn borer gains a foothold inside young corn plants, it leaves a trademark of rou

Union Carbide Corp. and General Electric Co. have reached an agreement to combine their worldwide si

Utilities that want to build new generating capacity in Massachusetts now must have state Public Uti

Federal Aviation Administration officials Wednesday confirmed they are studying an urgent recommenda

1455.5 (May 18, 1988) Previous day - 1452.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Corn Quantity: 70,000 mt in shipments of 15,000. Quality: U.S. #2. Must also meet Egyptian M

U.S. Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III said the world economic outlook was bright but that U.S.

Presidential Airways Inc. lost $5.5 million on revenue of $13.9 million during the first quarter.

The air freight business through Geneva Airport is soaring up and away, propelled by burgeoning traf

COMPUTONE SYSTEMS INC. (Narberth, Pa.) - E.J. Buras was appointed general manager and will oversee

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

CSX Corp. and the Maryland Port Administration have agreed on terms for the railroad's use of the in

Traders bid up prices for Brazilian debt recently ahead of the country's May 26 debt-equity conversi

Private direct investment accounts for only 14 percent of financial flowsfrom industrial to

Mike Frehr, a young, aggressive trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, is fond of pointing out that i

Gov. Robert P. Casey presented the 1988 Governor's Export Awards to six companies for outstanding ac

Visa, Sony Join Pepsi In Soviet TV Ad DealVisa, a credit card provider, and Sony Corp., the

The legislation to implement the U.S.-Canada trade accord is moving briskly through Congress, but st

Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd. reported an operating profit of US$61.5 million in the year ended la

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday approved GLI Acquisition Co.'spurchase of Trailwa

The battle for the heavy-truck industry's top spot flared up again in April as Paccar Inc. raised it

Freight volume rose sharply in the first quarter for several of the nation's larger trucking compani

BP America Inc. said its first quarter operating profit was $576 million, upfrom $507 millio

Japan's oil companies are expected to import an additional 100,000 to 200,000 barrels of oil a day i

Soviet and American aircraft will make a series of flights through a large hole in the Earth's prote

Quantum Chemical Corp.'s USI division has announced plans to build a $32million centralized research

ALLIED SIGNAL INC. (Morris Township, N.J.) - John W. Barter was appointed senior vice president, pla

After several months of discussion, a major shipping conference has told Caribbean shippers it will

The U.S. dollar rose 1.4 percent against the West German deutsche mark and 0.8 percent against the J

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

Surging exports will help the U.S. forest products industry to have a good year in 1988, even though