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Hoechst Celanese Selects J.E. MeritCHATHAM, N.J. - Hoechst Celanese Corp. has selected J.E.

Due to strong exports, South Korea's trade surplus in February more than tripled to $524 million fro

Natural Gas Prices Fall on Spot MarketSpot market natural gas prices have dropped between 10

Long Island Rail Road Gets 'C' Service RatingThe Long Island Rail Road received an overall g

Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather J. Gradison told Congress the agency is determined t

Property and casualty insurers in Massachusetts are unhappy that a universal health insurance propos

Memo Shows Lorillard Downplayed DiscountsNEWARK, N.J. - The Lorillard Inc. tobacco company s

A longstanding dispute over the rights to the original Budweiser trademark has triggered comment in

Irving Trust Co. announced Wednesday that it acquired an additional 39 percent ownership in Banco de

MORE, MORE, FASTER, FASTER. Most of the discussion at the American National Standards Instit

New contracts are a rarity at this Navy port's six shipyards, leaving dry docks empty and workers wo

Maher Terminals Inc. will close its stevedoring operations in Baltimore on June 30. Maher, t

Mar. 2, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY of the U.S. coal industry was written in February when a cargo of coal

Occidental Chemical Corp. increased the list price schedule for dry caustic soda on March 1 for spot

Chase Manhattan is far from happy with its Australian operations, but is hopeful of substantial impr

South Korea Posts Rise In Payments SurplusSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's current account

The European Community plans to use its own version of supply-side economics rather than reflate its

The three firebombs used in the harbor tug strike are much alike, federal investigators say. It rais

The World Bank, the largest source of aid loans to the Third World, announced Monday it made a profi

Engineers from Kenworth Truck Co. say their new idea truck is not for sale. Not for sale. Not for sa

A sudden halt in Argentina's lucrative grain trade with Iran has upset President Raul Alfonsin's bud

A Corps of Engineers report says it would be economically feasible to deepen Boston harbor's shippin

The Federal Maritime Commission late Wednesday dropped its proposed retaliation against ocean carrie

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted to make rates charged by Public Service Electric & Ga

Mar. 2, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

European Airlines Plan New Tariff StructureBeginning April 1, a number of European airlines

Lufthansa AG's passenger and freight volumes increased significantly in 1987 and financial results a

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel declined moderately last week, according to the the latest

Spain is sprucing up its transportation network in the preparation for the 1992 Summer Olympic games

Insurers, agents and computer vendors gathered here Wednesday to wrestle with the obstacles slowing

Two trade groups representing independent insurance agents are upset over a Travelers Cos. telephone

A major Japanese textile manufacturer has selected Fresno as the site of its first production plant

A senior U.S. trade official hinted at reprisals against South Korea if it did not soon open many of

Cool Carriers, the large Swedish operator of refrigerated ships, appears ready to replace some of it

A U.S. district court judge will hear arguments March 29 by five U.S. maritime unions against the Re

British companies are less prepared than their continental European counterparts for the creation of

Four senators have introduced what they call experimental legislation authorizing $1.1 billion for c

Proposals for a Malaysian petrochemical plant have been made by a U.S.-German joint venture and init