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In only a year, Norfolk Southern Corp. has managed to lease out entirely some virgin coal properties

China will carry out a three-year program to combat unacceptably high levels of air pollution in its

Feb. 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

OPEC oil production fell sharply last month, mainly because of cutbacks by Persian Gulf exporters in

THE RUMOR MILL GRINDS OUT NAMES of possible candidates for the chief executive job at Conrail.

Gov. Mario Cuomo has threatened to veto Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's budget for next

The Swedish shipping group Wallenius Line plans to transfer one or two of its car carriers to the U.

The Interstate Commerce Commission should set broad guidelines to help resolve freight bill undercha

1499.5 (Feb. 8, 1988) Previous day - 1488.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Monday in a market made cautious by this week's meeting of the policy-

Union Official Implies NY Plan MismanagedALBANY, N.Y. - A lobbyist for the state's largest p

If the pattern of 1987 and previous years holds true, U.S. imports from Mexico this year should rise

The last thing Louis Paulsen expected to hear was that he may have to pay his customs broker more mo

Australia Hits Snag With Turkish PlanROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - A project to ship 3 millio

Union Carbide Corp. has acquired BP Chemicals International's worldwide hydroxyethyl cellulose busin

Japan May Cut Imports Of US Feed GrainsZenchu, Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Coopera

Japanese automakers assembled cars at a faster average rate at company plants in the United States t

In a further liberalization of its foreign investment rules, Mexico is allowing outside capital into

First Call Corp., a Boston-based financial information service firm, is developing an on-line data b

An agreement to distribute financial news and statistics in Japan was signed Monday by Knight-Ridder

The Soviet Union's annual gold sales on the world market are 5 million to 10 million ounces, accordi

Alan Kennedy hasn't taken long to discover what short memories many shipowners have. Just tw

Energy producers should not expect OPEC or the U.S. government to act this year to boost oil prices,

Aluminum Company of America's Industrial Products division and Coastal Products & Chemicals, Houston

General Public Utilities Corp. said it has asked the Securities and ExchangeCommission for p

Sabena, Belgium's national airline, is exploring cooperation deals with other European carriers in a

Individual member lines of a rate-setting conference covering U.S. exports to southern Europe are pl

U.S. trade officials will wait until May to review the possible reallocation of Panama's share of th

Ford Pay Hike Rejected As UK Workers StrikeUnions representing more than 32,000 auto workers

China is adopting new guidelines for its rapidly developing electronics industry. The aim is

Nationwide Life Insurance Co. has developed a flexible-premium annuity that offers a variety of inv

New York State businesses no longer have a problem getting commercial liability insurance, but the c

Insurers aren't expected to flood the Florida medical malpractice insurance market in the wake of le

Nuclear plants in the United States are still a little cheaper to operate than coal-fired plants, bu

PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW MEXICO (Albuquerque) - Mitchell J. Marzec was named treasurer, replacing L

World oil demand will increase 640,000 barrels a day in 1988 to an average 49.11 million b/d, a U.S.

This year is already showing all the hallmarks of 1987 for fledgling Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd.,

While U.S. industry and government have been simply moving toxic waste problems from one place to an

The boom in the heavy truck market may abate sooner than most manufacturers expect, according to a r

On Luring Foreign Investors to the U.S.: A long list of juicy advantages is being offered fo