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Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. said Monday that its natural gas spot market survey showed that price

Spurred by the soaring Japanese yen, Japan's captains of industry are scrambling to move production

Mon., Jan. 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Stock Prices Soar As Dollar RecoversNEW YORK - Stock prices soared in a broad-based rally Mo

Two U.S. shipping lines - American President Lines Ltd. and Sea-Land Service Inc. - start the year w

Veterans Administration officials have recommended that 11 employees at VA medical centers in Philad

Ausimont NV's president and chief executive officer, Leonard Rosenblatt, is stalking a quarry with w

Potomac Electric Seeks 7.4 percent Rate IncreasePotomac Electric Power Co. Monday asked the

The megaforces of world trade, the economy and oil production will be in the driver's seat this year

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The U.S. deficit in electronics trade grew 8.8 percent to $3.7 billion in the third quarter of last

Open to the world for eight years, China is still struggling to erect administrative and legal struc

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. is negotiating with French drug manufacturer Sanofi to provide A.H. Robi

The skies are clearing for Shanghai Airlines after a start-up clouded with problems. SAL got

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

U.S. construction spending rose 2.2 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $419

Sub-Saharan Africa sank deeper into debt and poverty in 1987 and an uncertain world economy could ma

The fervor over life insurers' use of the AIDS antibody test hasn't hit French shores yet. F

The Reagan administration will continue to press more countries to open their markets to U.S. export

Electricity still flows along the more than 1,300 miles of distribution lines that cut through one o

CSX Corp. earned $129 million, or 82 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1987, compared with $13

R.E. Hart Receives Award for LeadershipCapt. Robert E. Hart, president, Marine Index Bureau,

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

Truck Group Publishes Directory of CarriersALEXANDRIA, Va. - The second annual edition of Th

Saab-Scania of America Inc. has added two new dealers to its U.S. marketing network for its Swedish-

China is expected shortly to open its first ministry-level investment company dealing solely with ag

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.'s decision to cancel the authorization of 57 New Jersey agents to sell i

Gov. John Waihee declared the city and county of Honolulu a major disaster area as the estimate on t

For the second time in less than a decade, Federal Express has won the Cargo Development Award given

January, 4, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

1265.5 (Jan. 4) Previous day - 1263.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

When domestic sugar industry representatives gather here Jan. 13 to continue discussions on alternat

The new International Sugar Agreement has not attracted sufficient support to enter into force autom

Meat imports are not expected to rise enough in 1988 to trigger mandatory quotas on shipments from f

Nearly 86 percent of Japanese surveyed said they feel uneasy about nuclear power in Japan, although

The port of Toronto begins 1988 debt free and has two major project cargoes" booked, signifying two

The walls tell it all at Eastman Kodak Co. Historically, the company's sprawling manufacturi

Korean Trade Surplus Expected to FallSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's trade surplus in 198

E.J. Muhl Named VPAt RoyalCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Edward J. Muhl, former Maryland Insuranc

Record numbers of passengers and cargo moved through Portland International Airport during 1987, acc