Latest news

AIA Services Corp. in Lewiston has asked the Idaho Department of Insurance to help it eliminate one

Hours after the planned merger between Swiss chemical giants Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz was announced, Ci

Insurance companies will meet with state regulators March 18 to talk about participating in a progra

Thursday Mar. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Oil demand looks set to rise sharply in 1996.But with supply at record levels and Iraq talki

Only table.

MAJOR JAPANESE REFINERPLANS TO CUT 100 JOBSTOKYO - Major Japanese oil refiner Japan Energy C

The Brazilian government is studying ways of allowing cash-strapped domestic coffee roasters to take

Farmers are speculating over whether to use potato futures and options.Potatoes will be trad

UNOCAL FORECASTS GAINSIN EARNINGS FOR 1996HOUSTON - Unocal chairman Roger C. Beach told secu

Austrian wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent in February from January, but dropped 0.6 percent on the

Top international winemakers, fighting for an edge with increasingly sophisticated consumers, are tu

Feta cheese is Greek on the inside but can be Danish on the outside, the European Commission said in

As a general rule, the larger and more quickly an importing company grows, the more vulnerable it is

RECENT VESSEL SALESSaleDate Vessel Year Price

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Mar. 7, '96 (a graph)(2)D

SmithKline Beecham PLC said a restructuring of its European manufacturing operations will result in

''Cargo is being diverted right now as we speak.''

MEXICO TURNS AROUNDCURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITMEXICO CITY - Meeting government expectati

1348 (Mar. 7, 1996) Previous day - 1347The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Mar. 7, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Journal of Commerce Transportation Stock Index table, which last appeared on page 6B on Tuesday,

A jury has ruled that Norfolk Naval Shipyard did not discriminate against a black foreman when it as

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Fifteen minutes before the stroke of midnight on Jan. 5, 1995, a tug was towing a barge loaded with

No text.

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

Ocean carriers are scrambling to find containers, especially for export cargo from the United States

Republican presidential front-runner Bob Dole, on the campaign trail here Thursday, laid a wreath in

No text.

A senior Japanese official, in a move that surprised and angered the Clinton administration, said To

A group of leading U.S. bulk carriers is asking the Transportation Department to do what the budget-

As of Mar. 7, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

A Colorado consultant's study contends that continuously consolidating railroads will boost coal tra

Poorly trained airport crews, useless weather reports and bad fuel at Almaty Airport have become inc

Boeing Co.'s decidedly rosy picture of the commercial airplane industry over the next 20 years envis

Overnite Transportation Co. this week became the latest less-than-truckload carrier to cut its work

Canada's government will continue its relentless push to cut its fiscal deficit to 2 percent of gros

AEI ACQUIRESSOUTH AFRICA FORWARDERDARIEN, Conn. - Air Express International Thursday

A top Canadian official Thursday said U.S. legislation aimed at tightening the screws on Fidel Castr