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Japanese Ambassador Meets With YeutterU.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter met with Jap

November 16, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Cyprus Minerals Co., Englewood, Colo., is seeking $1.07 billion from LTV Steel Co. Inc. for breach o

President Reagan said Monday he would seek to quell turbulent currency markets through economic coor

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

One of the big unknowns in the wake of the October massacre in the stock market is the impact on con

More than half of the port of Tacoma's 1988 capital improvement budget will be spent on building a n

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Finland's maritime industries are fighting to contain costs and boost productivity in a bid to incre

James O. Mason, M.D., director of the Centers For Disease Control said Monday that the federal gover

The Supreme Court Monday upheld the convictions of Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans and

The face of this harbor is changing quickly. The waterfront is cluttered with construction projects,

Egypt has decided to reduce export prices for all blends of crude oil by $1 a barrel in the second h

The Maritime Administration's proposal to ease its policy prohibiting non- citizens from chartering

Soviet ship chartering activity has increased in line with recent wheat purchases from the United St

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The Maritime Administration and its Subsidy Board made a rare decision - toallow a subsidize

On Competitiveness: You might say we have a raw material problem . . . The raw material invo

Budget Negotiators Hope to Wrap Up DealNegotiators trying to agree on measures to cut the U.

The United States is showing its muscle in the international grain market again, boosting its export

Gulf port officials, optimistic that cargo volumes are leveling off, say the worst appears to be ove

America's most sophisticated manufacturers have served notice that they're tired of dealing with air

Ametek Inc. announced Friday that it has purchased the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.'s leak detector

The outcome of the budget deficit negotiations in Washington will determine the short-term direction

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Overseas Shipholding Posts Dip in EarningsOverseas Shipholding Group Inc. reported net incom

US Partner Upgrades Soviet Ethylene UnitCombustion Engineering Inc. of Stamford, Conn., is u

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

Successful marketing to attract new customers and retain existing ones will be a key to continued st

The ability to negotiate confidential contracts under upcoming new transportation legislation will p

France Will Postpone Privatization of InsurerThe French government has decided to postpone t

Tanker companies are a good bet for investors in an uncertain financial market, two financial analys

Taiwan's chemical industry, which already produces $21.7 billion worth of products or 30 percent of

Olin Corp. announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million that will gi

TVA Awards Contracts To 8 Coal SuppliersTennessee Valley Authority spread 13,800 tons in spo

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The Federal Reserve Board has done a good job of providing the liquidity necessary to guide the fina

Unions representing workers at the Galveston Wharves railroad were preparing over the weekend to ask

A freight forwarder has urged shippers to hold off tying more than 50 percent of their cargo to cont

A Maritime Administration official says a special industry committee is working to find ways to impr