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The Reagan Administration's new proposal to revise the 50-year-old program of subsidies for ship ope

A strike by engine-room officers on Canadian ships on the Great Lakes has ended with the ratificatio

Last year, as the vast tax reform bill made its way through Congress, House Ways and Means Committee

An airplane that took off without its owner when he cranked its propeller to start it has been foun

Loss of JAL Order A Blow to PrattEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Analysts say Japan Air Lines dealt a

The Seafarers International Union claims safety is being jeopardized by the use of non-union replace

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The tumultuous activity on Wall Street last week is likely to lead to a trade bill devoid of many of

Stock prices bobbed and weaved Friday, closing a week of staggering losses with a fractional gain in

U.S. trade sanctions against China for allegedly selling arms to Iran add a new element of discord i

BARGAIN BASEMENT AIRLINERS? Boeing and McDonnell Douglas feel that Airbus Industrie is doing that wi

Japan's National Security Council has endorsed the selection by the Japan Defense Agency of General

Scandinavian Airlines System and Air Express International are touting exporting to Scandinavia. By

GE Railcar Purchases Richmond Tank AssetsSTAMFORD, Conn. - Chicago-based GE Railcar Services

A leading shipping analyst predicts demand for dry-cargo ships will remain fairly stagnant before ta

The combined loss ratio for the workers compensation industry should drop to 117.8 percent at the en

AVIATION Putting new byte into air traffic control, the FAA completed the first 25 percent o

Federal agents say they've smashed a plot involving the Soviet Union's top space official to sell Mo

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are no longer simply characters long consigned to Hollywood's movie a

Home builders have nothing to fear from the stock market crash and aren't likely to have to deal wit

Major European coal importers are involved in contract negotiations that are likely to result in the

The Maritime Administration has released a series of nine technical reports examining aspects of the

Bremen has its back to the wall. Its 16 percent unemployment rate is double the national ave

The Mexican government's policy of devaluing the country's peso to help reduce the nation's worrisom

Vitro, Mexico's biggest glass manufacturer, was one of the first to recover after the country's stoc

Congress has greatly improved the chances of implementing the Harmonized Commodity Description and C

A white paper released at the weekend emphasizes the need for Japan to upgrade efforts to improve th

Some U.S. tourists will pay a premium to ride working freighters to places cruise ships don't go.

Lloyd's of London brokers, dissatisfied with the insurance coverage available for their own errors a

Phillips Petroleum Posts Drop in NetPhillips Petroleum Co. reported earnings of $31 million,

Fri., Oct. 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

International Conference on Political Risk. Oct. 26-27. Sponsored by Frost and Sullivan Political Ri

Top Stories: Some U.S. ports are tightening up spending for major capital projects despite the gener

"Commodities" is one of those catch-all words that mean little to most non- specialists. The

Royce Associates Inc., makers of specialty chemical products, has a special knack for saving on its

Teknor Color Co., a subsidiary of Teknor Apex Co., purchased the assets and business of Plasticolors

Teamsters Union Seeks To Rejoin AFL-CIOThe Teamsters union, expelled from the AFL-CIO 30 yea

The Philippines' major revisions to its program for the conversion of debt into equity are helping t

The U.S. Customs Service's acceptance of coffee with or without International Coffee Organization ce

Importers and exporters say the turmoil on Wall Street last week won't affect business, at least in