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AIR CARGO Right-O-Way, a Southern California air freight forwarder, will not sacrifice profi

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

Bull Joins PetroPort As General ManagerSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Donald G. Bull joins PetroPort

President Reagan will nominate Alan Holmer to be deputy director of the U.S. Special Trade Represent

Carriers and operators of intermodal equipment could be in for a rough ride financially as more peop

A senior European Community Commission official urged Japan to let EC banks provide yen funding for

House Vote Scheduled On Textile Quota BillThe House Rules Committee cleared the way for the

The Federal Home Mortgage Corp. named Leland Brendsel president and chief executive Wednesday. He su

First Pacific Group, with interests ranging from U.S. banking and electronics to ocean shipping and

The U.S. dollar turned higher Wednesday on short-covering by traders who suspected Friday's trade de

Japan's banks will have to adapt their management methods as well as issue new shares if they hope t

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

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it will contribute $970 million to assist in the transfer o

It's not easy to insure a pope expected to attract millions of people during a nine-city tour across

Twelve industry and government organizations formed a new coalition to increase the federal commitme

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China, Malaysia Sign Maritime AgreementChina and Malaysia signed an agreement on maritime tr

President Reagan will not press for total trucking deregulation despite continued administration sup

The Navy has given Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., which has delayed through the summer a d

Crowley Maritime Corp. has formed a joint venture with a Seattle firm to offer heavy marine construc

One of Greece's largest shipping unions, the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Seamen, has called

Strick Companies has formed a new unit, Strick Lease Intermodal Co., to manage its ocean and railroa

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Australian National Line has ordered 200 refrigerated containers. The containers were manufactured b

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An increasing number of computer software companies are competing to sell their wares to sometimes r

August was a nice, quiet month almost everywhere but in the heavy truck industry, where sales storme

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter urged domestic industries to be more aggressive in marketi

A 1985 law requiring shipment of nearly 25 percent of donations of food to poor countries through Gr

Republican presidential candidate Alexander M. Haig Jr. says growth in the U.S. defense budget can b

Movement of information has become the hottest area in the personal computer revolution. "Ne

Steel production rose to 1.736 million tons in the week ended Sept. 5, an increase of 3.8 percent fr

Top Soviet officials, asserting the supremacy of traditional Marxist doctrine, rejected the notion o

After a busy day solving world problems and keeping the press corps at bay, where does the White Hou

A former eye doctor at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation has filed a multimillion dollar la

Nuclear Veterans Fight VA's Legal Fee LimitVeterans are fighting a civil war-era law that ba

Compromise legislation to regulate lawsuits over injuries, backed by the trial lawyers and two influ