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A federal bankruptcy court has taken most of the legal fetters off the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., free

Insurance companies are pushing a watered-down rate control bill in an effort to derail stronger leg

In his 10 months as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Charles J. Pilliod Jr. has kept a prudently low p

Sales of new single-family homes in the United States increased 0.5 percent in July to a seasonally

Genentech Heart Drug Approved in S. KoreaSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Genentech Inc. announ

American builders will lose $220 million in contracts for a hydroelectric dam in south China because

Florida's point man for agriculture has promised to put pressure on his state's delegation to Congre

Southern Co.'s electric power sales during July were higher than any other single month in its histo

Argonne National Laboratory is preparing coal samples to go. The laboratory is sealing and s

Passenger Traffic Up On N. Atlantic RoutesPassenger traffic across North Atlantic air routes

J.P. Industries Buys Assets of AquariusANN ARBOR, Mich. - J.P. Industries announced it has p

Prime Minister Wilfried Martens was quoted as saying Monday he does not reject sending Belgian mines

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Italy's first computerized customs clearance system will begin online operations this month in the G

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has indefinitely shut down Pier 40 in lower Manhattan

The new superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy plans no change in the academy's mission

Security Pacific Buys 30 percent of Burn Fry Corp.NEW YORK - Security Pacific Corp. is buyin

AUTOMATED CARRIERS. On or about Sept. 5, 1987, Maersk Line will become the third carrier in the Los

The National Coal Association contends that Central Maine Power Co. should be denied a permit to con

Critics charge that a planned change in the definition of air carrier operations by the Federal Avia

A revised credit agreement will allow Leif Hoegh & Co. to retain ownership of six ships that the Nor

If the pharmaceutical industry won't come to the mainland, then the mainland must come to the pharma

New York State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas C. Jorling has urged the federal Envir

The Greek government has been accused of neglecting the country's shipping industry and failing to e

Talk of a possible visit by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Silicon Valley brings memories of the

The Military Sealift Command says it's cheaper to man five cable-laying ships with civil servants th

An article on Massachusetts auto rates Aug. 27 misidentified a spokesperson's employer.Joseph DiGiov

The Federal Home Loan Bank Board voted to move forward with plans to bring $10.8 billion into the in

Harry Rutstein tried for seven years to sell millimeter wave devices to China, but could not do so b

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

An article on ocean carriage to South Africa that appeared in a special section on African Shipping

Matson Navigation Promotes MulhollandSAN FRANCISCO - Matson Navigation Co. promoted C. Bradl

Matsushita Merger Agreed To in JapanOSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Trading Co. Ltd. will

Japan to Seek Removal Of Punitive US TariffsJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Indu

Ocean carriers and rate-setting shipping conferences will have to keep better records on their "serv

With soiled faces and grimy clothing, the workers at the Allied Leather Co. plant look up from their

Two Swedish engineers have developed a pneumatic hand tool to vaccinate fish in farm cages.

In a sector of the economy dominated by giants, independent oil companies have found strength in num

August 31, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon