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The Brazilian government is close to approving rules for conversion of portions of its foreign debt

AVIATION Investigators now believe that the engines that powered ill-fated Northwest Airline

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

An official of Mack Trucks Inc. said the company was considering higher employment levels and produc

A New Orleans stevedore that uses Teamsters labor won approval to work a public wharf on the riverfr

1129.0 (Aug. 19) Previous day - 1128.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Continued freight rate discounting sent second quarter profits plummeting for both national and regi

Rate Bureaus Propose Mid-October IncreasesTwo major trucking industry rate bureaus proposed

Aug. 19 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

There was a loud knock at the door at Navistar International Corp. last month. It was the so

The West German operator Senator Line has reduced the transit time of its round-the-world service by

Waterman Steamship Corp. wants Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole to bar subsidized lin

Some 200 union workers at General Ship Corp. struck Wednesday in a dispute over a job classification

An unusual and expensive salvage job was recently completed off the coast of Brazil when a tug and b

A letter of intent that would return shipbuilding and repair work to the Brooklyn Navy Yard is expec

The port of Charleston has become the first South Atlantic port to handle more than 4 million tons o

Still another trucking group has urged the Federal Maritime Commission to require ocean carriers to

Sea-Land Service Inc. hopes to receive Maritime Administration approval by the end of the year for a

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is expected to approve a new three-year co

Traditional Exports Electronics, scientific instruments, chemicals, electrical machinery, cr

CarCool - the original car shade - patent-holders for a popular solar screen that protects auto inte

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (DFA) Pesticide Enforcement Branch released resu

New applications, combined with product innovations and continued improvements inprocessing and fabr

Representatives of the world's space-faring nations are meeting in Hawaii to plan possible cooperati

Spurred by a projected $3 billion AIDS market, nearly 50 companies have infused hundreds of millions

Respiratory Drug Wins FDA ApprovalCONCORD, Calif. - DEY Laboratories has received Food & Dru

The U.S. Customs Service has recommended a 100 percent retaliatory tariff on Japanese computer circu

China is establishing an economic and trade corporation office in Australia. The China Econo

U.S. sales of fermentation products are projected to grow at a rate of 2 percent to 3 percent a year

You can pig out at the Illinois State Fair, if you're content with a four- ounce soda and an Oreo.

Ten years ago this week, the Chicago Board of Trade revolutionized the market for U.S. government de

Hewlett-Packard Co. on introduced five low-priced new computer terminals ranging from $375 up, the l

Belgian Bank's network in Hong Kong is the first in the world to buy a newly developed computer soft

RAILROADS Soo Line Corp. NamesGilmore Vice ChairmanSoo Line Corp. elected Robert C.

In the wake of a hike in gasoline prices, a new left-wing coalition in the Philippines is calling fo

Heating Oil Prices Hold Steady in Mass.Home heating oil prices in Massachusetts averaged 87

August 19, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Kuwait's oil minister says industrialized nations would not be able to compensate for a major disrup

State utility regulators said Connecticut faces a potential natural gas shortage in the future, but

Nicaragua will run out of oil before year's end unless it receives immediate help, and the fuel cris