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American President Lines, which had been calling at Guam twice a month, will begin weekly calls to t

A U.S.-operated supertanker carrying Iranian oil hit a floating mine Monday just outside the Strait

The thousands of truck drivers who travel the New Jersey Turnpike daily will have a rest stop of the

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

The Pentagon has awarded a $63.1 million contract to RCA Corp. of Moorestown, N.J., for continuing w

Truck Group Publishes Membership DirectoryALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Private Trucking As

Fishermen say Iran and Iraq have seized or destroyed scores of their boats and converted many into t

Waterfront labor and management in this port agreed last fall on a new longshore contract - or did t

Independent truckers are faring better financially than in recent years and may profit even more wit

Equipment Co. of America reported income for the second quarter rose to$206,000, or nine cents a sha

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1039.0 (Aug. 7) Previous day - 1014.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

London's bus drivers and conductors began a 24-hour strike Monday to protest the government's decisi

Financially troubled Todd Shipyards Corp. is studying an offer from investors to buy its Aro Corp. f

Arbitrator Eric J. Schmertz listened and learned but rendered no decision in weekend hearings in Phi

With Puget Sound shipbuilding jobs continuing to disappear, an economic council pulled together lead

Coast Guard investigators are probing the collision of the car carrier, Fuji Maru, and a 76-foot fis

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

President Reagan has signed legislation providing for a temporary increase in the national debt ceil

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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Chargeurs Reunis, the merchant marine affiliate of the French Chargeurs SA holding company, has form

Personal computers are getting into the translating business, but quirks in language will prevent th

The possibility of a sharp rise in retail price inflation in Britain later this year is in prospect

Never, repeat never, call a drum corps a band - unless you are ready to defend yourself against verb

The insurance industry may add another special interest group to its ranks next month. Risk

Travelers Reports Rise in IncomeThe Travelers Corp. operating income for the second quarter

Insurance broker David Tucker insists that the wealthy aren't doing enough to keep their valuables p

A federal judge has rejected Johns-Manville Corp.'s attempt to force the government to pay potential

Workers Comp Council Seeks Rate Hike in Ga.An association for workers compensation insurers

Life insurance companies are routinely using a blood exam in an attempt to discover people carrying

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

The United States is headed for yet another kind of deficit - on international investment income, a

Mon., Aug. 10, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The U.S. dollar turned mixed Monday on reports of central bank intervention to stem a steady rise in

The U.S. Treasury Monday said it will sell $28.0 billion in notes and bonds this week in its quarter

The World Bank said Monday it will borrow from Japanese banks for the first time in three years, fol

A leading index of inflation compiled by Columbia Business School rose at an annualized rate of 10.7

House-Senate conferees will produce a trade bill this fall that will draw widespread national suppor

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc