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The Tennessee Valley Authority bought 26,800 tons of coal on the spot market during the week of May

If anyone needed one more reminder that the U.S. economy is sluggish, the Labor Department's report

The General Accounting Office's two-year study of medical malpracticerecommends the federal

NY Bill Would Allow Investments in CDsALBANY, N.Y. - The state insurance fund could invest i

Shanghai Opens First Money MarketBEIJING - Shanghai, China's industrial hub and growing fina

From London to Chicago to Tokyo to New York, the world's financial centers are linking up piece by p

Mexico exported $740 million worth of petrochemical products last year, a substantial gain from the

Faced with a Congress moving determinedly toward airline consumer-protection legislation, the Transp

The National Maritime Union and and dry-cargo and tanker companies will resume negotiations Thursday

People who want life insurance but don't want to take AIDS tests will be getting less coverage than

By now, the pattern is annoyingly familiar: American scientists come upon a promising discovery. The

The struggling state-owned Philippines' copper smelter plans to importconcentrates from Papu

For the first time in its 155 years, an American now heads up Hong Kong's premier British-founded tr

Joy Manufacturing To Stay in S. AfricaJoy Manufacturing Co. decided to remain in South Afric

XTRA Corp. said it has agreed to acquire the fleet of piggyback trailers now operated by Availco Sys

CWT's Management Hopes to Buy GerberFREMONT, Mich. - Gerber Products Co. announced that the

989.5 (June 5) Previous day - 1015.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

The Gulf Ports Association has accused the U.S. Department of Agriculture of violating the 1985 Farm

Car thieves prefer imports over domestic automobiles and expensive sporty or speciality cars over th

Coffee importing costs would be cut by a third if union weighers could be shifted to a banana-handle

A California program to assist small- and medium-sized exporters should be even more effective now t

Bunzo Yoda, a Japanese bond trader, often watches the clock and dozes near his desk, but no one has

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For the first time in its 155 years, an American now heads up Hong Kong's premier British-founded tr

''We're not the guys who call you on the phone during dinner to sell aluminum siding." Peter

On Dock Labor Competition: "Some years ago, we probably would have gone out and raised some

A U.S. tax on imported crude oil levied to help pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites has been found

Oil Minister Arne Oeien told OPEC's president last week he expected Norway to continue restraining o

Harmonized System Training Course. Series of three-day courses (running July through December) spons

Israel reportedly is close to signing a contract to purchase 1 million metric tons of coal from Colo

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Costa Rica's coffee export quota should be raised to 3.1 percent of world market share from its curr

Shipping executives are watching with a mixture of surprise, agreement, puzzlement, interest and eve

Several major maritime countries lodged official objections to pending U.S. shipping legislation tha

TNT North America Inc. announced the purchase of a specialty truck line using a patented trailer to

Shipowners are pressing the Indian government to abandon its policy of compelling them to buy vessel

The nation's largest port of entry for imported cars and trucks is awash in a sea of vehicles and ex

The facilities of the Kingston container terminal are being expanded in a US$20 million program that

Dow Increases Price Of AA MonomerMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. has announced a 3 cent-a-

Jamesbury Licensed To Sell ValvesPullman Leasing Co. has licensed Jamesbury Valve Corp. of W