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Finland imported 66.7 million barrels crude oil in 1986, down 7 percent from 1985, the Finnish oil t

Increased use of counterfeit export visas with textile shipments from China to the United States sho

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

Chinese Crack Down On Smuggling of RelicsCustoms officials confiscated 3,800 relics being sm

Stock and bond prices soared in heavy trading Tuesday as the stronger dollar raised hopes of substan

How accurate is the charge that Kennedy International Airport lags five years behind Europe's big ai

FINANCIAL A Swedish bank's London securities unit has joined with a Nashville, Tenn., securi

This artist's rendering shows what the port of Seattle's on-dock intermodal terminal shouldlook like

Philadelphia Electric Co. has hired Dickinson M. Smith, a retired Navy admiral and former submarine

The U.S. Coast Guard opened a preliminary hearing Tuesday on the accident early Sunday morning in wh

Centerior Energy Corp. signed up its millionth customer, the company said Tuesday. Toledo Ed

Organizers of an exposition held here last week designed to increase overseas sales of U.S. processe

US Pavilion Planned For Poland Trade FairThe Commerce Department is inviting U.S. firms to p

Commerce Undersecretary Bruce Smart urged a thorough review of U.S. technology transfer policies to

Being or becoming a member of the Federal Reserve Board can be a high-wire balancing act. Ma

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Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y., introduced legislation Tuesday that would provide $475 million over th

Gazing beyond impressionist masterpieces and original sculptures to his rooftop Japanese garden, Har

Iranian gunboats attacked two tankers plying Persian Gulf ports of Arab countries supporting Iraq in

The Soviet Union has come to the rescue of the dry cargo shipping markets for the second time this y

Japanese Firm Makes Donation to MuseumThe Museum of Contemporary Art has received a major gi

The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee went through the annual ritual of approving legisl

The Far Eastern Freight Conference has announced a 15 percent increase in freight rates on its westb

Diamond Shamrock R&M Inc. declared its first regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents a share to the c

Parliament passed a law to take over a Canadian, West German and U.S. oil consortium whose plans to

Vice President George Bush, California officials and a growing number of congressmen view alcohol fu

The top man at the U.S. Customs Service has issued a warning to customs brokers who give their clien

Officials inspected a barge filled with 6 million pounds of unwanted garbage Monday as it floated of

GENERAL NEWS A Louisiana businessman cooks up a seafood feast in the hopes of obtaining some

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange may be considering an association with theBermuda-based computerized

Taiwan will lift its foreign exchange controls when the Taiwan dollar reaches a more stable level in

Xtra Corp. Completes Acquisition of RenTcoXtra Corp. of Boston has completed its acquisition

Ferryboats, rendered obsolete decades ago by tunnels and bridges that speed commuters into the city,

A computer-coordinated freight matching system still under development has some trucking company off

Five years after Black Sunday, as locals refer to the day Exxon USA shut down an oil shale project a

ICC Issues Ruling On GE-Rail DisputeThe Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it has jurisdic

Responding to a worldwide slowdown in the fertilizer industry, BASF AG, will phase out the productio

Yes, he's retiring in a couple of months, but 86-year-old Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason was not in Fort

If Britain's regal cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 were a hotel, passenger Philip Toohey would have ch

The government said Monday it had signed an agreement giving the Consolidated International Petroleu