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A Boston Fuel Transportation Co. tug lay alongside a Panamanian-registered cement carrier in a Bosto

The U.S. Coast Guard's new multimillion-dollar helicopters are spending more time in the shop than i

The British Customs labor dispute started to bite in Northern Ireland this week, while Spanish civil

A plan to close most Customs inspection sites in northern California could drive more cargo away fro

H. Warner Krause, president and chief executive of Siemens Information Systems and its newly acquire

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's visit to Washington at the end of the month probably won't bring

Rio Algom is studying a cheaper alternative for developing its Cerro Colorado copper property in nor

Nippon Steel Co., the world's largest steel maker, and the U.S. biotechnology firm Calgene Inc., of

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., asked President Reagan to take another crack at exerting pressure on

The seven-month-old U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement of 1986 will work if given sufficient time

Confectionery Expo Slated for MilanMIAD, the International Exhibit for Confectionery and Bak

U.S. congressmen, led by Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., House Ways and Means committee chairman, told a t

The Department of Transportation should rescind United Airlines' right to operate daily service bet

As the yen takes off into the stratosphere, Japan is scrambling to move business offshore and to est

S. Korea BOP Surplus Soared in 1st QuarterSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a current

A Philippines-flag vessel sailing to Kuwait with a load of Australian sheep was attacked and set abl

Thomas W. Gleason, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, denied Wednesday that

The Philippine government moved its efforts to woo American and other foreign capital back to the Ph

Index futures are among the newer kids on the block in the world of finance. But the newcomers are s

Wed., April 15, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Canadian natural gas supplies will be sufficient to supply export markets in the United States at le

Two non-contact coordinate measurement machines from a British company provide rapid and accurate ch

GENERAL NEWS The Philippines is threatening to demand new talks on its debt restructuring.

FlightSafety Posts Record Earnings NEW YORK - FlightSafety International reported record fir

Taiwan is the Federal Maritime Commission's latest target in the agency's effort to eliminate foreig

Japan is unlikely to make major concessions on agricultural trade barriers when U.S. Secretary of Ag

Richard Ferris, UAL Inc. chairman, in his first public response to a $4.5 billion bid by pilots for

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

TECO Energy Inc.'s board authorized the formation of new subsidiaries in cogeneration and finance, a

Seatrain Lines Inc. said its plan to emerge from Chapter 11 was confirmed as expected on April 9. Ef

Trans Freight Lines and Transax/RATES, the maritime information company, have opened a mainframe-to

Only three weeks after laboriously hammering out a deal to restructure some of its US$28 billion deb

Medium-Range Missile Accord Reported Near MOSCOW - A U.S.-Soviet agreement on eliminating me

Cost-cutting steps enacted by Congress in the past six years substantially increased out-of-pocket m

The Maritime Subsidy Board turned down for the third time a request from three tug-barge operators f

The Long Island Lighting Co. is asking federal permission to crank up the Shoreham nuclear plant to

Japan may levy tariffs on U.S. products if the United States makes the ''serious mistake" of imposin

U.S. officials said they still intend to press Japan in trade talks at the end of this week to open

At a time when commercial air freight, as a structured industry, has moved into its fifth decade, th

Turkey Dumping Aspirin in US MarketAspirin imports from Turkey are being dumped in the U.S.