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Leif Lidholm is in a most envious and unusual position. After a quarter-century of maritime

Current problems with the acceptance of EC powdered milk by Brazilian consumers due to radiation lev

Senior officials of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are confident that the looming trade

Cold Wave Continues LONDON - The death toll from Europe's arctic cold wave climbed to 200 Th

The government's economic report for 1987 says the nation's economy will expand this year "about 2.5

After what government officials describe as "10 months of hard bargaining," the International Moneta

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

A proposal to combine the international routes of Scandinavian Airline System and Sabena Belgian Wo

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

The Air Transportation Association began its expected drive to restructure the Federal Aviation Adm

Two of Europe's largest airlines, Air France and Lufthansa German Airlines, have place separate orde

Nakasone in Poland WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan was to begin a

Sears, Roebuck & Co. and the C.P. Group of Bangkok, Thailand said Sears World Trade Inc. reached agr

Massachusetts doctors are upset with new state rules - said to be the nation's toughest - aimed at

Most corporate credit rating changes will be downgrades this year, repeating what happened in 1986,

With harvesting of the 1986-87 Australian crop nearing completion, wheat producers in this country

Hong Kong Bank Cuts Prime RateHONG KONG The Hang Seng Bank said it lowered its prime lendin

The average U.S. factory worker earned as much as $9 for every dollar paid a worker in South Korea i

The Bundesbank seems unlikely to agree to an early cut in West German interest rates, despite growin

The insurance industry is hopping mad at the Department of Transportation for denying a petition aim

When it comes to avoiding the budget knife, the old Agricultural Conservation Program is a prime lea

The prospect of increased shipments of coal from China is the one bright spot in a dry cargo market

Evergreen Lines will more than double its cargo capacity on the West Coast Monday when it begins to

UK Clears BTR's Bid For Pilkington Bros.The government cleared on Thursday BTR PLC's hostile

One of Britain's largest but lowest-profile trading and service groups is reorganizing its Far Easte

Voluntary" restrictions on shipments of Japanese motor vehicles to the U.S. market will be renewed i

A senior Japanese official announced a new plan that he said would boost industrial exports from Sou

Two leading experts on China offered different assessments concerning the impact of political troubl

SC Electric & Gas Told To File Rate ReductionCOLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Electric & Gas

Britain's Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) has no fears about its ability to meet energy

A Moroccan cement manufacturer, Cement Oriental, is close to selecting a supplier for 20,000 metric

Israeli authorities decided to suspend negotiations with China for thepurchase of coal.<

Tennessee Valley Authority purchased coal for the John Sevier, Kingston and Widows Creek steam plan

Despite problems with ball-type safety valves at the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant, Niagara

AmTrans Plans Service AmTrans, a unit of Crowley Maritime Corp., announced plans to start a

GENERAL NEWS U.S. consumers were more confident in December than in many months, the Confere

Canada's ambassador warned that his country faces dire consequences if it ignores protectionist pres

The week-long rout of the U.S. dollar in foreign exchange markets continued Wednesday, bringing its

Retail Sales Jumped 4.4 percentIn DecemberRetail sales in the United States, bolster

Although the White House and Treasury have rejected a published report Wednesday that Washington wan