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The Flying Tiger Line continues its battle to prevent Cargolux Airlines International from beginning

Target Names Willson As Overseer in CanadaTarget Airfreight Inc. said it selected Willson Fr

American Hoechst Corp. announced that its tender offer for all ofthe outstanding shares of common st

New York Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is not happy with a General Accounting Office report on the Shoreham n

Damon Biotech Inc. signed an agreement with a leading Japanese pharmaceutical firm for the commercia

MMFG Buys FiberglassCompanyBRISTOL, Va. - Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Co., a subsidi

G.D. Searle & Co. announced that Cytotec (misoprostol), the first anti-ulcerdrug designed bo

Cascara Bark Mart Remains Soft The market for cascara sagrada bark remains soft and is expec

Friday, January 9, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Concorde flights between the West Coast and Hawaii may become available soon. A charter tour

Arco Chemical Co. announced the completion of the sale of its Arco Building Products units, ChemLink

Illinois Central Gulf Debt Ratings ConfirmedMoody's Investors Service confirmed the debt rat

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

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

Bank of Japan authorities will "intervene forcefully" in foreign exchange markets in an ongoing atte

Heavy central bank intervention enabled the U.S. dollar to maintain a steady tone Friday as the mark

Columbus New Zealand Rejoins E. Coast ServiceNEW YORK Columbus Line's Columbus New Zealan

The Mediterranean-USA Shipping Conference, covering routes from southern Europe and the Mediterranea

Transportation stocks sprang to life Friday after lagging blue-chip issues during the stunning New Y

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percen

The Federal Maritime Commission's first meeting of the new year, scheduled for Wednesday will be clo

Empremar, the national line of Chile, is suspending its two-vessel non- conference liner service bet

The Farmers Home Administration's loan program to help hard-pressed farmers stay in business will co

The degree of official protection for rice production in Japan is nine times that of the United Stat

Argentine farmers in 1986-87 planted 3.4 percent less corn at 3.493 million hectares and 23 percent

Robert M. Hope, who has served the Alabama State Docks for 35 years, has been fired as director and

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter warned the U.S. may take strong action against Japan for i

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng, in a general overview of the administration's

The three largest members of the Association of Tin Producing Countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tha

Malaysia Rice Board To Reduce ImportsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia will try to reduce ri

Conservationalists Hit Plan for Calif. ForestSAN FRANCISCO - The Wilderness Society has issu

Apple Computer Inc. has no plans to gobble up other companies with the $600 million swelling its cof

Twenty-nine of the world's major containership operators have asked the Federal Maritime Commission

In one of life's financial ironies, the stock market completely overshadowed the credit markets last

Eastern Airlines emerged from perhaps its most tumultuous year as the biggest acquisition of Frank L

A study group of the American Bar Association recommends changes in tort law to deal with the crisis

Boldly, desperately, Consolidation Coal Co. is checking into the feasibility of offering coal to the

Health Insurance WASHINGTON - The new chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Commi

GENERAL NEWS Favorable economic data don't appease economists. Page 3AFINANCIALThe

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