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A small British company is creating an expanding business for itself serving other companies that wa

The government plans to relax controls on the supply of several key materials, including scrap iron,

Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. described as preposterous" allegations by the North Carolina ins

Norway may continue to voluntarily limit oil exports even if the current Organization of Petroleum E

The Australian government is starting to take a keen interest in gifts and other inducements paid by

The port of New York and New Jersey plans a new $31 million terminal to handle a growing volume of a

Pan American World Airways said it will augment its worldwide electronic cargo tracking system with

The Irish government has given Hughes Aircraft Co. approval to build and operate that country's firs

Despite persistent requests from U.S. and Canadian companies operating on the island, the Jamaican

The government of Taiwan is weighing several options to protect its farmers after bowing to U.S. pre

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

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Duquesne Light Co. filed a proposal with the Pennsylvania Public UtilityCommission to expand

Robert G. Egan, fired after a rocky two years as director of the South Louisiana Port Commission, is

The Polish ship Ziemia Olsztymska, carrying 18,000 metric tons of grain, was freed after it struck a

World wheat production is climbing toward record levels, further clouding prospects for a substantia

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

Since 1982, natural gas industry executives have hoped for an end to the gas glut as the solution to

Europe Container Terminus of Rotterdam, facing a sharp fall in business following the suspension of

Julius Maldutis, a top-rated airline analyst with Salomon Brothers, has added Tiger International to

The president and chief executive of Burlington Air Express says the Irvine, Calif., firm is not par

Led by Japan and the United States, direct foreign investment in South Korea in the first 11 months

Korea Shipping America Inc. plans to turn its New York office over to a general agent after Jan. 1 i

Union Carbide Corp. announced the dual syndicated public offering of 27 million shares of common sto

Indications of a stronger-than-expected U.S. economy seem likely to push interest rates upward near-

Labor disagreements affecting several important ports worldwide this autumn have increased shipowner

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AFG Renews Offer For Lear Siegler SharesAFG Partners has renewed its bid to buy Lear Siegler

The government plans to relax controls over the supply of several key materials, including scrap iro

The U.S. government should be doing more to assist hard-pressed exporters in winning new markets, bu

Iran-Iraq Conflict NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said its warplanes attacked an oil tanker in the g

The adoption of a model Risk Retention Act and the denial of a proposal to include defense costs wit

The growing determination of southern African states to implement economic sanctions against South A

Containerization & Intermodal Institute. All-day seminar on the impact of the 1984 Shipping Act on c

Shintech LaunchesPVC UnitFREEPORT, Texas - A new company, K-Bin Inc., a wholly owned

THIS TIME THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. Lyndon Olson, chairman of the Texas State Board of Insurance, confirm

GENERAL NEWSThe folks at Digital Microwave Corp. hope a dish on every roof becomes as common

The huge imbalance of trade between Japan and the European Community is expected to dominate talks t

W.R. Grace & Co. announced the extension of its $20.50 a share tender offer for all of the outstandi

U.S. coal exporters who traditionally supply Japanese steel mills with high quality coking coal face