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Barge freight rates on the mid-Mississippi River rose dramatically this week as elevators, burdened

Grain production dropped this year by at least a million tons in Henan, China's largest wheat-produc

Sheraton to Develop Tourist Hotel in ChinaThe Sheraton Corp. has signed a preliminary agreem

Business in Taiwan hopes to learn from Hong Kong about how to fight protectionism as part of its dri

South Korea's Hyundai Group, which gave the United States the $4,995 Excel subcompact car, is appeal

New York's insurance superintendent accused the nation's major insurance industry chief executives o

The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. says it could build a 280-mile pipeline more cheaply and environmenta

California's 1986 wine grape harvest and crush were completed this week, weighing in at 2.7 million

Petroleum products have pooled beneath nearly all oil refineries in Los Angeles County, posing a pot

The Greek government announced a major new lignite discovery, with confirmed deposits put at 400 mil

Workers in a labor dispute at Brooklyn Union Gas Co. overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from t

Two Navy jets collided over Alabama and another plunged into Chesapeake Bay, a plane hit trucks pav

The 1984 Shipping Act has benefitted big shippers at the expense of the ''little fellow," according

Hanjin Container Lines has integrated the sales office in its Seoul, South Korea, headquarters with

The USDA raised its estimates for current-year Cuban and Soviet sugar production. Cuban cane

Official sources confirmed the International Monetary Fund returned to Argentina as the Treasury i

Tokyo Currency Market Could Open 24 HoursTOKYO - Japan may start 24-hour foreign exchange tr

PPG Industries completed its previously announced acquisition of the medical electronics business of

Alaskans have been hanging their hopes for an economic rebound on an OPEC production pact, counting

CNW Unit Will Haul 400,000 Tons of CoalCNW Corp. said its transportation subsidiary signed a

Are U.S. wheat exports on the road to recovery? The answer to that question depends on who's talking

Waterfront management associations in the North Atlantic ports are concentrating on negotiation of i

U.S. factory orders for large durable goods jumped solidly last month, consumer prices rose marginal

CHANGES IN STEVEDORING: Now that the dust is settling from the Atlantic and Gulf longshore negotiati

Banham to Head CBI LONDON - John Banham, an efficiency expert who streamlined local governme

Mexico faces competition in the world minerals market from South American and African countries, whi

Short rail lines and regional carriers are registering major productivitygains and are provi

The European Parliament opened its campaign for an overhaul of the crisis- ridden budget policy of t

For the week ended Oct. 11, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

New markets for exporters and carriers of U.S. agricultural goods could open up within two years, a

Research on a group of 200 Electric Boat workers has demonstrated that exposure to a solvent in pain

Malaysian Output Cuts To Continue 2 MonthsMalaysia will continue its oil output cutback for

GENERAL NEWS Consumer prices and new orders for durable goods rose in September. Page 3AFo

The chemical industry likely will see limited growth in the coming years, but there are some new mar

Sheraton to Develop Tourist Hotel in ChinaThe Sheraton Corp. has signed a preliminary agreem

New York state renewed a warning to Long Island Lighting Co. that it must scuttle plans to open the

The Indian government is rethinking plans to require 40 percent of domestic cargo to be carried in I

Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade representative, rejected the U.S. rice industry's petition for Reagan ad

GENERAL NEWS Consumer prices and new orders for durable goods rose in September. Page 3AFo

India tops China as the most important new business frontier" despite exacting terms of foreign coop