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1986 Antimonopoly Act To Clear Committee?A final push is on to get Congress to change the sh

The petroleum coke market is a speculative spot market where sales are not conducted on a long-term

The House passed legislation to prevent companies seeking to reorganize under bankruptcy law from ab

The reaction by seafaring unions to the first export license for crude oilfrom Alaska's Cook

The Italian parliament has postponed a decision on selling the bankrupt shipping company that owns t

The following are the results of Monday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freig

Buffeted by a shortage of foreign exchange and a cutoff of U.S. aid, Liberia's economy has deteriora

British Printing to Buy Webb Co. of MinnesotaBritish Printing and Communication Corp. said i

Hitachi Ltd. announced a six-month plan to slash its executive monthly salaries by 5 percent to 10 p

The freedom to rationalize service may save the steamship lines from suffering the same fate as the

The 1984 fire that killed 27 workers in the Wilberg Mine was caused when an air compressor was inadv

Although California and Florida sugar processors last month told the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Merck & Co. said that its subsidiary Calgon Corp. has completed the purchase of the water management

The General Accounting Office is not sure that the Navy's ready reserve fleet of merchant ships coul

OPEC Target Price Advocated by IranJEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Iran called on the Organization of

The bill for overhauling a Coast Guard icebreaker turned out to be three times the original estimate

Intermodalism has grown dramatically in the past few years but still has a tremendous future, transp

Transport Secretary John Moore announced he has ordered a review of potential anti-competitive behav

As regular as autumn foliage, the timber cutters and the tree huggers are again at loggerheads as Co

Government negotiators in the Philippines appear unexpectedly close to concluding a 30-day trial cea

Only in Japan can you dab on a lotion called "My Pee," take a swig of a soda named "Sweat" and imbib

The Economic Planning Agency released statistics suggesting that the Japanese economy will continue

EC Asks Japanese To Open Liquor MarketEuropean Community Deputy Director General for Externa

The gas tanker Concordia Fjord soon will be the only Rederiet Christian Haaland ship still sailing u

Shipping TycoonRetiresHong Kong's shipping and property tycoon, Sir Yue-Kong Pao, re

The new tax bill is already playing havoc with the property and casualty insurance industry's recove

Daniloff Released MOSCOW - U.S. newsman Nicholas Daniloff, flashing the victory sign and say

The International Monetary Fund isn't particularly optimistic about a substantially improved economy

American greed is forcing the insurance industry to take a new look at its profes sional standards w

Atlantic Container Line confirmed that the South Korean yard Hyundai has won the contract to lengthe

The U.S. farmer needs a "square deal" in the international market, former Agricul ture Secretary Orv

Peru's gold, silver, copper and lead exports fell in the January-July period, according to the centr

Two-thirds of China's timber-producing districts will be depleted in the next decade if trees contin

Proponents of the development of futures markets for electric power say the basic framework for such

The U.S. oil industry will carefully watch a meeting of OPEC beginning Oct. 6 for signs that oil pri

Monday, September 29, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Air Force said it will force a new round of negotiations with the Lockheed-Georgia Co. on the fi

CONGRESS IS WINDING DOWN THIS WEEK and transportation lobbyists are busy keeping track of what's cle

China Visit Likely TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone may visit China in November or

Sales of semiconductors should rise about 22 percent in theUnited States and 20 percent worldwide ne