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Charlie Roberts, executive director of the Port of Oakland since 1991, announced his retirement Tues

In an act that will set the stage for development of waterfront property into the next century, the

STATE Jan. 14 Jan. 21 California $1.23 $1

The U.S. dairy industry is scrambling to forestall a potential new trade barrier by Mexico.

As the United States and Canada move toward an open-skies agreement, American Airlines is seeking ne

Japan's restrictions on handling container ships on Sunday appeared to show some early signs of a br

Presidential Life Insurance Co. agreed to invest up to $45 million in Fidelity Insurance Group last

Hyundai, the big industrial conglomerate, said Wednesday it will streamline its sprawling corporate

Jan. 25, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Newport News Shipbuilding, which relies heavily on sophisticated computer systems in virtually every

Boeing Co. opened its first avionics service center in the Asia-Pacific region this week. Th

Nine storms, including a rare November hurricane, contributed to the $820 million in insured propert

A hiring freeze that was in effect at the U.S. Customs Service for nearly two years was temporarily

Japan's unadjusted merchandise trade surplus in 1994 was a record $121.17 billion, a slight increase

The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement signed contracts with all of its top shippers except Goodyea

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A group of major electronics companies announced a new standard for movie compact discs on Tuesday,

Despite the Kobe earthquake and the need for more steel for reconstruction, U.S. coking coal exports

The second round of pay talks for the metal and engineering sector in western Germany's largest regi

GOLD PRODUCTION RISES BY 6 PERCENT IN KAZAKHSTANALMATY, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan, the

2032 (Jan. 24, 1995) Previous day - 2044 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Cargo underwriters are expecting to receive substantial claims for losses incurred as a result of la

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 21, '94 - Dec. 30, '94 (a graph) (2

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which two weeks ago warned it may slow its expansion into Mexico, said uncerta

The campaign to pick a new chief for the World Trade Organization and the unlikely mix of bananas an

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Paccar Inc., the truck manufacturer based in nearby Bellevue, Wash., posted healthy sales and profit

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 24, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Italian industrial production is expected to fall a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent in January from

Aviation insurers suffered their worst year ever in 1994, with airline losses substantially above th

The name of the port was incorrect in a headline Jan. 24 on Page 8B. The story, "Amsterdam Sees Retu

AMERICAN MARINE ADVISORS (Greenwich, Conn.) - Peter M. Klopfer joined this firm as senior vice presi

A Clinton administration official urged insurers to continue their push into overseas markets becaus

London underwriters on Tuesday reported a leveling of marine insurance rates after the steep increas

In the 1960s, we had the missile gap. Then came the trade gap. But the big security scare for the 19

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index scored another 52-week high on Tuesday, rising to 115

Economic analysts are divided on the merits of creating a currency board in Mexico to replace or aug

Truck drivers upset by new charges levied at some maritime terminals here are putting their strike t

"Countries could always devise ways to prevent grain or steel from crossing borders; they have far l