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PORTUGAL PLANS TO SELL 49 PERCENT OF NATIONAL AIRLINEPortugal has announced plans to

South Africa's Wheat Board may have to import as much as 1 million metric tons of wheat next season

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 208.04 off 0.19 which compares w

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HAIL, WIND DAMAGE TEXAS, OKLA. PROPERTYSevere hail and thunderstorms swept through north Tex

Alpha Marine Services Inc. of Galliano, La., received approval from the Maritime Administration to t

More than half the $16 billion authorized by Congress for this fiscal year to help jump-start the ec

Shipping lines calling at Seattle and Houston continued to accept marine engineers dispatched by a m

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Perdue Farms Inc. isn't forswearing the use of containers for its poultry products exports, but the

USDA ENDS GUARANTEE OF CREDIT FOR KUWAITThe U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday said that

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil producers should administ

A United Nations report warns that ecological destruction of the planet will be beyond control "unle

U.S. gasoline supplies are forecast to be "plentiful" for the summer driving season because more fue

U.S. industries opposed to congressional initiatives to combat global warming Tuesday zeroed in on j

Businesses here welcomed the promise of a convertible ruble but questioned the Russian government's

Continuing criticism of Lloyd's of London has ramifications even in the halls of the British Parliam

The third ship in the new Wasp-class of multipurpose amphibious assault vessels being built for the

Saudi Arabia's national oil company Aramco plans to expand capacity at the Port of Yanbu, adding a f

US, EC TO INTENSIFY BILATERAL TRADE TALKSALVOR, Portugal - The European Community an

Speculative buying by commission houses and London dealing houses is the main catalyst for the recen

May 12, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

The European Community Commission today will ask EC governments to levy an energy tax, equivalent to

Tuesday May 12, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The shipping arm of a major oil company has lost its battle with a sailor's union over launch captai

The White House's top health-care adviser said Tuesday that health-care reform efforts should focus

The return to profitability for Hapag-Lloyd's liner shipping division may prove to be short-lived, s

OMI REPORTS DROP IN FIRST-QUARTER PROFITNEW YORK - Amid tough times for all bulk shi

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, while the market focused on European currencies. Dealers s

United Airlines reported that its total scheduled revenue passenger-miles increased 4.3 percent in A

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will confer with President Bush at the White House today dur

Shippers are on different tracks regarding Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp.'s proposed purchas

Goods carried across state lines by a private trucking company remain in interstate commerce even if

The Port of Philadelphia will have nearly a quarter-million square feet of cold-storage capacity for

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The heavy truck industry broke out of its three-year slump with a bang as April sales soared an esti

DATA PROTECTION The proposed data protection directive seeks to harmonize the level of prote

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index has been edging up, indicating that prices of basic i

Hapag-Lloyd AG's liner shipping division came out of the red in 1991, helping the German shipping an

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