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The Federal Maritime Commission is set to impose sanctions on two companies in the U.S.-Ecuador chem

As of May 1, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

An independent audit of the world's ship-salvage capability has confirmed that maritime emergency se

US SET TO INK PACTS WITH EX-SOVIET STATESWASHINGTON - The United States is expected

Friday, May 1, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

For the week ended April 25 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Five airports are getting new radar systems that could boost capacity by as much as 40 percent to 50

AEROMEXICO PARENT CUT LOSS IN QUARTERMEXICO CITY - Aerovias de Mexico, which operate

Bethlehem Steel Corp. and CF&I Steel Corp. Friday filed an anti-dumping complaint against foreign pr

U.S. negotiators are moving toward a compromise on a global-warming treaty that might make it possib

That tramp, tramp, tramp you hear is the sound of Asian footwear manufacturers marching in search of

The Senate Appropriations Committee lined up last week behind the Seawolf nuclear submarine, saying

May 1, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index strengthened last week, rekindled by rises in crude o

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 204.81 up 0.01 which compares

Canadian oat exports to the United States are forecast to rise sharply in 1992-93 (August-July) beca

U.S. executives from California are locked in negotiations for the sale of electricity from the larg

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

Older container vessels displaced from the main east-west routes by the new generation of ships shou

Surviving and succeeding in a difficult business climate will be the focus of many ofthe sessions at

When all the fires are extinguished and calm restored, it may take days or even weeks to untangle th

CSX INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Richard J. Trocciola was named senior national account executive

GE Capital said last week it has acquired a 50 percent interest in United Merchants Finance Limited

RUSSIAN PHONE SYSTEM GAINING ACCEPTANCEMOSCOW - A telephone service that helps busin

Cotton could be covered by U.S. government credit guarantees to Russia for the first time if talks w

LABOR EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PRESIDENTIAL BOARDSWASHINGTON - Rail labor and management

For almost a week now the Berlin Wall has returned. While people in western Germany struggle

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Peru's inflation rate, as measured by the Lima consumer price index, declined to 3.2 percent for the

Five hundred years after Christopher Columbus landed in America, the Long Beach, Calif., city counci

Despite the recession, Americans bought more shoes last year than ever before - more than 1.4 billio

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

May 1, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The Department of Justice said Thursday it had sentenced the first of five defendants in the largest

When natural gas prices dipped below a dollar for a thousand cubic feet early this winter,the gas pr

A shortage of container terminal space in Seattle and Tacoma is likely to develop as box traffic thr

Transportation industry interests generally welcomed the Department of Transportation's new package

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The new head of Taiwan Aerospace Corp. said last week that it needs to renegotiate its proposed purc