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West Coast longshoremen went back to work peacefully Tuesday after refusing to service most containe

Lack of equipment at a small Louisiana port led a recently launched shipping line to switch its busi

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A severe shortage of spare parts is combining with administrative problems to hamper efforts to revi

A lingering recession in the United States cut cargo shipments along the Great Lakes in 1991, bringi

Feb. 18, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

E.J. Burgin was named president and chief operating officer of this joint venture project of United

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Frank J. Sobyak assumed the post of director of p

Philnico Corp., the former government-run nickel mining company, says it will probably start commerc

Heat prostration stemming from political tension is the unofficial verdict in a preliminary autopsy

Barry Schaefer was named managing director of this merger advisory firm. He will specialize in rail,

Trade measures announced Tuesday in Brazil include: * Export finance. Sale of $1 billion wor

PEMCO AEROPLEX WINS GPA GROUP CONTRACTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Pemco Aeroplex won a contra

American Airlines has upped the ante in the high-stakes world of overnight cargo service. Th

L'Express Airlines canceled its regional service this week after its major creditor seized the compa

The Bush administration's proposed mass transit and Amtrak budgets came under fire Tuesday from seve

USA TRUCK INC. FILES INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGVAN BUREN, Ark. - USA Truck Inc. said Tu

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The United States should approach its trade problems with Japan the way it fought past wars: organiz

NORTH AMERICA Salon International Mode Masculine Montreal. Feb. 23-25. Montreal. Mostly appa

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Hong Kong is feeling the strains of a fundamental economic shift from manufacturing to services.

Chek Lap Kok was, for years, of little interest other than to bird watchers and courting couples str

New regulations governing local insurance brokers' placements with out-of- state insurance companies

Tuesday's launch of a market for grade 1 copper warrants by the Commodity Exchange Inc. is being vie

RUSSIAN MINERS WAGE UNDERGROUND STRIKEGold miners in the Chita region of Russia have refused

JAPANESE COMPANIES SET NAPHTHA PRICEJapanese oil and petrochemical companies have set the Oc

The West Coast dockworkers' union has declared itself at war with waterfront management. ''W

Russia's top customs official warned this week that his republic would protect its economic interest

President George Bush over the weekend said the Jones Act, which reserves for U.S.-built and manned

The U.S. dollar traded broadly higher early Tuesday afternoon, extending last week's rally, dealers

In many ways, very little has changed in this tiny former West German town on the border with former

USS/Kobe Steel Co., a joint venture between U.S. giant USX Corp. and Japan's Kobe Steel Ltd., will m

The highest-level U.S. trade mission to Taiwan in more than 10 years is seeking a big chunk of the i

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A consortium of Japanese shipbuilders is said to be relying on U.S. technology in its bid for a Qata

BELARUS TO ESTABLISH A FREE-TRADE ZONEThe Belarus government has decided to set up its first

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Tuesday Feb. 18, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi