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Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said he would introduce health-care legislation this fall to help small

John P. Heffernan, chairman of the unfinished Twin Cities Board of Trade and a 17-year veteran of fu

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REGIONAL BLOCS Renewable Energy and Efficiency Application in Pacific Nations. Sept. 3-Oct.

It took longer than expected, but a series of major losses sustained by the international marine ins

Like a highly praised, highly paid employee of a corporation that is seeking to cut costs, the battl

The American Bureau of Shipping will move its world headquarters to New York's World Trade Center in

The cargo insurance market is stabilizing, with underwriters charging higher premiums and improved c

They say it won't be like 1986. In that year, hundreds of new dry bulk ships came on the mar

A Canadian company has produced a new calorie-free sweetener that it said rivals the leading sugar s

It's an explosive issue. No one is talking about what may lay ahead for the United Mine Work

As of Sept. 12, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

Citing "rotten" conditions in the industry, American Airlines, the nation's largest airline, said We

CHICAGO SOUTHSHORE BUYS 75 CARS FOR STEELMICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - The Chicago SouthShore & Sout

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

If a small Virginia company has its way, couch potatoes soon will be able to aim an electronic gun a

China is acting to turn a three-river area in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang into a major

Qantas Airways Ltd. has opted to use Airmax Inc., a specialized trucking company, to move cargo betw

The chief executive of a U.S.-flag shipping company this week called for expanding U.S. government-g

Suppose you own a tanker carrying 100,000 gross tons of crude oil to the United States. Besides that

Following in the footsteps of neighbors Chile and Bolivia, Colombia earlier this month slashed tarif

Sea-Land Service Inc. said it added four vessels and seven new ports of call to its network of conta

Delta Air Lines' $1.7 billion acquisition of Pan American World Airways' European and Asian routes a

When Rogers Brothers Seed Co. merged with Northrup King Co., both expected a stronger export product

The state road show to explain and drum up support for a North Carolina global air cargo industrial

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Port executives developing container terminals in the Soviet Union would be wise to avoid the mistak

The unification of the European Community is likely to hand developing countries only a 7 percent bo

A backup in grain loadings at Canada's West Coast ports because of a strike by federal employees is

Insurance officials say Standard & Poor's Corp. is quietly tightening the capital and surplus standa

WORLD SUGAR SURPLUS PUT AT 2 MILLION TONSWorld sugar production will again exceed co

New federal regulations on waste disposal sites should leave industry giants like Waste Management I

Canada's trucking industry is reeling under the nationwide public service strike, which entered its

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The government of Pakistan appears confident it can improve the country's economic performance despi

Don Amerman is managing editor in the Phillipsburg, N.J., production facility of The Journal of Comm

Sept. 12, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

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