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The National Labor Relations Board plans to issue a complaint against the International Longshoremen

Burlington Northern Railroad this week laid off at least 350 employees at locomotive and car repair

TRANSUS INC. BUYS WG WHITE TRACTORSTransus Inc. has purchased 30 new WG White tractors and 1

State insurance regulators defended state regulation, particularly in light of the financial trouble

A U.S. Agriculture Department official said an emergency plan to boost sagging milk prices by slaugh

Three years of talks between the Association of British Insurers and the British Insurance & Investm

S&P MAY CUT RATINGS OF UK COMPOSITESStandard & Poor's said it may cut the ratings on some U.

Charterers have been asked to work with shipowners, insurers and classification societies in an eff

Robert D. Cadieux, president of Amoco Chemical Co. since 1983, was named executive vice president of

Insider trading charges filed in Washington against five Mexican executives last month have highligh

The Kudu natural gas field off the coast of Namibia may contain as much as 60 trillion cubic feet of

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 215.78 off 0.13 which compare

May 23, 1991 Copper Total, 24,742. Gold Total, .1,438,629.Silver Total, .261,073,642.

1699 (May 23, 1991) Previous day - 1685 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

AMTRAK (Washington, D.C) - Gene DeVecchis was named general superintendent, Boston division. He was

The United States maritime industry is likely to end up with only two major U.S.-flag carriers, the

The New York Insurance Department's solvency standards are the best in the nation, California Insura

A state judge this week promised convicted Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Doug Green that he would

May 23, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Singapore International Monetary Exchange May 23, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Faced with dauntingly heavy private beef stocks and wholesale beef prices that have slumped in recen

A shortage of latex in Thailand has prompted rubber exporters there to ask Japanese and European imp

Airlines disagreed Wednesday over whether Congress should pass legislation intended to increase comp

Thailand's $4 billion project to add 3 million desperately needed telephone lines in the near future

In general, the state of a nation's telecommunication sector tends to mirror its level of economic d

CHEVRON, TEXACO UNITS GET INDONESIAN PACTSThe Indonesian government and state oil company Pe

A pair of Norwegian shipowners will introduce two new forest product export services next year - on

Thu., May 23, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The story "Senate Panel Blocks Expansion of Heavy Truck Operations," on Page 1A of The Journal of Co

Consolidated Freightways Inc. has joined the ranks of transportation companies using optical imaging

New taxes on the ocean shipping industry are both unfair and an obstacle to U.S. trade competitivene

CHINA EXPECTS HARVEST TO YIELD BUMPER CROPHONG KONG - China is expecting another "bumper har

Tim Harris, chairman of P&O Containers Ltd., is to assume additional duties as chairman of P&O Bulk

SOFTWARE PRODUCERS TAKE AIM AT COPIERSWASHINGTON - U.S. software manufacturers are taking le

The latest round of Sino-British talks on Hong Kong's new airport ended in failure Thursday after fi

The impending introduction of Saga Forest Carriers International (USA) Inc.'s five newly built open-

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

The International Trade Commission cleared the way Wednesday for anti-dumping duties on imports of s

Eastern Europe should adopt a Japanese recipe for growth, including subsidies to favored industries

EC LIFTS SUSPENSION OF TAKEOVER BIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission said Thursday