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Foreign ministers from 18 European countries will attempt in mid-May to jump- start the stalled nego

Cost containment - rather than government reform - is the only way to effectively address spiraling

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 216.15 off 1.59 which compares w

Apr. 29, 1991 Copper Total, 30,897. Gold Total, .1,473,250.Silver Total, .263,562,975.

The market for new aircraft has sustained a major setback in the last few months, but top executives

Just two months before the Department of Transportation issues its long- awaited aviation noise poli

US LABOR COSTS ROSE 1.4 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTERWASHINGTON - The U.S. employment cost index,

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD'S cut in the discount rate to 5.5 percent from 6 percent Tuesday took some

Finance ministers and central bankers from 155 nations concluded five days of meetings here with an

Some say the Persian Gulf war will have no impact on maritime policy because there is no maritime po

Despite their high profile and promise, Japanese joint ventures in India score poorly when measured

A story on Page 1A of The Journal of Commerce April 30, about Taiwan's state- run shipyard soliciti

Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan said Tuesday that the Interior Department's decision to designa

New York City is planning on dumping its department that serves the maritime industry, but its commi

Tricontinental Service, the round-the-world container service operated by German and Korean ship lin

Mexico, South Korea and several Eastern European countries may soon join the 24-nation Organization

SENATOR SEES CONGRESS PASSING CFTC BILLCHICAGO - Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill., a member of the Se

W.R. Grace & Co., in its newly released annual report, spotlighted its specialty chemicals division,

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The ship Colleen Sif perfectly illustrates the successful formula of Denmark's tight-knit maritime

INTERMODAL EXPO SEEKS LIAISON WITH DOTThe International Intermodal Expo is asking Transporta

The volume of containerized cargo shipped back by the U.S. military from the Middle East could total

Trucking executive Tom Adamski has only one problem with most of the roads in the New York - they'r

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The U.S. dollar tumbled 1.9 percent against the deutsche mark Tuesday on news that the Federal Reser

PANEL MEETS THURSDAY ON BUDGET BILLSThe House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will m

A consortium of Bechtel International Inc. and Canada's Lavalin Group Inc. triumphed in a hard-fough

The European Commission Tuesday finally approved a negotiating stance for its talks with Tokyo over

The United States and the Caribbean Community will begin discussions in two weeks on benefits for th

Ray MacSharry, the European Community's agriculture commissioner, will try Thursday to spur renewed

ARGENTINE SOYBEAN CROP SEEN LOWERBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina will produce 10.71 mill

U.S. precious metals traders, fearing a resurgence of inflation, bid up gold and silver prices Tuesd

Soviet sugar farmers, plagued by plowing delays and a lack of fertilizers and pesticides last fall,

SPI Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Costa Mesa, Calif., said it has closed its agreement to form a joint co

Apr. 30, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.0

NEW ENGLAND: NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM, WESTBOROUGH, MASS. Service Area: Massachusetts, R

Aluminum ingots- $1,350-$1,360 per ton lots & in wareho

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