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CONTINENTAL AIDS EFFORT TO FIGHT DENVER FIREDENVER - A Continental Airlines wide-body aircra

The Mexican government gave tacit recognition to corruption in its main ports of entry by creating t

Eastern Airlines, which less than two weeks ago fought off its creditors' push for liquidation, now

The weak market for bulk vessels is spurring Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. to rethink its plans for sel

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The U.S. dollar was broadly higher Monday afternoon on anxiety about a possible war in the Persian G

TRABANT CAR FACTORY GETS REPRIEVEThe factory producing eastern Germany's dirty and clumsy Tr

GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - L. Deborah Nunnally joined the steamship age

Fundamental conditions continue to pull oil prices down, but the war premium is still proving strong

The West Coast/Middle East Rate Agreement said it will maintain its fuel surcharge at existing level

Monday Nov. 26, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

FUJITSU TO OFFER POCKET CELLULAR PHONEHaving penetrated the cordless and auto cellular marke

Europe's seaports and airports are competing for lucrative new business opportunities as the physica

BUNZL DISTRIBUTION USA (Edison, N.J.) - Alan Gordon has taken on the additional duties of general ma

Mon., Nov. 26, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Nov. 26, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

The economy has begun to feel the full impact of the Persian Gulf crisis, with export growth slowing

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Java means coffee. That's the image Indonesia coffee officials would like to project to the U.S. con

Columbus Line Inc. recently deployed in its South America service a second containership equipped wi

A group of local meat distributors will open a meat exchange here next April, creating Japan's firs

What many consider the wildest stretch of track in the United States - a rail line hop-scotching the

CONSOLIDATOR IMPROVES SERVICE TO INDONESIACARSON, Calif. - Direct Container Line said it wil

Shipping lines decided to delay imposing an additional fee on some shipments moving to and from Thai

Valley Recreation Products Inc. learned about the time-sensitive nature of letters of credit the har

Exporters in Asia were told Monday that freight rates to the United States are likely to go up by ro

The Chinese border town of Shenzhen was the archetypal sleepy fishing village. This week it marked,

PRESIDENT BUSH BEGINS 2-DAY VISIT TO MEXICOMONTERREY, Mexico - President Bush arrived here M

The first of three new ships of Malaysian International Shipping Corp. is operating on the route bet

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or Unctad, predicts that Latin American and

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Nov. 23, 1990* Country Category Description

Aluminum ingots- $1,640-$1,700 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Nov. 26, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A floating bridge that provided one of the main routes in and out of Seattle ripped apart and sank o

Liberalized foreign investment rules, cheap labor and easy access to the U.S. market are putting Mex

Some Western help is at hand and more could be on the way if the Soviet Union makes specific request

Union Pacific Railroad has opened a food transloading center in Chicago, delighting West Coast shipp

Nine months after opening a local office, an American specialist in waste collection and disposal ha