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Japan's leading trade union organization warned Monday that shorter working hours will become the ma

Dynasty, Lou Grant, Star Trek - these are just a few of the American television shows that have beco

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A Federal Communications Commission proposal will modernize the maritimedistres s and safety system

Creditors of Todd Shipyards Corp. over the weekend began receiving mail statements with details of T

London's Protection & Indemnity insurance market continues to be a source of bad news to shipowners

Embattled pesticide producers are holding their breath as California votes today on a sweeping envir

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Crude oil prices will stay above $30 and possibly hit $40 this winter if the standoff in the Persian

Indonesia's two state-owned coal companies are being merged to improve efficiency and complete expan

Where's the wagyu? The answer can be found at the Old Homestead Steak House and three other

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The American Bureau of Shipping, one of the world's top ship classification societies, completed its

Kelang Container Terminal, which serves the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, ordered seven straddle c

The Canadian tanker fleet should be rebuilt with safer double hulls within seven years, said a feder

The U.S. Coast Guard kicked a Norwegian tanker out of U.S. waters and ordered a Chinese tanker to re

Nov. 5, 1990 Copper Total, 8,162. Gold Total, .1,547,717.Silver Total, .258,710,199.

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A group of 14 agricultural exporting nations warned Monday they will reassess their support for the

Massachusetts attorney Stephen J. Paris, president of the national Society of Chartered Property and

The Massachusetts Insurance Department has issued new workers compensation reforms, but an insurance

China earmarked more than $20 billion for oil exploration in its upcoming eighth Five-Year Plan (199

Nov. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Monday Nov. 5, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The U.S. dollar continued its decline Monday re- cording new intraday lows against both the deutsche

Designing haute couture is an uphill struggle in a country where newspapers go unpublished for lack

The Soviet railroad system faces "complete collapse," unless a major project is undertaken to redeve

Crews spent Monday cleaning up about 49,000 pounds of sulfuric acid that spilled from a tanker truck

Direct Container Line, a Southern California-based non-vessel-operat-ing common carrier, announ- ced

The Port of Miami will strengthen its ties with Venezuela by opening a trade development office in C

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An action by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. last week that could mean the addition of 10 foreign ships to

Ailing P-I-E Nationwide Inc., fighting to emerge from bankruptcy proceedings, would become part of a

GHANA '90 GOLD OUTPUT EXPECTED TO RISEACCRA, Ghana - Mineral experts in Ghana say gold produ

AIRBUS EXPECTS TO POST 1ST OPERATING PROFITPARIS - Airbus Industrie Monday said it expects t

The Trump Shuttle late last week canceled what would have been its fourth fare increase in 10 months

American President Lines Ltd. will challenge in court a decision by the Maritime Administration prev