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The Bush administration is still working out an appropriate response to rising anti-import sentiment

A government delegation from the Portuguese-administered enclave of Macao is due in Washington this

UNION SAYS RENAULT PLANS BIG LAYOFFSRenault, the French nationalized automaker, will lay off

Sea Containers PLC of Britain is relocating its Far East headquarters to Singapore from Hong Kong, s

40 COMPANIES TO CLOSE IN EASTERN GERMANYDUSSELDORF, Germany - Eastern Germany's privatizatio

LABOR TALKS BEGIN AT PORT OF BALTIMOREBALTIMORE - Management and longshore labor leaders beg

Sea-Land Service Inc. began service to the Port of Vishakapatnam in India, the company said in a sta

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's embattled government Thursday pinned its electoral hopes on an ec

Lloyd's Register of Shipping this week recently issued its first guidelines for integrated fire prot

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

2 CHEVRON SUBSIDIARIES MERGED IN FRANCEThe U.S. Chevron oil group said Thursday that, from N

The new prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is asking industrialists, businessmen and trade gr

As of Nov. 8, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Surprisingly strong trade figures are doing little to quell the pervasive feeling of unease among in

Northern Telecom, a leading Canadian telecommunications firm, Thursday launched a 1.9 billion ($3.7

Plans to spend $154 million to increase the Port of Tacoma's container volume by 50 percent are sche

WOOL QUOTAS PLANNED FOR AUSTRALIAN FARMERSLAUNCESTON, Australia - Australian farmers will be

TRUCK SHIPPERS ARE RELIEVED that some motor carriers apparently have postponed a rate hikeslated for

The U.S. Department of Agriculture still expects the Soviet Union to purchase U.S. wheat flour on a

SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE (New York) - Douglas B. Stevenson was named director of the Center for Sea

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in May 1990.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Igloo Products Corp.'s

Soaring fuel prices, the recession and the cost of laying off nearly 3,000 employees drove down Air

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New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 7, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has persuaded Detlev Rohwedder, industrialist, to stay in the country'

The U.S. dollar turned higher Thursday afternoon in nervous trading reflecting concern about the Per

The challenges of insuring an older home were addressed recently by John DeNegre of Chubb Group of I

The local export insurance agency is issuing new warnings to check on the quality of buyers, especia

Citing slack economic activity, Bethlehem Steel Corp., the nation's second- largest steelmaker, said

Chile's newly privatized power company, Chilgener, is scouting the international marketfor about 980

Less than 40 days into the current fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture already has spent

A fragile coalition of U.S. shipowners seeking more government subsidies is in danger of collapse fo

The international business community fears a proposed European Community directive on data and priva

Amerijet International Airlines is establishing a New York beachhead. The all-cargo airline

Demand for steel in Indonesia will more than double over the next three years to 6 million metric to

Nov. 8, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Massachusetts Port Authority officials breathed a collective sigh of relief as a tax-cutting ballot

John Garamendi, California's insurance commissioner-elect, declared war on the insurance industry We

U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE (Washington) - U.S. Commissioner of Customs Carol Boyd Hallett announced that s

AAA Cooper Transportation Co., Dothan, Ala., is an independent company. The story "TNT Group Continu