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Massachusetts truckers returned fire at railroaders last week following a surprise competitive attac

TWA TO CUT STAFF, MAY REDUCE FLIGHTSCHICAGO - In yet another sign of troubled times in the a

The sealift demand to cope with the crisis in the Persian Gulf illustrates the need to strengthen th

GERMAN TANKER RUNS AGROUND NEAR ANTWERPBRUSSELS, Belgium - A German gas tanker carrying more

ATLANTIC CONTAINER LINE (South Plainfield, N.J.) - Dan Axel Rosen transferredfrom Gothenburg

Amid the oil price volatility triggered by the Persian Gulf crisis, a growing number of companies, p

Gov. Mario Cuomo posed a number of questions to the Public Service Commission about a coal-fired cog

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will deal with looming energy shortages and may re-examine the cl

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES extended their recent advance last week, creating a further rise in pre

Southwest England is famous for its green fields and craggy shores, but over the next two years it a

REGIONAL BLOCS The Status of the Soviet Union's Pacific Rim Initiative: Implications for Bus

Fri., Oct. 5, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

Oct. 5, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Soviet parliamentarians are dragging their feet on a proposed emigration law that could usher in a n

Argentina's Peronist government completed its first major privatization project Thursday by selling

A prominent investment banker who led a recent delegation of Americanfinancial experts to Hu

The wildcat truckers strike that closed the Port of Miami moved into its fourth day Friday.

The European Community Commission launched an investigation into the airline business to gauge the i

Aero Lloyd, a privately held German airline, will lease two McDonnell Douglas Corp. planes formerly

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

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

Westmoreland Coal Co., Philadelphia, said a vessel it loaded last week at the Dominion Terminal Asso

Nelson Mandela's African National Congress said it favored a mixed economy in a post-apartheid socie

A group representing world trade centers in over 50 countries urged trade negotiators "to take the d

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Port Manatee officials filed a complaint Friday with the Federal MaritimeCommission protesti

U.S. trade negotiators are rapidly losing patience with the maritime industrybecause shippin

The controversy between U.S. and Mexican cement producers has reached the U.S. Court of Internationa

When President Reagan appointed James J. Carey to the Federal MaritimeCommission in 1981, th

A cargo of Saudi Arab Light crude for prompt delivery was pulled off the market in the Gulf of Mexic

The recent acquisitions of Home Insurance Co. and Fireman's Fund by European insurance companies sig

The state Supreme Court has removed a major procedural obstacle that had delayed the Florio administ

Oct. 5, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 239.78 off 0.39 which compares

Oct. 5, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 4, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Oct. 5, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Local electronics companies are moving into the memory chip business after previously focusing on fa

It is not clear whether President Bush could sell a Western Hemisphere free trade agreement to Congr