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Dispute settlement procedures, unfair pricing and a timetable for phasing out subsidies remain as st

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. (San Francisco) - Lance Thain was named district manager in Seattle for this

AMERICA WEST TO BUY 118 AIRBUS CRAFTAmerica West Airlines, the Arizona-based airline that ha

Oct. 1, 1990 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

West Germany has made available 8 billion deutsche ($5.1 billion) marks in export subsidies to help

Sterling is likely to enter Europe's exchange rate mechanism by year-end despite the economic uncert

The U.S. dollar cut some of its earlier losses against the deutsche mark, but stepped up its slide a

Detlev Rohwedder, head of the trust company overseeing the disposal of some 8,000 state-owned compan

SONY INTRODUCES DIGITAL TAPE PLAYERSSony Corp. introduced a personal tape player that offers

COMMODORE SUBSIDIARY UNVEILS GAMES CONSOLEWEST CHESTER, Pa. - Commodore International Ltd.'s

MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE (St. Paul, Minn.) - Steiner Opstad, representative of Naeringslivets Hovedor

Procter & Gamble shareholders will vote at the annual meeting Oct. 9 on whether to stop buying Salva

The opening rounds of the Federal Maritime Commission's probe into possible rate malpractices on the

Toy merchants in Japan on Friday formally launched an association to help small toy stores modernize

BUDD CO. (Troy, Mich.) - David Hecker was named vice president and general counsel of this supplier

Angola, once the world's fourth-largest coffee producer, is offering a bonus to anyone who will brav

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (WILMINGTON, Del.) - Executive vice presidents James F. Kearns and Nic

Merger of Puget Sound port districts is unnecessary because there's nothing a consolidated port dist

A COMBINATION OF MARINE OIL SPILLS and increased U.S. oil imports has led to the resurrection of the

Willis Faber shareholders on Friday overwhelmingly approved the broker's proposal to merge with Corr

Econocaribe Consolidators Inc., an ocean freight consolidator serving the Caribbean, Central and Sou

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Port of Singapore Authority said it will cut many tariffs next month to give the shipping commun

Canadian banks, trusts and insurance companies would be be allowed to invade each other's turf under

The opening of a regional office of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Administration in Nas

Australia's airlines are gearing up for their fiercest battle since regulation locked up the domesti

Fri., Sept. 28, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 28, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

The International Institute of Container Lessors brought in two technical specialists, one to manage

The International Energy Agency, the West's energy watchdog, asked member countries Friday to prepar

AMOCO TRANSPORT CO. (Chicago) - Eugene M. Kelly was named vice president, inter- national fleet, for

A new shipping company this month will launch an innovative twice-monthly service to supply the U.S.

In a report on its minority activities, the Port of Oakland said it awarded $20.7 million in public

Sept. 28, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Amid signs of gridlock over foreign and domestic crises, the National Security Council has delayed

A pair of ship lines that together operate seven vessels shifted their Pacific Northwest terminal la

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Standard Commercial Corp. said its subsidiary, Jas. I. Miller Tobacco Co., entered guilty pleas in U

NORWEGIANS FOUND DUMPING SALMON IN USWASHINGTON -- Norwegian exporters are selling Atlantic

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