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The Port of Hampton Roads is going to deal with state budget cuts by delaying a cruise terminal proj

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

That $500 million loan Northwest Airlines got from European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie is turni

The European Commission has postponed for a week discussion of farm reform in the Uruguay Round worl

OIL ADDITIVES, THIOCHEMICALS, FLAME RETARDANTS Witco Corp. said it would raise prices for so

NORTH AMERICA Wisconsin Grocers Association/Great Lakes Expo. Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Milwaukee. In

Saudi Arabia is working flat out to reactivate oil facilities mothballed during the mid-1980s and co

The longstanding battle between commercial banks and post offices for depositors' money will likely

European transport and distribution companies owned by Britain's Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navig

After a nightmare start to the 1990s, Europe Combined Terminals is ready to take the wraps off its m

Tuesday Sept. 25, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Sept. 25, 1990 Copper Total, 7,103. Gold Total, .1,564,570.Silver Total, .259,211,537.

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 25, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

Aluminum ingots- $2,030-$2,040 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

A major freight carrier may provide international service from Charlotte/ Dougla s International Air

The average price of a gallon of gasoline at the pump hit an all-time high of more than $1.38, an in

PANEL VOTES BENEFITS FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIAThe House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday unanimousl

Faced with potentially severe cuts in the 1990 farm bill, some farm industry groups are saying priva

ROHM AND HAAS SEEKS 100 PERCENT OF JAPAN VENTURERohm and Haas Co. of Philadelphia said it wi

The resumption of shipments to North America, an additional credit line and a new office are helping

By the end of the year, Ford Motor Co.'s Brazilian subsidiary will stop exporting assembled trucks t

No one doubts that piggyback service will continue to lose market share to stack trains, but the que

Organizers of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea award dinner apologized to a New York City port official

There's nothing quite so satisfying as being vindicated for something about which you have been shar

The Military Sealift Command returned two Ready Reserve Force vessels to the Maritime Administration

ECONOMIC GROWTH PUT AT SCANT 0.4 PERCENT RATEThe economy grew at a scant 0.4 percent annual

The old saw that you can't get the brine out of a mariner's veins certainly extends to Hellmuth F. K

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth) - Robert Hanson was named executive vice presidentand chie

They asked for a show of hands at a meeting this week of financial market experts. Who thinks 24-hou

IRAQI FARMERS ORDERED TO PLANT MORE GRAINBAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq has ordered farmers to plant 8

The Bush administration is intensifying its efforts to help nations economically damaged by the effe

Spain and Eastern Europe will not be competing for foreign investment in the near term, said a top S

Offshore manufacturing has its advantages, but one California company with 35 years experience in m

A Canadian railroad's plans to hook up with two U.S. East Coast ports are in jeopardy because of an

United Parcel Service Inc. said its planned air cargo operations from Tokyo to the United States wil

Rosalind Rachid was named world trade editor of The Journal of Commerce, effective Thursday, Robert

Corroon & Black Corp. is apparently sweetening the pot in anticipation of an Oct. 4 shareholder vote

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for November delivery surged about $7 a barrel on the New

Prices for jet fuel delivered in Japan are moving quickly toward $60 a barrel, traders and refiners

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