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An oil spill that spread across five miles of Galveston Bay Sunday could have been a lot worse if a

P&O CONTAINERS OPENS NEW US HEADQUARTERSEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - London-based ship line P&O C

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All ship traffic has ground to a halt here this week, with 58 vessels stranded Monday in the wake of

The trend-setting, individualistic California voters that brought you tax- cutting Proposition 13 an

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

Responding to concerns from ship lines, the Federal Maritime Commission adopted significant changes

World Bank President Barber Conable on Sunday asked America's governors to lobby Washington to join

The old Shanghai Exhibition Center, a Stalinist giant of halls and spires topped with a large red st

KLM PLACES ORDER FOR BOEING FREIGHTERSSEATTLE - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has ordered two Boe

BANK OF JAPAN OFFICIAL WANTS STRONGER YENA senior Bank of Japan official said Monday he welc

The Tampa Port Commission promoted Joe Valenti to port director during a special meeting Monday, wit

As of July 30, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list pric

FIRM SEEKS PAYMENT FOR COMBAT DAMAGESFORT WAYNE, Ind. - North American Van Lines Inc. said i

Taxi fleet insurance has been jeopardized under a new law requiring state licenses from insureds ca

FRANK B. HALL REPORTS 2ND QUARTER RESULTSBRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York - Frank B. Hall & Co. re

KOREA PLANS TO IMPOSE A NEW GASOLINE TAXSEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government is

Keeping existing oil industry tax rates and using the revenue to purchase oil for the Strategic Petr

Morton International Inc. reported earnings of $36.3 million, or 75 cents a share, for the three mo

COCOA FUTURES, having fallen to a 14-year low last November, advanced this spring, as world product

The U.S. Maritime Administration published a report titled, "Foreign Flag Merchant Ships Owned by U.

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PERSONAL INCOME ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN JUNEU.S. personal income rose 0.4 percent in June to a s

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More liberal import rules for Brazilian shoe manufacturers are expected to help reverse a recent dec

In a surprise move, EC Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry Monday proposed that all countries set

W. GERMAN MACHINERY, PLANT ORDERS DECLINEFRANKFURT, West Germany - Orders for West German pl

House Speaker Tom Foley said Monday the House today will consider legislation to raise the U.S. debt

THE BUREAUCRATS ARE COMING! The bureaucrats are coming! Fearful paperless trading insiders s

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Deliveries of New York Mercantile Exchange August natural gas futures declined to 3.3 percent of tot

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The planned sale of Furness, Withy and Co. to Hamburg-Sud, the West German shipping line, would repr

A top freight forwarding official here said the Port of New York is troubled by high costs and is un

Seaborne imports by Hong Kong fell 3 percent in the first quarter compared with the 1989 period, but

1161 (July 30, 1990) Previous day - 1157 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Japan, wildly successful at finding technologies and exploiting them commercially, hopes to adapt i

The possible passage of the Environmental Protection Initiative of 1990 would do more than limit for

Japan's trade ministry, responding to criticism the nation is stingy in transferring high-tech know-

Stepping out of the Pushkin Square subway stop, squinting into the sun, it is easy for a moment to i