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WASHINGTON - For the week ended June 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

Danish shipowner A.P. Moller is joining two other European oil carriers in refusing to let its own t

The Basque region of northern Spain probably is best known for the violence and terrorism spawned by

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The Senate Labor Committee Wednesday approved a bill to tighten limits on pesticide residues in food

June 28, 1990 JAPANFinancial Futures*Japanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE OFF SHARPLY IN JUNEConsumer confidence declined significantly in June, a

European-style shipping conferences, with their restrictive membership rules and rather authoritaria

As the Japanese see it, the just-concluded talks with the United States on removing structural trade

Congress will pass a Clean Air bill by Oct. 31, said William Fay, administrator of the Clean Air Wor

H&M International Transportation Inc. plans to route double-stack container freight from its Kearny,

ANSWERING MACHINE PASSES MESSAGES ALONGMatsushita Electric Corp. of America introduced a new

GHANA PLANS TO BOOST PRODUCTION OF COFFEEACCRA, Ghana - The Ghanaian government intends to e

PROPYLENE GLYCOL Dow Chemical Corp. said it will increase prices 2 cents a pound July 1 for

An investigative agency of the U.S. Congress has found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture shoul

ITALY'S TRADE DEFICIT ROSE SHARPLY IN MAYItaly posted a merchandise trade deficit of 2.5 tri

When a full-service deluxe hotel proudly promises 24-hour room service to its guests, a lot of harri

While wooing Maxwell House Coffee Co., the Jacksonville Port Authority got a postgraduate education

Crude oil prices recently slid to 18-month lows, but gasoline prices haven't followed, leading to re

The director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade said he would become more aggress

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu said Thursday that Japan would not immediately participate in a joint F

The global economy may be witnessing the long-term decline of the English- speaking world, according

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

Trinidad and Tobago's government is tailoring its incentive package for potential U.S. investors in

NORWAY MAY CONTEST EXTRA US SALMON DUTYOSLO, Norway - The Norwegian government said it may f

The contract between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen's and Wareh

NY LAWMAKERS NAMED IN MALPRACTICE CASEUNIONDALE, N.Y. - A group claiming that New York resid

Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA expects to reduce its frequency along the West Coast and combine tw

International standards for paperless trading move from theory to reality tonight as ICI Americas In

The Pennsylvania State Insurance Department has granted rate increases to the Aetna Life and Casualt

President Bush's decision to postpone oil drilling off southern Florida leaves in limbo 73 oil lease

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Federal Express Corp. completed its move from Boeing Field to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport w

Isamu Kawai was elected president of Fuji Heavy Industries Co., the manufacturer of Subaru cars, su

CHINA PLANS TO DEVELOP HIGH-TECHNOLOGY SHIPSChina is to develop 19 types of high-technology

Sad for the grimy city of Hoboken, a shock to the Port of New York, the planned shutdown of the mass

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Jim Long, vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and commissioner of

Tanker owners might face a shortage of insurance protection to meet their liability exposures in 199

Ocean carriers moving goods from Italy to the United States canceled their cargo-sharing agreement.<