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Brazil's port strike entered its seventh day Thursday, with union leaders saying talks with governme

Hong Kong's telecommunications company turned in a sharp jump in profit for the year. Hong K

Word that the Soviet Union is reflagging vessels under the flag of Cyprus stumped U.S. government of

WASHINGTON - For the week ended June 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroa

1297 (June 7, 1990) Previous day - 1302 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

FREIGHTLINER ANNOUNCES PLANT EXPANSIONSPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. is expanding its

The U.S. dollar remained mostly higher Thursday afternoon on technical buying. For the fourt

A federal judge stopped all random drug testing at the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. because o

TRADE SURPLUS NARROWS IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's trade surplus

New Yorkers will have to come up with as much as $3 billion more for annual transportation programs

China, India and Pakistan should expand their shipbreaking facilities to compensate for a closure of

June 7, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Soothsayers in international economics predict that a failure to agree soon on more comprehensive gl

June 7, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.55

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.21 off 0.53 which compare

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GOLD SALES WEIGH ON PRECIOUS METALSPrecious metals futures dropped sharply in New York, foll

UMWA FILES PETITION AGAINST COLOMBIAThe United Mine Workers of America said Thursday it file

Business is looking up for General Instrument Corp.'s Undersea Systems division. At its smal

Businessland Inc., the country's largest computer retailer, has begun operations in Japan through a

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

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B

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

A number of Chinese ships may be transferred to the Maltese registry, China's minister of communicat

Air cargo interests here are incensed over a Los Angeles International Airport plan to freeze operat

Concern on Capitol Hill over insurance company solvency prompted the National Association of Insuran

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 6, 1990(Dollars Per Metric Ton)Open

The cash hog market, after riding a bull market for more than 2 months, possibly hit its high for th

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A new Peruvian labor law that grants workers' union federations the right to represent groups of loc

MONTREAL - Dominic Taddeo, general manager and chief executive officer of the Port of Montreal, like

Containerized cargo will be the fastest-growing segment of global seaborne trade over the next 10 ye

THIS WEEK MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY of the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in China's Tiananmen

US CARS MAKE GAINS IN JAPANESE MARKETSales of imported cars in Japan jumped 21.4 percent in

A 2.6 million-barrel increase in crude stocks reported by the American Petroleum Institute for the w

ALASKA AIRLINES flew 340.4 million revenue passenger-miles in May, up 13.8 percent from 299 million

Executives of Japanese automobile companies fear an outbreak of "Japan bashing" in the United States

COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS OVER USSR DISRUPTEDCommercial flights over the Soviet Union out of Tokyo

CITIBANK (New York) - David E. Cripps was named head of offshore investment management, a new posit

Foreign direct investment in the United States last year was $64.6 billion, down from 1988's $72.7 m