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Amtrak's Silver Meteor smashed into a tractor-trailer carrying sewage Monday, slightly injuring six

1304 (May 29, 1990) Previous day - 1313 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Both ship operators and port workers expect that an eight-day strike by Brazilian port workers sched

For most of his career, Tim Harris has worked for businesses controlled by Sir Jeffrey Sterling, the

Tim Harris said he is more interested in helping P&O Containers Ltd. develop its businesses than in

Port Kelang, the principal maritime gateway of Malaysia, handled a total of 4.47 million metric tons

FRANCE IS RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT YARD PLANA plan to reopen a French shipyard that once employe

The new U.S.-Soviet aviation agreement to be signed at this week's superpower summit would allow sch

America's industry uses more gears than foreign competitors and in 1984 it manufactured more of them

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Tue., May 29, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Bush administration's budget office says approval of Waterman Steamship Corp.'s effort to consol

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

JAPAN'S JOBLESS RATE ROSE SLIGHTLY IN APRILJapan's seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment

Vietnam is turning to Western traders to cover a shortfall in its imports of refined products, oil i

Throughout the 17-year rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile enjoyed strong economic relations with t

TEKTRONIX ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS, RESTRUCTURINGBEAVERTON, Ore. - Tektronix Inc. announced Tuesday

NORTH AMERICA World Pork Expo 1990. June 2-4. Des Moines, Iowa. Contact Sharon Middleton, ad

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SONY CORP. LAUNCHES HIGH-TECH SKETCH PADIn an effort to introduce technology to children, So

Coal officials in China say they intend to boost exports this year, but acknowledge poor quality is

As a country that didn't have television until 1980, Myanmar (Burma) is a little behind the times.<

The European Community's social affairs ministers on Tuesday adopted two directives that create mini

WORMALD INTERNATIONAL, TYCO SET MERGER DEALEXETER, N.H. - Tyco Laboratories Inc. said Tuesda

On the eve of the Washington summit, foreign policy experts and Western business interests see the p

Quintette Coal Ltd. will have to reduce substantially the price it may charge its customers under a

May 29, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

May 29, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A strong performance by U.S. Treasuries in the fiscal year ending in March, 1990, and the dollar's r

As of May 29, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table in clude spot quotations or list price

ONTARIO PASSES NO-FAULT LEGISLATIONThe Ontario government has passed legislation that will b

The savings and loan disaster, along with recent court and legislative decisions that make it easier

New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's new state budget contains two insurance- related provisions that have

"My name's Markwell, not Machiavelli." Christopher Markwell, recently appointed insurance sp

Switzerland's insurance sector registered an impressive 10 percent increase in premiums volume in 19

The structure of the Far Eastern Freight Conference, the rate-making group of steamship lines that s

Chinese President Yang Shangkun Monday donated 1,200 bicycles to the Peronist government and asked h

U.S. business spokesmen foresee relatively little commercial impact if President Bush and Soviet Pre

President George Bush seems taller and more rugged-looking in person than on television or in photog

A second executive officer resigned from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, drawing mo