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WHILE THE U.S. ECONOMY grew at a 2.1 percent annual rate during the first quarter, corporate earning

The credibility of railroad communications came under scrutiny at the opening session of the 38th an

Although she has been the target of repeated coup attempts, Philippine President Corazon Aquino is m

SAUDIS HOPE TO FORM MORE JOINT VENTURESNICOSIA, Cyprus - Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest o

A dramatic slowdown in the Brazilian economy forced Emery Worldwide Airlines to temporarily suspend

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1305 (May 14, 1990) Previous day - 1313 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Freight shippers attacked a trucking industry plan to set minimum transportation rates for moving go

Dissidents in the largest seafaring labor organization in the country suffered a reverse late last w

Fleet Lines, an ocean freight consolidator, said it started a direct, all- water service to Istanbul

Soviet participation in a four-nation venture to develop oil production on the North Yemen-South Yem

U.S. high-tech industries are growing anxious over European Community policies affecting U.S. export

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Many parts of Texas' new workers compensation insurance law have been targeted for legal attack by o

Strong textile and metal prices lifted The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index last week.

The strong performance of its lightering and offshore supply boat affiliate helped OMI Corp. record

Some top Quebec business leaders are sounding an alarm that a divorce from English Canada would be c

Report Predicts Drop In Domestic Oil OutputThe U.S. Department of Energy said last week it e

US REDUCES DUTIES ON COLOMBIAN FLOWERSColombian flower growers welcomed as "an important vic

AFRICA A VICTIM OF PERESTROIKA? Africa may lose from the gains of Eastern Europe, said James O.C. Jo

REGIONAL BLOCS Demystifying Europe 1992: What It Is, What It Is Not, and How Your Company Ca

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

Privately owned shipping line Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA has begun building Colombia's first a

Asarco Inc. acquired Oxy Metal SA de CV, a specialty chemicals producer based in Mexico City, from I

CZARNIKOW REVISES 1990 SUGAR ESTIMATESWorld raw sugar production should rise to 107.21 milli

Back when U.S. industry dominated every new technology from the light bulb to plastic wrap, few peop

The Soviet Union is buying U.S. corn from Japanese trading houses as some large U.S.-based companie

The handful of deep-sea shipping lines that specialize in the transportation of cars and trucks face

Saudi Arabia, which has pledged to cut its oil output by 430,000 barrels a day under the new Organiz

Navistar International Transportation Corp. outsold its competitors by a wide margin last month in a

The dollar broke decisively below its recent trading range last week, and traders said they expect t

AMTRAK LEGISLATION SENT TO WHITE HOUSECongress has cleared Amtrak authorization legislation

Mexico will become one of the top exporters of textiles and apparel to the United States in the comi

A larger U.S. and world wheat crop is likely to require the United States to use its export bonus pr

Varity Corp. of Toronto requested and received a US$11.5 million incentive package late last week fr

THE OCEAN FUTURES MARKET attempted to bounce upward last week, but failed and slipped backto the low

CUBA REPORTS OPENING OF JOINT-VENTURE HOTELVARADERO, Cuba - President Fidel Castro, saying g

IMPERIAL TOBACCO TO RESTRUCTUREImperial Tobacco Ltd., maker of John Player cigarettes, annou

The recent breakthrough in plans for a single currency for East and West Germany will help end the s

If states want to provide health insurance for residents who remain uncovered, they'll probably have