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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES (Washington) - Jean C. Godwin was named director of governm

1317 (May 10, 1990) Previous day - 1321 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

CENTER FOR THE PACIFIC RIM (San Francisco) - This unit of the University of San Francisco named sev

BACKGROUND: The United States and the Soviet Union are the first- and third- largest economies in th

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

Pacific Rim economic growth should weaken this year from the 1989 pace, which itself represented a t

"Greed" is the main ingredient in the increasingly common, sometimes devastatingly expensive insurer

EPOXY PLASTICIZER Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. Thursday said the price of its Fl

Taiwan might have to change its tack of fighting inflation by tightening money supply since the effo

VENEZUELAN OFFICIAL ATTACKS LENDING RULESCARACAS, Venezuela - Tough conditions attached to l

President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that 18 months of bargaining have yielded agreement between Eg

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX RISES IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's consumer pr

The cost of paying wages to unemployed New York area dockworkers jumped 13 percent in the 12-month r

There is little chance of any significant reduction in U.K. interest rates for some time to come, th

Bay Ship Management Inc. will operate and maintain the Navy's fleet of eight fast sealift vessels un

Coca-Cola Co. intends aggressively to build "flourishing businesses" in Eastern European countries b

Cash-flush South Korean and Taiwanese industrial investors were among the many who cheered Costa Ric

LABOR EXPECTS RULING ON DISPUTE IN RAIL SALERailroad labor officials expect a court ruling

TRUCK SHIPPERS ARE REACTING with glee as the Interstate Commerce Commission drops plans toallow moto

Heavy flooding through Oklahoma and Arkansas continues to keep barge traffic off the 450-mile naviga

The Export-Import Bank and the Agency for International Development are expected to unveil today a p

Surely Malcolm Forbes, the late publisher of Forbes magazine (a.k.a. The Capitalist Tool), didn't co

Profit-taking sharply pared gains for Commodity Exchange Inc. copper futures Thursday, turning a 175

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

CSX Transportation Inc. announced this week it's going ahead with new loading rules that some in the

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Pratt & Whitney and a West German manufacturer from teaming

The South Carolina State Ports Authority has hired a New York firm to conduct a seven-month simulato

The war is over for the USS Sanctuary, but Dr. Edward G. Toomey believes its mission has just begun.

ONTARIO SUPREME COURT WEIGHS SOUNDAIR'S FATEThe Ontario Supreme Court will decide by early n

Sea urchins are a popular morsel in the sushi bars of Japan, where uni enjoys a reputation for boost

As thousands of government employees walked off their jobs demanding more pay, a top official said t

Insurers might withdraw or limit policies insuring against marine pollution or natural disasters in

Banks in Canada should be allowed to establish holding companies that could dabble in a range of non

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A 13-day strike at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. ended Thursday when 51 workers climbed down from a c

The government in Indonesia is making new efforts to ease congestion at its main ports, including pr

The story "US Urged to Get In on Emerging Technology," on Page 5A in The Journal of Commerce, May 7,

Six Connecticut sailing students on a training trip abandoned ship during a storm and were picked up

POLAND'S YARD WORKERS STAGE PAY PROTESTWARSAW, Poland - Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, in a

The birds could finish them off. Missouri River watermen, hastening to their destinations be