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Royal Dutch/ Shell Group and a number of Chinese entities are working onplans for a refinery

NATHAN AVERY, PRESIDENT of Galveston-Houston Co., Houston, is about to be named to a top post at the

DOE ADDS 3 MORE TO CLEAN COAL PROGRAMThe Energy Department said it completed negotiations wi

OPEC CHIEF SEEKS CUT IN PRODUCTIONConsultations between Sadek Boussena, Organization of Petr

Crude oil inventories declined slightly last week, but remained substantially higher than a year ago

May 2, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

French national airline Air France is setting up a number of joint venture subsidiary companies in E

The U.S. Postal Service is going to have to defend its 1989 rollback in the price of international E

A U.S.-Soviet trade pact remains "an open question," a White House spokesman said Wednesday in respo

TRUCK TRAILER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, 48th annual meeting, May 4-9. Boca Raton Resort and Club, B

The Mexican government Wednesday proposed yielding control over the nation's banking system, which w

A new global communications network for the maritime industry that will go into service in September

Amtrak would have to suspend passenger rail service to Florida if a judge rules that it must quit du

* Trading With Bermuda 4A * Brazil Lowers More Import Barriers 5A* Tom Connors - Washington

The president of the International Longshoremen's Association has protested the planned merger of tw

Air cargo carriers are making progress in replacing paper documents with electronic messages for muc

LEADING INDICATORS ROSE 0.9 PERCENT IN MARCHThe index of leading indicators, the government'

U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (Washington) - W. Patrick Morris was appointed chief counsel of the Mar

George Hayashi is the new president and chief executive of American President Lines Ltd. His

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An independent legal office at the Federal Maritime Commission said Sea-Land Service Inc. should end

President Bush broadened earlier administration proposals to ease international curbs on exports of

As West German influence grows in Eastern Europe, the countries there look to the United States for

A foreign country shipping agent has launched an attack on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and it

Allianz AG of West Germany agreed this week to take a 65 percent stake in a holding company that it

Insurance industry leaders are scrambling to design brakes to check the runaway costs of workers com

Intoxicated motorcyclists failing to wear a helmet face the highest potential of becoming a traffic

CIGNA LIAISON OFFICE FOR E. EUROPE OPENSCigna Worldwide Inc. has opened an eastern European

GENERAL RE POSTS RESULTS FOR QUARTERSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. Wednesday reported th

American General Corp., which has been embroiled in a bitter takeover battle with Torchmark Corp., s

Julianne Jessup, insurance analyst with Barclays de Zoete Wedd, said Wednesday she thought it unlike

The Swedish Club, a leading hull and liability insurance mutual, on Wednesday announced a 1989 opera

Smirnoff, at one time the vodka of kings, or more specifically czars, but banished during the Bolshe

This is no longer a cheap city to live in. Dollars and other hard currencies are essential. You can

This western New York city on Lake Erie plays host today to talks between Great Lakes governors and

An economic development assistant to Washington Gov. Booth Gardner will become the state's permanent

TAIWAN OPENS BIDDING TO EAST EUROPEANSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will allow five Eastern Europe

With 96 million neckties sold annually in the United States, Yoshiyuhi Igo's 1990 goal of exporting

The head of Intel Corp., whose popular 386 microprocessor is used in computer systems worldwide, say

NESTLE SAYS NET PROFIT JUMPED 17 PERCENT IN 1989ZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss group Nestle, th