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A clash of cultures between Swiss and American management styles was a key factor behind the reorgan

Cheri J. Hawkins, the new president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, hopes her election

The U.S. Army's port and waterway engineers want to simplify the reports they require from carriers

Olav K. Rakkenes isn't one to sit politely through an unproductive meeting. At a negotiating

Deregulation of Australian domestic aviation arrives Nov. 1, and aviation officials here are hoping

May 4, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A $598 million antitrust lawsuit against the nation's three largest trucking companies has merit and

Senate Finance Committee staff members said Friday they will try to correct a ''mistake" made recent

1340 (May 4, 1990) Previous day - 1345 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

World sugar prices plummeted Friday amid trade and commission house selling activated by a projectio

The Argentine government forecast the InternationalMonetary Fund would support its latest economic p

USX Corp. is favored to win what is expected to be a close vote at its annual meeting today on inves

The international tin market is being pressured by slow demand from users, who apparently are not wo

The Federal Maritime Commission is weighing two proposals aimed at solving the problem of using over

The Soviet Union has emerged as a stunning new market for broilers and may edge out Japan this year

REGIONAL BLOCS The Future of Pacific Rim Trade With Particular Reference to the U.S.-Japan E

TRADE COMMISSION DENIES SANCTIONS PLEAThe U.S. International Trade Commission has denied a m

Credit insurers are closely watching the fallout from U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's new po

One of Canada's biggest battery makers has just launched North America's first 100 percent mercury-f

Some insurance consultants call it "gaposis" - the gaps in policies that may eliminate the very cove

A federal judge levied a $115.5 million penalty against officers of the collapsed Champion Insurance

COCOA PRODUCERS AGREE TO REDUCE PRODUCTIONACCRA, Ghana - The world's leading cocoa growers,

PAN AM LOSSES CONTINUE TO MOUNTPan Am Corp. lost $190.7 million in the first quarter. The Ne

Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, releases 1989 group figures this week that probably will

Brooklyn beer is raising heads in Japan. For the past four months, Brooklyn Brewery Ltd. has

The Group of 7 major industrial nations has succeeded, perhaps in spite of itself, in stabilizing ex

U.S. natural gas producers asked Congress to block a plan to import major quantities of natural gas

The Grand Trunk Western Railroad and the United Transportation Union have reached an agreement that

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY (East Brunswick, N.J.) - Donald L. Watson was named executive director

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JOBLESS RATE FALLS IN W. GERMANY AGAINNUREMBERG, West Germany - The number of people out of

A section of Proposition 103 which allows banks in California to sell insurance has created a new ec

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved slightly higher during last week reflecting sta

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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

3Com Corp. started shipping to Japan in late April its Japanese-language software designed to link g

U.S.A. Tecmarine Inc. this month will double its sailing frequency by adding a second containership

PA. PANEL TO CONSIDER BILL TO AID PORTIncreasing commerce through the Port of Philadelphia w

FACTORY LAYOFFS PUSH JOBLESS RATE HIGHERFactory layoffs helped push up unemployment in April

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded seven spot coal contracts covering deliveries to four