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CONTINENTAL TURNED A PROFIT IN 1ST QUARTERContinental Airlines Inc. earned $21.3 million in

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

The Bush administration Monday said it will allow an additional $1.3 billion in goods from Mexico in

The Journal of Commerce opened a news bureau in the Kansas City, Mo., area to report on transportati

The U.S. dollar was higher against most currencies except the Japanese yen Monday in quiet trading.<

VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY (Norfolk, Va.) - Blackburn J. Booth was named director of national accounts

Rationing of health care may be necessary if the United States is to stabilize soaring costs, insura

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Harold Wagner has been appointed executive vice p

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The Supreme Court Monday declared the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is not immune from f

SUPREME COURT REJECTS CLAIM AGAINST CUSTOMSThe Supreme Court rejected an importer's claim th

In an unusual twist of commercial fate, two Australian insurance companies formed over a century ago

India, isolated on Washington's trade hit list for erecting barricades against foreign competition,

The major industrial nations may be about to approve a less-than-adequate increase in the Internatio

1361 (Apr. 30, 1990) Previous day - 1373 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Precious metal prices were moderately lower Monday amid persistently bearish supply fundamentals.

Mon., April 30, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

WHOLESALE SALES UP 3 PERCENT IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German wholesale

ConAgra Grain Cos. has purchased the barge fleet of Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a move that sh

The Bush administration Monday indicated it would try to complete a long- delayed study regarding th

SAUDI OIL INCOME EXCEEDS FORECASTSNICOSIA, Cyprus - Saudi Arabia's oil income in the first q

Add Japan to the growing number of foreign countries that may soon appear on the list of destination

The deep-draft, privately owned U.S. merchant marine fleet totaled 485 vessels on Jan. 1, a decrease

LA POLICE OFFICIAL TO DISCUSS CARGO THEFTLONG BEACH, Calif. - A Los Angeles police official

Canadian National Railways executives, after reporting a marked decline in net profit for 1989, said

Apr. 30, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Officials in this Southeast Asian nation are stepping up efforts to attract more shipping lines and

Arco Chemical Co., known primarily for chemicals with tongue-twisting names, is trying to conquer a

The amounts of cancer-causing dioxins in milk cartons, coffee filters and toilet tissues are too sma

The Federal Maritime Commission has refused to assert blanket jurisdiction over cargo shipments that

Growing concern about the environment, insurer solvency and the insurance industry's limited antitru

Nationwide Insurance said Monday it was holding to its decision to reject claims filed by an agency

Apr. 30, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

OCTOBER SUGAR NO. 11 LIMIT, MARGIN ADJUSTEDThe Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange announced Mo

US, EC CHIP MAKERS WANT TRADE REFORMSCUPERTINO, Calif.- The Semiconductor Industry Associati

American President Cos. reported a loss of $2.5 million on revenue of $587 million during the first

Since his unfriendly bid to buy Farmers Insurance Group in Los Angeles, Calif., failed last week, C

CITRIC ACID Pfizer Inc.'s Specialty Chemicals Group raised list prices of full or mixed truc

The world's main cocoa-growing nations, struggling to balance budgets and repay foreign debt, are se

The number of freight forwarding jobs in the United States grew about 80 percent in the last two dec