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AsiaSat I, Asia's first commercial telecommunications satellite, has begun tests and is expected to

PRICES OF OCEAN freight futures contracts reached lifetime lows last week, as a new wave of pessimis

The recent appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is providing unexpected profits

Evergreen Marine Corp. accused other ocean carriers Friday of leaking to the press information about

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

A homeowners earthquake insurance deductible "gap filler" has been proposed by California Gov. Georg

Minneapolis financier Irwin Jacobs said he sold some of the wheat receipts he held in deliverable po

Dexter Corp. of Windsor Locks, Conn., and Solvay & Cie SA of Brussels, Belgium, said they formed a j

A Coast Guard report says the system used to regulate oil tankers in U.S. ports is stretched to the

DHL International and Aeromexico are negotiating a joint venture that would provide commercial cargo

2 BIG FOOD COMPANIES TO MERGE IN CANADATwo major Canadian food companies, Maple Leaf Mills a

Gathering information about the true supply and demand position of the maritime labor market is prov

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

Keppel Philippines Shipyard Inc. posted a 77 percent jump in profit for the year through last Dec. 3

Crum and Forster Inc. is withdrawing from the standard personal lines market to concentrate on its "

John Cronin uses the same tools against polluters that his medieval forebears used against poachers

Two key Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the Bush administr

Leaders of developing countries will use the U.N. General Assembly this week to debate how the world

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger of two major trucking companies, P-I-E Nation

The Military Sealift Command, already under intense criticism for its recent rejections of industry

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold its mid-year ministerial conference, sch

CHINESE ACCUMULATE $70 BILLION IN LOANSChinese companies and their overseas joint-venture pa

Unemployment in Poland, continuing its steep upward climb, reached nearly a third of a million in m

OIL IMPORTS HELP PUT JAPAN TRADE IN REDJapan, usually under fire internationally for running

REGIONAL BLOCS Eastern Europe Luncheon. April 26. Baltimore. Contact Suzanne Lewis, Maryland

LANOLIN AND LANOLIN DERIVATIVES Henkel Corp. will increase prices of lanolin and lanolin der

CME EXTENDS DEADLINE ON EXEMPTION RULEThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced it will exte

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. flew a daily average of 1.3 million express packages and documents in March, 1

The government is beginning to throw its leverage behind the island's struggling petrochemical indus

Apr. 20, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Crude oil prices retreated Friday, giving up some of Thursday's gains. The U.S. benchmark cr

Southern Co. Services Inc. has narrowed the list of coal companies competing for contracts to supply

INDIA'S GOVERNMENT RELEASES MORE COTTONNEW DELHI, India - The government has released an add

Iraq asked Japanese oil companies to help develop four oil fields which are expected to produce near

Transportation companies are developing electronic messages that will allow information to move easi

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said proposed changes to a controversial product liability bill, pendi

Major U.S.-Soviet business ventures will probably proceed regardless of events in Lithuania, unless

FRAUDSTERS BEWARE: Watch out for renewed enforcement of commercial fraud cases by Customs, trade law

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With Indian land claims finally settled, the Port of Tacoma is getting ready to spend more than $100