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New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 371,000 people during the week end

Truckers could run heavyweight, triple-trailer loads across the nation's midsection if a direct Chic

EAST GERMANY PLANS TO EASE COMPANY LAWSEAST BERLIN - East Germany took a major step toward c

The United States is expected to propose a substantial reduction in barriers to shipping high techno

The decline in the market for secondhand ships that occurred during the fourth quarter of 1989 did n

Container shipments through U.S. ports grew 6 percent in the first two months of this year, about th

Panalpina Inc., Humble, Texas, continues to operate as an ocean freight forwarder under the Federal

The Ports and Harbors Bureau of Japan's Transport Ministry says its new multibillion-dollar, long-te

US FARM GROUPS URGED TO BE ACTIVE IN EUROPEU.S. farm groups should take a more aggressive ro

U.S. business executives are worried that the United States will halt progress toward more favorable

United Airlines said it has received authority from the National Transportation Agency of Canada to

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher Thursday, except against the yen, which extended its technical ral

INVOICE RULE. Effective May 3, 1990, imports will be required to provide on commercial invoices the

CHINA REPORTS RISE IN URBAN JOBLESS RATEChina's urban unemployment rate rose to 2.6 percent

India can't seem to make up its mind about foreign investment. On the one hand, A.N. Varma,

Who would spend a weekend here listening to lectures on the "Anatomy of a Spemin" or "Sex and Death

The local American Chamber of Commerce is throwing its weight behind maintaining China's status as a

A former employee of Secaucus, N.J.-based Marine Transport Lines Inc. was found guilty Wednesday of

Shipping will be hampered and large containerships will have to schedule their sailings carefully be

A major U.S. ocean carrier is back in business on a Far East military trade route, but its battle wi

''We can't do that" was the initial reaction of Doug Thomas, Airborne Express' Washington, D.C., dis

There may be a plastic car in your future. But not if the steel industry has its way. Since

Faster than a speedy Congress, more powerful than an Earth Day rally, market forces and the fear of

The Port of Oakland has sent a senior delegation to the Far East to meet with shipping clients and p

After years of delay, banks are entering the paperless trading marketplace in force. But som

PERRIER TO DROP 'NATURALLY SPARKLING'At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Per

Tennessee Administrative Law Judge Tom Stovall Wednesday granted a motion by the Tennessee Departmen

Eishiro Saito, chairman of Japan's most powerful private business organization, said Thursday that J

China will boost its open-door policy by developing the Pudong district of Shanghai as a type of spe

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Thursday proposed to fine Phillips 66 Co. over $5.

Sugar prices were lower Thursday in response to news that the Soviet Union denied buying sugar on th

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U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE. April 20. New London, Conn. Seminar: "DOD Enters theDrug War: Can It M

Thu, Apr. 19, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Foreign banks are lending record amounts in Japan to fill the breach caused by Bank of Japan restric

* Leo Ryan's Trade Talk From Canada 4A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A

A contract agreement covering work at Japanese ports has been reached, ending the possibility of a d

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

The Air Force has agreed to pay as much as $27 million of the cleanup costs at two hazardous waste d