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With railroad traffic through the Port of New York and New Jersey expected to pick up, the Port Auth

Anglo American Insurance Co. has ceased advising H.S. Weavers (Underwriting) Agencies Ltd., the Lond

The cost of traditional employer-sponsored medical indemnity plans rose 20.4 percent between 1988 an

John Van de Kamp, California's attorney general, is calling for the replacement of the administrativ

Nigerian cocoa interest groups have agreed with the government's decision to ban the export of raw c

Ivaran Lines is taking on the Andes. The Norwegian-owned shipping line that has been linking

BATON ROUGE DEDICATES NEW FACILITY TODAYBATON ROUGE, La. - Commissioners of the Greater Bato

A number of prototype examples of new rail equipment designed for intermodal use will be displayed a

CF'S DEBT RATING DROPPED BY MOODY'SNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Conso

A MARKETING VERSION of "Babes in Toyland"? That was the overwhelming impression that this visitor to

DELAWARE PORT AUTHORITY (Camden, N.J.) - Raymond G. Heinzelmann, director of the world tradedivision

Japanese electronics companies have begun marketing intriguing new products incorporating "fuzzy log

FEBRUARY TRADE DEFICIT ESTIMATED AT $7.7 BILLIONEconomists expect Wednesday's U.S. merchandi

Hong Kong's toy industry had more than children's fantasies in mind last week, when it unfurled a 75

Silver prices Monday came perilously close to falling below $5 an ounce, a level many analysts belie

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

United Parcel Service is building a $3.5 million, 30,000-square-foot facility on a 6.3-acre undevelo

Emery Worldwide has opened an expanded gateway facility at Lester B. Pearson International Airport i

To get a part at Caterpillar Inc.'s factory here, a worker punches a command into a computer. Within

RHONE-POULENC HALTS POTATO INSECTICIDE SALESA North Carolina company said last week it would

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by petroleum marketers to block part of Chevron Corp.'s sale of

TAIWAN POLICE ARREST ILLEGAL BANK EMPLOYEESTAIPEI, Taiwan - The head of one of Taiwan's larg

Mon., April 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Ronni Nass frets that the emotional debate over U.S. policy toward China could end up costing her co

MIDWAY WILL INCREASE SERVICE FROM CHICAGOCHICAGO - Midway Airlines will increase service fro

Paul and Robert Bedoukian made their first million duplicating scents like fresh-cut grass. They hop

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GORBACHEV AIDES SEEK QUICK ECONOMIC ACTIONSenior advisers to President Mikhail S. Gorbachev

Major U.S. oil companies wrote off $2.8 billion in special environmental charges last year, but indu

The U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement has bolstered cross-border trade, but at a cost to shippers.

TOO MUCH HYPE can do more harm than good. Overpraising a technology can do damage. And elect

McGraw-Hill Inc. will coordinate the operations of its two regional customs brokers before expanding

China's most important trade fair kicked off its two-week spring run with a reported initial increas

Richard Nixon was making a political comeback, Carl Yastrzemski was making plays in left field for t

IF THE NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE can forecast good weather, as it did for ceremonies in southern

Japanese investors have been lured into the French financial markets recently by prospects of some o

Roadway Express Inc. breached the barriers protecting the Mexican transportation market this week by

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