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A group of leading ship management companies and the safety agencies that certify the seaworthiness

A former shipping executive was indicted Tuesday for mail fraud in connection with the delivery of a

FOREIGN AFFILIATES TO HIKE INVESTMENTMajority-owned foreign affiliates of U.S. companies pla

Japan must redouble its efforts to meet the objectives of a 1986 agreement on increasing the foreign

Thu., April 5, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

THERE'S STRENGTH TO HOG AND PORK BELLY PRICES beyond better fundamentals, analysts said. Whi

A two-tier earthquake insurance package was introduced to Congress Wednesday and assigned to the Hou

Acid rain legislation will prove a boon for Western coal producers but its devasting impact on the M

OPEC crude oil production in March rose by 200,000 barrels a day to a total of 23.7 million barrels,

STRIKERS, BIG HMO MEET WITH MEDIATORNegotiators for 11,000 striking hospital workers and the

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

W. COAST OFFICIAL URGES MORE DREDGING FUNDSA West Coast maritime official called for an incr

Local business reaction to Britain's long-awaited proposals on Hong Kong people's right of abode was

Oil prices and rising environmental consciousness will direct intermodalism in the 1990s, a group of

FED UP WITH RISING RATES and unsatisfactory responses from ocean carrier conferences, toymakers form

Olaf von Maydell, who has headed the U.S. operation of West German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG for

The United States needs to loosen its antitrust laws to help domestic companies band together and pr

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

The yen rose Thursday on rumors that the Group of 7 industrial nations will agree in Paris Saturday

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Scottish Lion Insurance does not generally compete with the H.S. Weavers agency and the Walbrook Ins

The level of domestic debt among Chinese commercial entities now exceeds US$20 billion, officials ac

Two constitutional amendments aimed at removing a protected tax status for insurance companies have

As ecological concerns grow, so do the chances of a renaissance for flax, an oilseed that has been

The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday voted to tighten a proposal offered last week that would

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Michael Beard, the president of Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, takes a stoic view of the plight

Apr. 4, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The European Commission's bid to forge a single energy market in the European Community after 1992 h

AUSTRALIANS OFFER PREGNANCY PILLOWDentons (Australia) Pty Ltd., of Melbourne, Australia, sai

New oil spill legislation pending before a congressional conference committee has been thefocus of m

Apr. 4, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

GREECE'S BOP DEFICIT WIDENS TO $1.15 BILLIONATHENS, Greece - Greece had a balance of payment

European health organizations are planning to automate commercial transactions and technological exc

The Maritime Administration has denied applications for a controversial Israeli vessel charter and l

The first of a two-step hike in the minimum wage took effect this week, bringing it to $3.80 an hour

Crowley Maritime Corp. will escape posting the entire $50.4 million cashbond required to appeal a gu

Dow Chemical Co. and Domtar Inc. abandoned their joint venture to recycle plastic, the first casual

The Federal Maritime Commission wants to cancel carriers' tariffs if they fail to file yearly statem

Saudi Arabia changed the May price formulas for its European customers to become more responsive to