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A meeting of American and Japanese industry executives this week in Las Vegas could produce a much-n

Industrialized nations are unlikely to reach agreement on eliminating shipbuilding subsidies in time

President Bush said Friday he will nominate Rear Adm. William J. Kime to be commandant of the Coast

Fears of a Fortress Europe after 1992 are much exaggerated, a senior European Community official mai

Emery Worldwide is flying into a maelstrom of tangled labor relations. And it's apparently taking a

The sidewalk cafes on the main square in the posh boutique district are crowded with young men, many

Christer Olsson, executive vice president of Wallenius Lines AB, will be appointed presi- dent of th

HICKS, MUSE ACQUIRES SEVEN LIFE INSURERSHicks, Muse & Co. completed the acquisition of seven

Only a month after Atlantic Container Line said it would close a New Jersey operation that handles l

Argentine is a major force in the soybean and soybean product export markets that will have to be re

TEXACO CHEMICAL BUYS AIR PRODUCTS' UNITTexaco Chemical Co. said it acquired the ethyleneamin

U.S. farmers hate grain embargoes as much as ardent environmentalists hate strip-mining. Gra

JAPAN TRADE SURPLUS DOWN FROM YEAR AGOJapan had a $2.963 billion trade surplus on a customs

TRADING HOURS SET FOR NYMEX GAS FUTURESThe New York Mercantile Exchange has set 9:20 a.m. to

Gold prices crashed in bullion markets across India following the scrapping of a 27-year-old gold co

Metal trade union members manned a picket line in front of the Cascade General Inc. shipyard on Swan

GILLETTE CO. SELLING SOME EUROPEAN UNITSGillette Co. said Friday it is selling its European

FLUOBORIC ACID/ALKALI FLUOBORATES General Chemical Corp. said it increased schedule prices o

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

Airborne Express, third-largest overnight package courier in the United States, today will merge its

Japanese energy experts warn of the possibility of a third international oil crisis in late 1992 or

Asia offers the promise of explosive growth, according to Bourns Asia Pacific, a Riverside, Calif.-b

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Most shipyard workers' job-related deaths result from fires and explosions, falls, asphyxiation, poi

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

JAPAN, EC TO DISCUSS EUROPE'S CAR MARKETSenior trade officials from Japan and the European C

National carrier Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. beat its own expectations with record after-tax profit of

The Trade Development Board has taken the U.S. Department of Commerce to task for pursuing an invest

US CAMERA MAKER FILES FOR IMPORT RELIEFKeystone Camera Corp., the sole remaining U.S. manufa

RESTORATION OF PANAMA TO DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY COUNTRY STATUS FOR PURPOSES OF GSP AND CBI. Pursuant

BACKGROUND: The democratic revolution that is sweeping Eastern Europe presents the United States an

The San Francisco district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received two awards in a 1989 nationw

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NYK Line (North America) Inc. will open an office on Monday in Long Beach, Calif. Other new

A major stumbling block to the passage of clean air legislation was removed Thursday when the Senate

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Thursday said the existing regulatory system of the U.

JAPAN REPORTS INCREASE IN TRADE CONTRACT VALUEThe combined value of import and export contra

Torchmark Corp. turned up the heat in its $6.4 billion bid for American General Corp. Thursday, offe