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The leading marketer of refrigerant for automobile air conditioners announced a $1 million campaign

Poland's harsh economic austerity measures are bringing soaring prices under control, but Warsaw sa

The merger of two huge Japanese banks this past weekend creates the world's second-largest commercia

REGIONAL BLOCS European Business Outlook: East and West. April 3-4. New Orleans. Contact Kay

U.S. shipbuilders will hold off on a new request to the U.S. trade representative to end unfair fore

Delmas Vieljeux, a privately owned French shipping company that operates 52 vessels in 12 trade lane

Du Pont said it would raise pensions for more than 50,000 former employees on May 31. Pensio

Strong metal and textile prices provided a firm undertone for The Journal of Commerce Industrial Pri

U.S. leading economic indicators fell 0.6 percent in February, largely influenced by the month's 25

Soviet oil workers in the Tyumen region of Western Siberia threatened to strike beginning April 1, a

SHIPBROKERS ARE NOW SUGGESTING that the shipping market has bottomed out, at least for thetime being

FREIGHTLINER CORP. (Portland, Ore.) - Ken West was named plant manager at this truck maker's Mount H

Contrary to earlier indications, Massachusetts Port Authority officials say it may still be several

Gov. Jim Florio urged the Coalition of Northeast Governors to survey auto insurance laws and practic

FIRST OCEAN MARINE CO. (Redwood City, Calif.) - Anne Landstrom was named director of import sales.

An upcoming meeting of the Group of 7 finance ministers in Paris won't have a major impact on the do

A long struggle between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the city of Memphis - TVA's biggest custo

Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon has refused to back down from his plan to privatize government-owned Pue

Like school safety patrols, able-bodied airline fliers soon are going to be tapped for emergency exi

AEROFLOT BEGINS FLIGHTS TO SOUTH KOREASEOUL, South Korea - The Soviet airline Aeroflot began

In a major policy switch, the Defense Department announced Friday it would no longer block the expor

U.S. carrier and shipbuilder representatives are locking horns once again over whether and how they

TRANSPORTATION POLICY is too important to be left to the transportation planners. After all,

Mar. 30, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

THE PROBLEM WITH FORTRESSES is that someone always seems to be trying to storm them. That ma

These days, every traffic manager has to come up with ways of saving money. Especially when the carg

Constitutional law expert Floyd Abrams will lead Allstate Insurance Co.'s fight against New Jersey's

Tokyo's consumer price index for March 11-20 averaged 107.1, up 0.4 percentfrom mid-February

George F.W. Telfer was named senior news editor of The Journal of Commerce today, and Leo Abruzzese

When U.S. or Soviet astronauts arrive on the moon sometime in the 21st century to launch constructio

The Bush administration hopes its biggest trade dispute with Brazil will be settled soon. Ca

The Inter-American Development Bank may set records this year in both its lending and borrowing, acc

Fri., Mar. 30, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

American food exporters are losing out to Western Europeans in sales to the huge Soviet consumer mar

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COCOA GROUP EXTENDS AGREEMENT FOR 2 YEARSThe International Cocoa Organization council voted

Tokyo traders are bracing themselves for a crash by the bruised and battered Nikkei Stock Average to

1529 (Mar. 30, 1990) Previous day - 1539 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

WASHINGTON - For the week ended March 24, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

After years of hearing no, Vietnam veterans with a rare cancer they believe was caused by the defoli