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US RIG COUNT SOARS TO 923 DURING WEEKNEW YORK - The number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil and

U.S. subsidies on wheat sold to the Soviet Union were worth $481 million over 29 months, the General

CP Rail Tuesday offered Consolidated Rail Corp. a better route to Montreal and access to Quebec City

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner has declined to review a Maritime Administration order

GOTHENBURG PORT SETS GENERAL CARGO RECORDGOTHENBURG, Sweden - The Port of Gothenburg had its

PA. TRUCK LAW BANS GARBAGE BACKHAULINGHARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Robert P. Casey has signed legi

Tue., Mar. 13, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Two leading Finnish companies, United Paper Mills Ltd. and Rauma- Repola Oy announced they intend to

NORTH AMERICA Expo Publicitas Guadalajara '90. March 15-17. Guadalajara, Mexico. Exposition

Michael Wolf was a Firestone fast-tracker. A vice president at 33, Mr. Wolf swiftly climbed

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CSL Intermodal's new customer service department in Jacksonville, Fla., opens for business next Mond

US GROUP PESSIMISTIC ON JAPAN WOOD TALKSThe sixth round of negotiations aimed at opening the

Panama is planning to take maritime administration authority out of the hands of its far-flung consu

As Southern California gobbles up more and more of the international trade on the West Coast, and Lo

''The chemical industry, that's me." This declaration by industrialist Raul Gardini, head of

The Interstate Commerce Commission says it will conduct a hearing on proposed abandonment of rail li

A visiting congressional subcommittee wrapped up hearings earlier this week on a plebiscite that wou

The U.S. dollar declined against the yen Tuesday on fresh speculation that Japan may tighten credit,

1628 (Mar. 13, 1990) Previous day - 1628 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

SHUTTLE PASSENGERS TO GET NEWSLETTERThe Pan Am Shuttle plans to distribute gratis copies of

Things aren't so genteel in the Old South these days. A feud is raging between the Port of R

US RICE GAINS CITED IF JAPAN EASES MARKETThe head of the U.S. Rice Millers Association said

US RETAIL SALES FELL 0.9 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYWeak auto sales in February pulled retail sales

Some famous American corporate logos are rapidly becoming household names in Europe, too, as U.S. co

With a stroke of the pen Tuesday, President Bush ended five years of crippling economic sanctions ag

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has signed a two-year service contract with Euro-Gulf International to

MARSH SETS UP SHOP IN EAST BERLINMarsh & McLennan Inc. has established a new office in East

World Bank officials have been lax in enforcing internal rules that encourage farm aid recipients to

Equipment finance companies will have to expand the range of services they offer if they want to mee

A new report suggests ways bridges linking New York state and Canada can be made to handle more traf

Robert W. Crowley has resigned from Trans Freight Lines to form his own consulting firm, C.W. Consul

The U.S. international payments deficit declined to $20.5 billion in the fourth quarter last year, b

Major mailers say they will use Accelerated Reply Mail service extensively when the U.S. Postal Serv

ORGANIC PEROXIDE Witco Corp. said its Argus division would raise most organic peroxide price

Container traffic for the trans-Siberian railroad could be shipped from Scandinavia on a ferry servi

With additional steamship lines due to start calling at the Port of Tacoma later this year, the port

Compagnie Maritime Generale, or French Line, has added a fourth vessel to its round-the-world servic

Royal Dutch/Shell Group's Malaysian units will spend about M$5 billion (US$1.9 billion) on so-called

Towering domestic coffee prices, fueled by the speculation, uncertainty and unease over the economy,