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The first round of contract negotiations between waterfront employers and the labor union representi

UN OFFICIAL TARGETS HOLES IN EARTH'S OZONEThe holes in the earth's protective ozone layer wi

Coping with the speed of changes in Eastern Europe is no easy task for the U.S. Department of Commer

Coca-Cola GmbH, the West German subsidiary of Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co.,plans to open up t

An Illinois congressman introduced legislation Wednesday to deregulate trucking operations within st

The possible sale of the cruise ship Monterey to foreign interests today is causing a firestorm of o

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has apparently blinked in its battle with

The United States disclosed details Wednesday of an offer to eliminate all duties on a wide range of

Major steamship lines serving the North Atlantic failed this week to hammer out an agreement to redu

The New York Mercantile Exchange's executive committee was to recommend to the board last night that

JEFF PRICE IS A MAN with a mission. Mr. Price is a technical specialist with the New York St

Royal Jordanian Airlines has expanded its weekly freight service between Amman, Jordan, and New York

Sea Containers Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached agreement with Itel Corp. to terminate the tank co

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* Trading With Nicaragua 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Shipping Surcharge Irks Caribbean

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In the aftermath of sweeping changes in Eastern Europe, investment protection against political risk

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

FAA ISSUES DIRECTIVE ON DC-10 CONTROLSWASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration has i

Any move by the Bank of Japan to raise its discount rate by 0.75 percentage point, or even by a full

The inauguration of Brazil President-elect Fernando Collor de Mello today has increased tension here

With the introduction of its new Passat, Volkswagen of America hopes to prove it isn't passe.

The introduction of the new containership ACT 10 on the trans-Pacific route has expanded Associated

Barring a last-minute surprise, the opposing factions in the fight for control of Xtra Corp. will fa

State officials say the rupture of the state's only liquid propane pipeline, which caused deadly exp

WEST GERMANY'S GNP ROSE 1 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's gro

Primary inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel oil declined, while crude oil stocks took a big

COLONIAL TO REQUIRE LOWER-RVP GASOLINEColonial Pipeline has lowered this summer's Reid Vapor

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The creation of a new, single regulatory agency to oversee stocks, options and futures could end the

Trade relations with Nicaragua should warm up rapidly now that the U.S.-imposed trade embargo of May

Not being West German is no disadvantage in trading with the German Democratic Republic these days,

Union Carbide Corp. said it was selling a line of detergent products to Hoechst Celanese Corp., but

Rinaldo Magnani, the socialist mayor of the Italian region of Liguria, officially beganhis first day

Mar. 14, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A Bush administration proposal to phase out the Multi-Fibre Arrangement, which restricts most world

Rockwell International Corp. is the latest company to try to carve a piece of the potentially lucrat

A new affiliate of Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA is expected to get a formal listing on th

ATLANTA - Stephen W. Aldridge was named director, South Atlantic region, for Hapag-Lloyd (America) I