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Leaders of Japan's business community are expressing more than a little annoyance about the Bush-Kai

Japan's young and affluent drivers seem bent on trimming the fat off insurers. They are throwing off

Sembawang Shipyard Ltd. turned in significantly improved results for the year through last Dec. 31 o

Illinois International Port will benefit enormously if a proposed airport in the vicinity of the por

A regional unit of International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., is taking an equity stake

EXPRESS CARRIER GROUP SETS UP LATIN OFFICEThe International Express Carriers Conference has

The U.S. dollar was mixed in quiet, narrow trading Tuesday after Federal Reserve intervention to boo

The patience of the Polish people will outlast the country's economic troubles and give the current

The long-awaited natural gas futures contract will start trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange

Congress Tuesday threatened to impose a settlement to the confrontation between Consolidated Rail Co

Major retailers are mounting a push to get transportation companies to automate their business commu

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Ron Gardner was appointed manager of ABF's new terminal

A new 300-foot research vessel with icebreaking capability will be plying Antarctic waters in 1992,

The Military Sealift Command has taken aim at a 1988 U.S-Europe vessel- sharing plan that it claims

JAPAN IMPORT CONTRACTS ROSE 8.7 PERCENT IN JANUARYThe combined total of import contracts con

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS FELL 10.5 PERCENT LAST MONTHDurable goods orders dropped a record 10.5

William Clifford, who was replaced as president of St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. last year, has reassum

A congressional report citing wrongdoing in the insurance industry is creating new problems for Cali

A Miami-based all-cargo airline plans to begin service soon between Puerto Rico and two South Americ

PORTLAND PORT AWARDS AIRPORT CONTRACTSPORTLAND, Ore. - The Port of Portland awarded a $135,0

U.S. CUSTOMS BROKERS and freight forwarders are taking steps to break out of their electronic isolat

Akzo NV, the Dutch chemicals group, achieved an increase of 13 percent in net profits to 954 million

Waterman Steamship Corp. said it continues to support a total revision of the government's vessel op

LEAD PRODUCTS Synthetic Products Co. of Cleveland announced that it will increase prices of

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US CIGARETTE EXPORTS ROSE 16 PERCENT LAST YEARWhile per capita use of cigarettes in the Unit

The stabbing murder of an Israel Diamond Exchange dealer has sent shudders through an industry known

One of the East European markets U.S. automakers are targeting is home to what may be the world's mo

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and USS-Posco continued their standoff Mon

General Motors Corp.'s European subsidiary is moving quickly to expand its operations in Eastern Eur

The roar of diesel tractors drowns out conversation along the truck bays at K mart Corp.'s Georgia D

New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio would like the nation's governors to seek solutions to the growing insura

A civil action filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court against seven labor contractors charges m

Feb. 26, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The faster-than-expected rise in coffee prices since last July's collapse to 14-year lows has led so

After months of wrangling and the walkout of one partner, plans for the Philippines' first petrochem

DAN RATHER WASN'T THERE, recording the occasion for posterity. Nor were Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings

US, CANADA TO TEST FREE TRADE FOR MEATThe United States and Canada Monday announced they hav

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Carriers with small operations on the North Atlantic are resisting pressure to enter into an agreem