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FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH KUWAITI TANKER BLAZEDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Firefighters Tuesd

PTL Transportation Services Inc. started a new life Tuesday as an independent trucking company no lo

ICC SETS HEARINGS ON UP ABANDONMENTThe Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the U

Owners of the world's largest steamship companies meeting in Singapore this week are facing a key ju

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

The Export-Import Bank said Tuesday it is ready to finance a wide array of U.S. exports to Czechoslo

The United States, West Germany and Japan are waging an undeclared interest rate war that could soon

A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE AVAILABILITY of credit threatens to curtail U.S. economic growth, eco

Tue., Mar. 6, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The timing of a House-Senate conference to iron out key provisions in oil spill legislation may depe

The executive board of the International Coffee Organization ended the first day of its two-day meet

Copper prices fell sharply here and at London on profit-taking after weeks of generally higher price

Getty Petroleum Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of the Virginia assets of Hop-I

MOBIL TO SUPPLY LUBES TO SEALIFT COMMANDFAIRFAX, Va. - Mobil Oil Corp. won a $22.4 million,

PAUL JACKSON has strong opinions. With a successful career spanning air and surface freight transpor

AIR TRAFFIC STRIKE EXPECTED IN FRANCEFrance's air traffic is expected to be disrupted today

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. kept their top spots for the carriage of defense

Mar. 6, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau

At least one U.S. shoe manufacturer is cashing in on golf mania in Japan. Bostonian Shoe Co.

Ocean carriers feel content about the 1984 Shipping Act in its present form, whereas shippers are re

After a recent blitz of new plant approvals, Malaysia appears to be tightening controls on further p

Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Norfolk Southern Corp. and New York, Susquehanna and Western Ra

PLANT, MACHINE ORDERS RISE IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Orders for West German p

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Just as the United States considers adopting Canadian-style national health insurance, hundreds of C

Millions of bottles of Bacardi rum will now bear labels manufactured in the Dominican Republic, foll

Du Pont Co., the world's largest manufacturer of ozone-depleting chlorofluoroca rbons, said Monday t

A small cargo airline is crying foul over Federal Express Corp.'s cancellation of its contract to op

By the year 2000, 14 independent financial service companies could control the European market, acco

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

NEC Corp., Japan's leading computer maker, said Monday it will spend about $40 million to increase t

European Community foreign ministers failed Monday to narrow their differences over Japanese auto im

Early reaction from the maritime industry on the Bush administration's national transportation polic

Railroads and rail equipment suppliers meeting here were called to arms to protect their boxcar busi

Kuwait is set to begin producing a new lighter, sweeter crude oil that could eventually enable state

Venezuela is close to reaching an agreement with foreign banks that would list options to reduce the

SOVIET PLATINUM BARS MAY BE SOLD ON NYMEXPlatinum bars imprinted with the Soviet Union's ham

Coffee prices pushed higher to over $1.00 a pound for the first time in more than nine months.

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