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JOURNAL OF COMMERCE TRANSPORTATION TABLE, James L. Kolstad, new chairman of National Transportation

Legislative and industry opponents will square off Thursday at a congressional hearing convened to a

COMEX TRIMS MARGINS ON GOLD AND SILVERThe initial margin requirement for gold and silver wil

Wed., Feb. 21, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Two ocean carriers are asking Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. transportation secretary, to reject a Maritime

World coal trade could expand by as much as 72 million tons annually, or about 20 percent, if Europe

TEXAS AIR WILL SELL RESERVATION UNIT STAKETexas Air Corp., in need of cash to shore up its a

The winter of 1990 is one that the Soviet railway system would like to forget. Of the countr

Despite high hopes by soybean oil bulls, India is unlikely to return to the U.S. market in 1990 to u

The modest Belgian Port of Zeebrugge has just signed up its biggest customer, Cast (1983) Ltd., the

The frenzied economic growth that Los Angeles experienced in the 1980s has slowed but statistics ind

* Trading With Panama 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Plight of Soviet Railroads Worsens 2

BILLS AIM TO REFORM R.I. WORKERS COMPPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete has

ANCHORAGE - The skipper who commanded the Exxon Valdez before Joseph Hazelwood testified that Exxon

Two outspoken consumer activists have joined the clamor being raised against allowing U.K. investor

It's always great to visit one's hometown, especially if it happens to be San Francisco. "Th

1591 (Feb. 21, 1990) Previous day - 1592 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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WHOLESALE PRICES FALL SLIGHTLY IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German wholes

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday after the U.S. stock market held up relatively well followin

The administration of Gov. James Florio has launched its second assault on the insurance industry in

A newly formed maritime consortium has begun regional operations designed to offer smaller shippers

The Coast Guard ordered the shutdown of an oil terminal along the Drift River Wednesday because of t

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

HAUGHEY DEFENDS EC ON S. AFRICAN SANCTIONSDUBLIN, Ireland - Irish Prime Minister Charles Hau

The Los Angeles-area economy will grow faster in 1990 than the nation as a whole, due largely to con

Canadian business executives agreed Wednesday that the federal budget unveiled late Tuesday should h

The Bush administration pressed Japan Wednesday to open its market to U.S. equipment capable of conn

Yugoslavia's deputy prime minister said Wednesday that his government's anti- inflationary plan is w

A subsidiary of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. announced Wednesday that it plans to establish

Several U.S. trade organizations are mounting high-profile missions to Panama over the next month in

A record 25.6 percent increase in home fuel oil prices, coupled with the largest monthly jump in gro

The air traffic safety and navigational agreement signed by the U.S. and Soviet civil air agencies l

The Massachusetts Port Authority said Tuesday it will install a computerized security system to scre

The acrimonious row that threatened to halt work on the Channel tunnel between England and France wa

FIRMS SEEK TO OPERATE FOREIGN-FLAG TANKERSThree related companies have asked the Maritime Ad

Rhone-Poulenc SA, France's state-owned chemicals and pharmaceuticals group, earned consolidated afte

PRIVATE POLISH FARMERS TO GET EC ASSISTANCEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission appro

Soybean and soybean product prices on the Chicago Board of Trade remained firm Wednesday despite lat