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A state takeover of the Port of Baltimore took a step forward Wednesday with legislation introduced

The development of the super-fast Transrapid magnetic levitation rail system in West Germany has run

Waterway mariners see this month as the dawn of a new era on Middle Mississippi reaches. A l

The Department of Justice this week asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny authority to me

Officials of the Delaware Otsego Corp. have denied any involvement in the Canadian National Railroad

Yellow Freight System Inc. lost $27.1 million in the fourth quarter compared with a year-earlier pro

First Boston Corp. cut its 1990 earnings estimate for American President Cos., citing disappointing

The trucking industry told the government Wednesday it supports limited alcohol testing of truck dri

Cuba accused the U.S. Navy of firing on a Cuban-owned cargo ship off the coast of Mexico Wednesday,

Construction of a $2.5 million on-dock rail terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor is scheduled to be

The U.S. Coast Guard towed a seized Honduran freighter into Key West Tuesday carrying about 1,100 po

FURON ACTS TO REDUCE ITS LONG-TERM DEBTLAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Furon Co. said it would sell

Visitors to this border town shouldn't be surprised if the cold Canadian beer their host offers them

Ecuador's sale of 1.4 million barrels of oil on the spot market in December was an emergency measure

Union Carbide Corp. of Danbury, Conn., said it will build a plant in New Jersey to 40 million pounds

Soviet Union demand for short-term export credit guarantees could conceivably be handled without rai

Alby-Olin Chlorates Co., a joint venture between Olin Corp. and Sweden's Stora Kemi, Tuesday announc

The Soviet Union formally has asked U.S. exporters about expanding terms of credit under which it re

Attempts to legislate animal rights are fast gaining ground in Sweden. Andbecause Sweden is

To paraphrase the chief of West Germany's powerful central bank, 1990 will be the year when Europea

Dow Chemical Co. said its earnings have already been affected by declining prices and the expected s

Unconfirmed reports that the U.S. would request the International Monetary Fund sell gold to help Th

Directors of Aristech Chemical Corp. accepted a sweetened offer of $27 a share, or about $877 millio

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Wednesday assured livestock producers the U

SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY STILL ON A WEAK TRENDSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's economy seems t

SOVIET UNION BUYS EUROPEAN WHEATThe Soviet Union bought between 500,000 and 700,000 metric t

Wed., Jan. 31, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

* Trading With Egypt 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Earnings Estimate Lowered for America

The European Commission said Wednesday that it will allow France to stop imports of Japanese and Sou

Japanese bankers are in no rush to give new loans to China, despite hints of an impending thaw in s

Key congressmen voiced concern Wednesday over the Bush administration's slow start toward laying the

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Shipowners and oil companies from around the world have joined forces in an attempt to dissuade U.S.

Latin America has embarked on a road to freer trade, generating a rare point of light at the end of

Britain's newest containerport has hit a few snags that will delay the opening by about a month.

SECOND SOVIET LINE TO SERVE LIVERPOOLBesta Line, the Soviet container shipping line operated

The head of a group of former shipbuilders has vowed to continue a fight to reopen the Fore River Sh

The longstanding rivalry between this Texas port and its neighbor in Galveston is heating up with Ho