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EUROPEAN SHIPPERS OK CONFERENCE RATE HIKEThe European Shippers' Councils and the North Europ

Matson Navigation Co. has placed an order with a San Diego shipyard to build a $129 million containe

Estonia's plan to set up a Baltic common market and attract Western investors hinges on the degree a

Brazil and Venezuela will be the main focus of debt-reduction plans by the United States in 1990 alt

Sweden is busily renewing trade and transport links with Estonia, a Soviet republic on the Baltic Se

ITEL CORP. BUYS BACK 1 MILLION STOCK SHARESItel Corp. has completed the 1 million share buy-

COLOMBIA HAS NO PLAN TO HOLD BACK COFFEEColombia will not withhold 10 percent of its 1989-90

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Friday assured Brazil his government would cooperate in workin

FACTORY ORDERS ROSE 1.9 PERCENT DURING DECEMBERNew orders for goods from U.S. factories rose

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A verbal threshold for personal injury lawsuits may save drivers money on automobile insurance and p

THE UNITED STATES' dependency on foreign energy is rapidly increasing; in the near future it will li

Several reports in the Soviet press have exposed not only the crisis of loaded railcars that sit for

SME TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL R&D EFFORTThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers will participa

A New Jersey state senator said he was introducing a bill to ban disposing of plastic in landfills.<

The European Community, taking its cue from the United States, is seeking to manage its trade with J

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

ANERA SIMPLIFIES DESTINATION CHARGESThe principal eastbound trans-Pacific shipping conferenc

A U.S. Department of Agriculture source Thursday confirmed an earlier statement by White House chief

PURCHASERS' INDEX POINTS TO SLOWDOWNThe national purchasing managers' index posted a reading

With hundreds of angry residents battling a Federal Aviation Administration plan to establish a seco

Feb. 1, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

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The Securities and Exchange Commission will ask Congress to settle the jurisdictional debate about c

S. KOREA TRADE DEFICIT IS LARGEST SINCE 1985SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a custom

New Jersey lawmakers, insurers and the public will begin a series of meetings Thursday to tackle Go

The Port of Hong Kong remains the world's premier containerport, but only by a whisker as Singapore'

Corn and wheat futures at Chicago declined Thursday on concern that a brisk grain trade between the

U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials criticized U.S. efforts at reformingexport controls, warning that

Sea-Land Service Inc. named its Alaska division's management team Thursday, all of whom will report

Despite a continuing influx of U.S. and other overseas companies into Singapore's electronics indust

American Airlines will offer easy connections to and from Hong Kong as a result of a new agreement w

Buried in the pages of President Bush's budget is a proposal that is beginning to draw the attention

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MONTEDISON INTRODUCES ASBESTOS SUBSTITUTEItaly's Montedison SpA, said it has introduced a ne

DOLE'S FARM BILL AIM: 'FINE TUNE' 1989 LAWSenate Minority Leader Robert Dole Thursday predic

CHUBB'S INCOME RISES FOR QUARTER AND YEARChubb Corp. Thursday reported net income for the 19

As the fog lifts on the Black Sea Port of Odessa, a shower of American corn falls into railcars read

A fire at Venezuela's Cardon refinery caused alarm among workers but no injuries, and will not inter

Polish officials Thursday asked, and the European Commission agreed, that the EC ship the bread whea