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Atlantic Container Line gave new titles to three top executives Wednesday, just one day after the re

Local heating oil dealers and major oil companies took advantage of record heating oil demands in th

Petrobras, the state oil monopoly, reported no change in the strike situation Wednesday as Brazil's

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a doctrine restricting U.S. court review of foreign p

The U.S. trade deficit rose slightly in November, and forecasters are divided over the nation's trad

A confidential International Monetary Fund report has called on the United Kingdom to further tighte

Adolf Hertrich remembers times back in the early 1970s when his sawmill firstcut a few board

A tow with 12 barges sat at idle Wednesday midday when Maxwell Locks and Dam reopened early to traff

U.S. cotton production will increase this season over last and, not surprisingly, cotton prices are

DURING THE DECEMBER FREEZE AND THE RUN-UP OF FUEL OIL PRICES, The Journal of Commerce was bombarded

The European Community Commission's attempt to break up Europe's powerful airline cartel is under th

International Business Machines Corp. announced fourth-quarter earnings fell 74 percent, largely bec

A new insurance law to be adopted by the end of this year should end the state monopoly on insurance

An era came to an end this week when Smith & Kelly Co. filed a petition to liquidate its assets unde

Ever since Spain joined the European Community in 1986, the thriving Spanish economy has led the 12-

CANADA POSTS SURPLUS IN TRADE FOR NOVEMBERCanada registered a merchandise trade surplus in N

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LUFTHANSA IS HANDLING QANTAS' CARGO IN LAQantas, the Australian-flag carrier, said its Los A

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

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The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear arguments on the long-simmering dispute over the legalit

The first trainload of bulk potash moved through the Jefferson Riverport here Tuesday, the result of

NORTH AMERICA U.S. Medical Equipment and Supplies Exhibition. Jan. 24-25. Teguci Galpa, Hond

The international toys and games fair that closed last Saturday notched up a record 176 percent incr

Japan is likely to keep its present voluntary quota level on car exports to the United States for 19

Higher taxes may be in store for New York insurers. A plan to eliminate New York's tax on in

There should have been nothing unusual about a recent business deal between an importerin Africa and

Brazilian President-elect Fernando Collor de Mello is shelving a plan to decentralize this country's

How seriously does the Interstate Commerce Commission care about pricing practices in the trucking i

BP OIL WILL MERGE 2 EUROPEAN DIVISIONSBP Oil, the international refining and marketing unit

The West German air express company German Sky Express, which began operations at the beginning of

1663 (Jan. 16, 1990) Previous day - 1660 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

THE SURGE IN PRODUCER PRICES for December, reported last Friday, may have been a smoke screen caused

Shipbuilders are hoping a revitalized commercial shipbuilding market in the 1990s will offset a drop

Some 49 percent of the respondents to a new nationwide survey rejected the idea of reducing minimum

In another sign of the consolidation sweeping the pharmaceutical industry, Rorer Group Inc. said it

Maritime Administrator Warren Leback said Tuesday that his agency did not block deliveries of heatin

PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY, NAVIGATIONS SIGN PACTNavigations Group Inc. has signed an agreement wi

Dashing local hopes for a comeback, General Motors Corp. made it clear to auto workers from its idle