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Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said administration wrangling over a national transportat

Eurotunnel, the English-French consortium building the first tunnel across the English Channel, will

American cocoa traders have succeeded in their effort to change the transportation provisions of the

New terms being applied to corn and soybean delivered-freight contracts may become standard operatin

A tough U.S. position on agricultural trade may turn up the heat in ongoing multilateral trade negot

DELTA WARNS PASSENGERS OF THREATS ON FLIGHTSDelta Air Lines stepped up its security and gave

After-tax property/casualty industry profits deteriorated in 1989 to $11 billion from $15.6 billion

Medical insurance rates for 600,000 subscribers of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey are on t

Last month the White House put its weight behind changing product liability laws, which it argues is

PIONEER LIFE ACQUIRES MANHATTAN NATIONALROCKFORD, Ill. - Pioneer Life Insurance Co. of Illin

Travelers Co. is among a number of large Connecticut employers that are commiting funds to a busines

David E. Vincent, a former employee of Showa Maritime U.S.A. and its Consolidators Unlimited subsidi

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Tim Olsen was named country manager in Thailand fo

State Farm Mutual Automoblile Insurance Co. has filed its second lawsuit against California Insuranc

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will move into its own private-use container terminal at the Port of Oakland on

WATERMAN TAKES OVER HOUSTON AGENT'S DUTIESWaterman Steamship Corp. has taken over the duties

BEET SUGAR OUTPUT UP IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German beet sugar product

The Bush administration considered but rejected the idea of proposing new taxes on various materials

Maersk Line Ltd., Madison, N.J., was picked for contract work on a Navy anti- submarine project even

Chicago Board of Trade officials berated the proposed 12-month ban on dual trading that emerged from

Quantum Pharmics Ltd., the scandal-plagued generic drug subsidiary of American Home Products Corp.,

Oil spill dispersants were used too late and had little effect on 19 million gallons of crude oil sp

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET last week signaled that charter rates should be firming again in th

The World Bank plans to float soon a $1.5 billion bond issue to be underwritten and distributed simu

In 1990 the United States will not be the largest net importer of beef for the first time since 1965

Norfolk Southern Corp. is holding the line on base rates for export coal in 1990 but is eliminating

Venezuela, which recently agreed to buy the 50 percent of Citgo Petroleum Corp. that it did not alre

MY NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION T-shirt reads: "I survived the '80s." This was no small feat when

Kuwait, a major oil producer already heavily involved in refining and marketing activities in Europe

Jan. 5, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Wholesale fuel oil prices slipped again Friday at a number of Northeastern terminals as mild weather

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought only 4,500 tons of coal under one contract in its last

SAUDIS RAISE PRICE OF OIL TO JAPANSaudi Arabia informed Japan's oil companies Friday that it

Virgin Atlantic Airways is considering setting up its own cargo terminal at Los Angeles Internationa

Pilots at United Parcel Service Inc. voted themselves out of one union and into a new one last week,

BRANIFF INC. (Orlando, Fla.) - David Murchison was named chief executive officer, after his appointm

Privately owned UTA French Airlines now flies from the United States to five provincial cities in th

When passengers check in for Northwest Airlines flights here in the South Wing of the New Tokyo Inte

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Temple Holdings Ltd. at the weekend accused takeover target Sea Containers Ltd. of violating various