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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

IF ANGELO PUSATERI'S reaction to international air cargo issues and problems don't necessarily fall

Texaco Trading & Transportation Inc., a unit of Texaco Inc., lowered its posted buying price for dom

Jan. 16, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

EXCHANGES DEVELOPING ELECTRONIC TRADING CARDThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Boar

Navistar International Transportation Corp. won the 1989 sales lead in the heavy truck industry by

SUBARU TO BUILD ENGINE FACTORY IN USJapan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., manufacturer of Suba

The story headlined, "Armement Secam Opens US Agency" in the Maritime Briefs column of The Journal

JAPAN PRODUCER PRICES ROSE 0.1 PERCENT IN DECEMBERThe Japanese wholesale price index for Dec

Tue., Jan. 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

UNIVERSAL TO OPERATE NY LUMBER TERMINALUniversal Maritime Service Corp. has announced it is

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said its members have agreed to re- establish uniform rate

EAST EUROPE BANK MAY DEBUT THIS SPRINGPARIS - Offiecials from 34 countries set the framework

Despite poor prospects for agreement, U.S. and Japanese negotiators will attempt to resolve trade co

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General Electric Co., along with several international partners, will produce a new engine to power

Western businessmen are rushing to Eastern Europe in the hope of capturing lucrative new markets as

Maintenance of way workers for Consolidated Rail Corp. plan to set up informational pickets today in

Imports from the United States managed only a marginal gain in November over October, and Hong Kong'