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ASARCO COMPLETES SALE OF MINING BUSINESSAsarco Inc. completed the sale of its coal mining bu

Shipping experts expressed concern Tuesday about the safety of aging supertankers following a tanker

Talks to be held here between a Japanese delegation and the EuropeanCommission on Jan. 10 ar

The West African nation of Togo has announced the construction of two privately operated duty-free e

Helicopters sprayed chemicals on a 100-square-mile oil slick Wednesday and patrol boats laid floatin

After sailing through a sea of red ink, recession and reorganization in the 1980s, Japan's shipping

Saudi Arabian oil exports to the United States are climbing faster than U.S. exports to the sluggish

Brent Stienecker and Robert Homan, two Crowley Maritime Corp. execu-tives, were honored by the compa

Two containerships idled by the failure of Topgallant Lines Inc. could be back in operation as early

Security analysts voiced surprise Wednesday at the sharp increase in fourth- quarter operating incom

The French food group BSN SA announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a 50 percent interest in t

The lumber workers and dockworkers of this coarse blue-collar town feared the worst two years ago wh

CANADA RULED DUMPING LIMOUSINES IN USImports of limousines from Canada are being sold at dum

Price-conscious United Parcel Service's decision to begin flying its own planes into the Far East is

The U.S. dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising vs. the deutsche mark but falli

KOREAN TRADE SURPLUS FALLS TO $999 MILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a customs-

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

Romania's National Salvation Front announced Wednesday that it had lifted a ban on foreign borrowing

As East European countries emerge from decades of Communist rule, Western automakers are eagerly eye

ASIA DEVELOPMENT BANK REDUCES LENDING RATEThe Asian Development Bank has cut its lending rat

Agriculture ministers from the world's leading food exporting nations meet in Florida this week to t

Surging diesel fuel prices are triggering 6 percent to 8 percent rate increases at some trucking com

Wed., Jan. 3, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The long-ailing Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. has attracted more attention in bankruptcy proceedings

Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson Wednesday was elected chairman of the International Monetar

Cast (1983) Ltd. will start a weekly feeder service between north Europe and Scandinavia later this

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General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac division said Wednesday it expects its domestic market share to rise

Despite the imminent entry of International Business Machines Corp. into the satellite tracking busi

HOME SALES JUMPED 9.6 PERCENT DURING NOVEMBERSales of new single-family homes in the United

GRAY PICTURE PAINTED OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRYA chemical industry analyst seconded the widespread

The Brazilian government is unlikely to make a quick decision on when it will reopen frozen concentr

Efforts to clear and reopen a section of the Monongahela River below Pittsburgh drew the combined re

Port industry experts said this week that the recent drop in cargo charges adopted by waterfront man

Despite a fall-off of freight traffic late in the year, "1989 was a pretty darn good year," accordin

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed sharply higher after another volatile session ruled

Dan Donaldson was hired as risk manager for the port authority's maritime and aviation divisions.

Deppe Linie GmBH & Co., a West German ocean carrier, has gone to the Federal Maritime Commission wit

The U.S. Coast Guard has sued one of its own officers - a former recruitment poster subject - in an