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Communist Party leaders Wednesday opened talks with opposition groups that could lead to the formati

Sea Containers Ltd. Wednesday named Feb. 24 as the date of its long-awaited general meeting, when sh

The pace of price increases for home heating oil abated further Wednesday, with few price changes re

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

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

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

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

The mothballing of Bougainville copper mine, announced last week, is unlikely to deter future invest

The Bush administration is planning a per-ton tax on newly manufactured paper, glass, aluminum and p

Casualty insurers' costs of providing legal defense for their policyholders far outpaced indemnity c

Nicolae Ceausescu is dead. The Berlin Wall has crumbled. Communism is in full retreat in Eastern Eur

Pushed by a surge in product prices, crude oil futures broke $23 a barrel Wednesday. West Te

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

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

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

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-

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

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

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

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ORYX ENERGY TO SELL INTERESTS IN 316 FIELDSOryx Energy Co. announced Wednesday it will sell

Federal Express Corp. is upbeat about operations here emerging as a hub for Pacific Rim and European

Barring any unexpected fundamental news to the contrary, bearish chart factors are expected to domin

In separate actions, the Maritime Administration approved the sale of a drilling ship and a drill ri

Monsanto Co. and a Japanese nylon resin manufacturer have formed a joint venture company to manufact

1602 (Jan. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1599 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

POLL: JAPAN'S EXECUTIVES SEEK MEASURES FOR USMore than 70 percent of Japanese business leade

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

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

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

FASTER ACTION SOUGHT ON OIL DELIVERIESThe Interstate Commerce Commission and the Department

Traffic Club of Philadelphia, 82nd annual meeting and industry contact luncheon, Jan. 9. Contact: Pa

An ethnic minority and consumer group coalition led by the Consumers Union made an appeal Wednesday

A cardinal rule in business is: "Find out what's wrong and fix it; find out what's right and reinfo

Perhaps no decade this century has begun amid greater economic upheaval, challenge and potential tha

The U.S. invasion of Panama has solved serious problems that could have forced the temporary closure

A leading East German Communist warned Wednesday of new turmoil after planned free elections in May