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More than 100 vessels were waiting to transit the Panama Canal Tuesday, as the waterway's officials

Colombo port, traditionally one of the busiest ports in South Asia, once again is buzzing with activ

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Tuesday on continued bearish sentiment. The dollar slipped

Dec. 26, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

Sonoco Products Co. of Hartsville, S.C., said it expected to report record sales for 1989, despite a

The automobile industry, so big and vital to the health of the nation's heartland, is driving the U.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL ACCELERATE the pace of interest-rate reductions in the New Year in response

A STRATEGIC CENTER, such as an energy capital, requires a competent, active press corps for internal

Heating oil prices roared up and out of sight Tuesday, in buying so frenzied that traders were puzzl

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN JAPAN RISES 0.7 PERCENTJapan's industrial production in November ro

China is the world's largest wheat producer but is not keeping pace with its own consumer demand for

E.I DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (Wilmington, Del.) - H. Gordon Smyth, senior vice president - employee

Minnesota is trying to attract a $50 million national research center the Navy wants to build to con

CANADA SOUTHERN PLANS PROBE STOCK PURCHASECALGARY, Alberta - Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd.

A Christmas Eve explosion at Exxon Corp.'s Baton Rouge refinery has choked off feedstock for the com

Tue., Dec. 26, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

CORN AND SOYBEAN FUTURES have been working mostly sideways in recent weeks, while wheat prices have

A Senate bill to create a federal product liability system is finding more support from unexpected p

Residents in the Parsippany-Troy Hills area of New Jersey are being asked to consider a new type of

SHIPOWNER ENDS JOINT TANKER VENTUREA shipowner incorporated in the Isle of Man will pull its

Five new candidates have been added by petition to the ballot for the Jan. 16 election of Chicago Bo

Polish Ocean Lines hopes changes in Poland's foreign investment laws will help it modernize its flee

Landmark Ventures of Simsbury is acquiring the portfolio of Cigna Venture Capital for over $100 mill

ASSOCIATION OF FIRE AND CASUALTY COS. - James G. Drawert of Dallas, president of Trinity Universal I

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS UP 11 PERCENT FROM '87 TO '88Motor vehicle thefts in the United States

Dec. 21, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1586 (Dec. 22, 1989) Previous day - 1590 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Exxon Corp. risk managers reviewed the petrochemical company's charred wreckage here Tuesday but hav

The Coast Guard plans to study 23 U.S. ports and waterways, including Long Island Sound, to assess t

High-tech wood is becoming an increasingly important bridge-building material in New York state.

ICC EXTENDS PERIOD FOR REVENUE COMMENTThe Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to exten

Slobodna Plovidba, a Yugoslav shipping group, is adding five ships to its fleet. The new add

If Europe's political thaw leads to U.S. force reductions there, ocean carriers of military supplies

Now that the Australian Mutual Provident Society has acquired Britain's Pearl Insurance Group, it ho

TransExpo, a transportation industry exhibition on the technologies that will move America into the

In the more than 30 years that Roy S. Roberts has worked in manufacturing,from assembling pr

Earnings at the Big Three U.S. automakers will be down significantly in 1990, as a slumping car mark

US PLANS TO SEIZE ASSETS OF NORIEGAThe Bush administration announced its intention Tuesday t

Among overseas investors in Asia, the flavor of the year for 1989 was Thailand, with its cheap labor