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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A probe of imports of small business telephone systems and subassembliesfrom South Korea top

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

West Germany's largest trade union is threatening an overtime ban against the nation's powerful car

Brazil's trade surplus plunged 40 percent in November from a year earlier, to $973 million, the lowe

Yugoslavia's Communist government proposed a new currency and a six-month wage freeze Monday to fig

The U.S. dollar traded mixed Monday in a quiet preholiday market. Dealers said the market is

The drastic reforms announced by Poland over the weekend were essential "to attract U.S. companies,"

Poland's central bank Monday devalued the zloty by 20 percent, taking itfrom 5,000 to 6,000

Shipowners from Europe and Japan have urged their governments and the European Community Commission

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY (Wilmington, N.C.) - Sarah Gaillard was named manager of interm

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Cast (1983) Ltd., one of the largest container shipping lines on the North Atlantic, is actively con

Nearly 70 percent of Japan's major export-oriented companies think that the full integration of the

Container volume at the Port of Tacoma this year is running only slightly behind that of Seattle and

Panama Canal operations were continuing smoothly Monday, and there was no official change in the rel

Brazilian voters have endorsed a more open market economy and rejected still greater centralization

The seemingly endless voyage toward privatization by National Shipping Corp. of the Philippines will

WEST STATE LANDS CHEVRON TANKER PACTChevron Shipping Co. and West State Inc. signed a long-

Dec. 18, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

PRESTON WILL REPORT FOURTH QUARTER LOSSPreston Corp., one of the East's largest trucking com

Sea-Land Service Inc. has begun communicating electronically with business partners in Britain.<

1603 (Dec. 18, 1989) Previous day - 1603 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Once the despair of its government masters, Malayan Railways is showing signs of continued strong gr

AMERICAN PRESIDENT DOMESTIC CO. - (Oakland, Calif.) Douglas E. Stephenson was named vice president a

Canadian Pacific Ltd. and Soo Line Corp. have reached a definitive merger agreement for the Canadian

MICROWAVABLE CONTAINER SALES SEEN TRIPLINGSales of polypropylene thermoformed containers cou

WALL STREETER FINED FOR STOCK MANIPULATIONWall Street stock speculator Salim B. ("Sandy") Le

JAMAICA'S 1989 INCOME FROM BAUXITE INCREASESKINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's income from bauxit

WHEN THE ORGANIZATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised its quota to 22 million barrels per da

KADAR LEAVES HIAA POSTAfter nine years with the Health Insurance Association of America, Gez

The story headlined, "China Opens Ethylene Plant," which appeared on Page 7A of The Journal of Comme

A wide-ranging agenda for policing insurer solvency, proposed by the new president of the National A

Coffee prices fell to sharply lower levels Monday, with the active March delivery on the Coffee, Sug

Standard & Poors Insurance Rating Service expects the recent downturn in insurance prices and the s

Gold recovered from its lows in late trading Monday, but remained depressed over the day on heavy se

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Corn and soybean prices are expected to remain at high levels well into January, grain merchants sai

Dec. 18, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

D.A. HALPERIN NAMED NYMEX EXECUTIVE VPDavid A. Halperin was named to the new position of exe