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A new liner shipping service concentrating on the forest products trade will start operating in earl

Canadian oats are surging through Duluth this navigation season, a result of skyrocketing demand fro

Dec. 19, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.b.,

Tue., Dec. 19, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The electronics sector in Malaysia, already its hottest export-earner, is expecting a further boost

CREWMEMBERS ABANDON SINKING IRANIAN TANKERLAS PALMAS, Canary Islands - An Iranian oil tanker

Battle lines hardened in the trailer war over XTRA Corp. this week as the company filed suit against

The glamour is fading from the computer industry at the close of the 1980s, tarnishing one of the mo

Despite the hard line many U.S. companies take privately against Japanese non-tariff barriers, they

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

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

MICROWAVABLE CONTAINER SALES SEEN TRIPLINGSales of polypropylene thermoformed containers cou

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

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

AIR INTER TO PURCHASE 15 AIRBUS A330 PLANESThe French airline Air Inter has signed a contrac

Alliance Airport, the first U.S. industrial airport, incorporating air, rail and highway connections

Is Nintendo the culprit? The big news on the trade front is that this nation's merchandise t

Britain announced Monday it will press for multilateral agreement to eliminate export credit and aid

Nigeria may buy equity shares in about 12 European and U.S. refineries, Rilwanu Lukman, the country'

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

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

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

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

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

More than 4 million airline, maritime, trucking and railroad workers face a broad series of drug tes

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

America's largest seagoing labor union said seamen on Panamanian-flag ships have the right to be ret

Foreign lenders remain wary of extending credit to China despite signals that the United States and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TNT Ltd. has 75,000 employees working in 185 countries. The numbers were incorrectly stated in a sto