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If you have all your documents ready, it is possible to stroll into the Liberian maritime office in

ILA LOCALS IN ALBANY AWAIT PACT APPROVALInternational Longshoremen's Association locals in A

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

One of Japan's leading shipping lines intends to boost its operations in Malaysia with new shore fac

1640 (Dec. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1653 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

Shipowners in Japan, which operate more ships under Panama registry than their counterparts in any o

A New Orleans company is asking the Maritime Administration for permission to sell and transfer to L

American President Lines announced several promotions in its North America and Asia divisions as par

Tax-supported ports in Washington state should not be allowed to spend their taxes carving each othe

Florida's medical malpractice crisis, which only two years ago threatened to rip a huge hole in the

Less than two weeks after a Senate bill was introduced to ease the regulatory burdens on risk retent

Insured property damage caused by wind, hail, tornados and flooding in 16 states in mid-November wil

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World demand for agricultural goods is likely to grow more quickly in the 1990s than in the past dec

US EXPORTERS CONFIRM SOVIET BID FOR WHEATKANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. exporters confirmed the U.S

U.S. agricultural exports to major trading partners in 1990 are expected to remain at present levels

Massachusetts has plenty of taxing problems with its economy, but two firms that insure the state's

NY JUDGE DISMISSES SCHOOL BOARDS' LAWSUITAlbany County Supreme Court Justice Lawrence E. Kah

Philadelphia-based Cigna Corp. has been discussing the purchase of Equicor, a Nashville company that

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development praised Canada for entering in

Canada and the United States said they have agreed to speed up tariff reductions on goods representi

European officials stopped just short of laughing outright at a call for a North American free trade

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING ROSE BY 1 PERCENT IN OCTOBERU.S. construction spending rose 1 percent

Falling U.S. interest rates will continue to weigh on the dollar, setting the stage formore dollar w

INFLATION PRESSURES SEEN DIMINISHINGCommerce Undersecretary Michael Darby said on Friday tha

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

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Stanford Erickson - C

Fri., Dec. 1, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

REGIONAL BLOCS Central Africa Investment Forum. Dec. 5-8. Yaounde, Cameroon. Forum, sponsore

Dec. 1, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Colombian coal producers are targeting rising exports for Europe in 1992, hoping that market proximi

Texaco Inc. is caught in a quiet standoff in Panama, one that sums up the U.S. dilemma there.

An updated Maritime Administration report on shipbuilding costs in the United States concluded that

The Swedish steel mill SSAB entered the international market last week looking to buy up to 1.65 mil

GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. (Parsippany, N.J.) - Ira H. Jolles was named senior vice president an

Prices of ocean freight futures contracts last week made a long-awaited break, which turned out to b

A scrubber system to be installed at a northern Indiana coal-fired power plant will eliminate solid