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Traditionally unions have petitioned management to improve workplace safety, but a dockworkers' agre

Dec. 4, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

India awoke Monday to its first working day under a new and untried coalition government, which is p

Soviet observer status at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks is likely next February,

Gross insured losses from the California earthquake are expected to reach $1.1 billion, all but $200

TOMBSTONE DESIGNED TO RESIST EARTHQUAKESA stonemason has patented a tombstone designed to ke

HIGH COURT TO DECIDE FROZEN ACCOUNTS ISSUEThe Supreme Court, in an important banking industr

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

With the Pacific Northwest's electricity surplus essentially gone, the Bonneville Power Administrati

The Supreme Court again has let stand a lower court ruling that railroad workers injured while perfo

DOMINION VENTURE BUYS UNIROYAL TEXTILE PLANTSDominion Textile Inc. of Montreal is investing

California wheat growers made their first overseas sale of a new type of wheat that they hope will h

The United States has agreed to write off Nigeria's official debt of about 600 million naira ($81 mi

THE PORT AUTHORITY of New York & New Jersey put on display a prime piece of New York harbor last wee

The general euphoria surrounding the economic and political upheavals in Eastern Europe is not neces

There was no glasnost, no perestroika, no crowds of Eastern Europeans chanting for freedom when U.S.

Skyrocketing freight rates, a lack of barges and traffic bottlenecks on the Rhine have led some impo

Lufthansa German Airlines has presented the American Red Cross with a $4,500 check to aid quake reli

AMDAHL ENDS US SALES OF JAPAN COMPUTERSAmdahl Corp. is withdrawing Fujitsu Ltd. supercompute

The International Monetary Fund approved a second annual arrangement worth $58.2 million for the gov

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FALLS BY 1 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German indu

Saying that airports are the magnets of a global economy the way seaports were in earlier developmen

Senior citizens and their advocates say they're outraged by a proposed rate increase of up to 41.3 p

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BUSH, DELORS DISCUSS SUMMIT, E. BLOC AIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - President Bush met briefly with

A Montana short-line railroad, a Seattle energy firm and a Pittsburgh coal company this week will ou

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NETWORK OPERATORS ARE TRYING to ride the EDI buzzword to glory. Telecommunications companies

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

More than 100 ocean and Great Lakes ships could be hit by big delays due to the closing down Friday

The world's largest manufacturer of computer hard disk drives is bolstering its Asian operations wit

A panel of U.S. and Soviet officials told American investors to move swiftly to take advantage of th

GLOBAL OCEAN CARRIERS TO ADD SHIP TO FLEETPIRAEUS, Greece - Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. said

As expected, the axe has fallen at the Port Everglades Authority, and more personnel cuts are coming

The medical malpractice crisis in Florida, which two years ago had threatened the state's health ca

Mon., Dec. 4, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Brazilian presidential candidates Fernando Collor de Mello and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clashed on

Danny Wall submitted his resignation as director of the Office for Thrift Supervision, an aide in hi

HIGH COURT WILL HEAR AIR POLLUTION CASEThe Supreme Court Monday set the stage for a signific

NEW LOADING SYSTEM READY FOR TRUCKERSPEORIA, Ill. - Truckers have a new load management prod