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FRENCH TRAIN SHATTERS WORLD SPEED RECORDTOURS, France - The newest generation of France's hi

The importance of making reports on insolvent American Mutual Insurance Co. to lawyers and state reg

BRISTOL-MYERS ACCUSED OF POLLUTION VIOLATIONSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Bristol-Myers Co., one of the n

RJR Nabisco Inc. said Tuesday it completed the sale of its Del Monte tropical fruit business for $87

Standard & Poor's Corp. reaffirmed Axa Midi Assurances Group's claims-paying ability rating of AA+.<

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he will press the Bush administration to levy trade sanctions against

U.S. Maritime Administrator Warren Leback plans to propose subsidy reform legislation that will embr

Ansett Air Freight expects Australia's air cargo industry to expand and become a more competitive fo

US AUTHORIZES SALE OF WHEAT TO CHINAChina has been authorized to buy an additional 1 million

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LIBYA BANS ALL TANKERS CALLING AT FRENCH PORTSLibya has banned entry to Libyan ports to all

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Washington) - President Bush Wednesday named Deputy Secretary ofState Lawr

Ships began moving slowly through icy waters on the St. Lawrence Seaway early Wednesday after repair

Proposed legislation to upgrade the government's aging oceanographic fleet is in a political wrangle

The Inter-American Development Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, both created

TEXCEL, BEST TO FORM INDIAN ASH VENTUREMINEOLA, N.Y. - Texcel International Inc. agreed to f

A senior Indonesian official said domestic shipowners will be allowed to lease - not buy - larger ve

ELECTRONIC DATA INKS CONTRACT WITH MILITARYHERNDON, Va. - Electronic Data Corp. Wednesday sa

NO STATE FUNDS will be forthcoming to assist development of Florida seaports, at least not yet.<

Attempts to defraud unwary buyers with bogus sales of Nigerian oil have shown no signs of abating si

United Parcel Service Inc. was forced to negotiate its way through the labyrinth of change in Easter

Looking out of his ninth floor window toward the Canadian border a short distance away, Charles Rose

The European Commission Wednesday proposed lending 1 billion European Currency Units ($885 million)

U.S. economic activity is "stable to modestly expanding" in most Federal Reserve districts, although

Wed., Dec. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

NON-FARM PRODUCTIVITY REVISED UPWARDAmerican workers made modest productivity gains in the t

France will attempt to muster support from its European Community partners to curb foreign access to

A Brazilian federal judge in Rio de Janeiro halted methanol imports and its use as a fuel until heal

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' crude oil production stood at 23.3 million barrel

Primary inventories of distillate fuel took a counter-seasonal jump during the week ended Dec. 1, an

A listing of shipping registries that appeared in a box on Page 10B of The Journal of Commerce Dec.

Dec. 6, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Panamanian chosen by President Bush Tuesday to become acting administrator of the Panama Canal s

George Washington University Medical Center is offering emergency medical consultations via satellit

At a hotel in the remote Soviet Far East, closer to Tokyo and Beijing than to Moscow, Jim Frahm prep

With insurers and their trade groups predicting legal challenges to the latest Proposition 103 regul

Because of its poor soil conditions, Poland will be a sizable market for farm exports, particularly

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Belgium's growing trade in services and related high technology is strengthening commercial ties wit