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Former Missouri Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned last week from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange bo

The board of Aristech Chemical Corp. said it will respond by the end of November to an $817 million

Traders welcomed an announcement Thursday by the London InternationalFinancial Futures Excha

U.S. government and business officials have begun new discussions that could result in new shipments

PRECIOUS METALS INVESTORS, who have shunned gold for most of the past year, are taking seriously the

Malaysia produced 118,044 metric tons of natural rubber in September, down 7 percent from August, th

West German statistician F.O. Licht has estimated 1989-90 (October-September) world coffee productio

The European Community's 1992 market unification plan offers great potential for businesses in the N

There's good news and bad news for buyers of silk and the world's largest producer of it. St

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

UAL, JAPANESE BANKS DISCUSS FAILED BUY-OUTOfficials of UAL Corp. met Wednesday with major Ja

A Brazilian foreign exchange fraud involving at least $360 million worth of payments for non-existen

East Germany could, if it wished, become a member of the European Community even before the EC compl

Thu., Nov. 16, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on reports of a narrower trade gap and then turned lower on profit-tak

Panhandle Eastern Corp. said Wednesday its Trunkline LNG Co. subsidiary received approval from the F

The violent crackdown on dissent by the Chinese government means U.S. textile importers and trans-Pa

Tight foreign exchange reserves prompted the Indian government to formulateplans to curtail

U.S. import duties on Soviet goods may come down sharply by spring, Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbac

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government maintains that the best way to foster a liberal market-oriented inte

Texas Air Corp. said Thursday it had placed firm orders for 20 Airbus Industrie A330 and A340 long-r

The AFL-CIO has voted to create a Transportation Trades Department to put new emphasis on issues con

The initial draft of new regulations intended to ease controls on corporate takeovers was released b

Five ocean freight forwarders have returned their licenses to the Federal Maritime Commission.

It's a rare occasion when any shipping executive says business is excellent, but that's the word use

The Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging a connecting channel between the Port of Baltimore a

Nov. 16, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

* Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A * Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B* Slater Raps Prolonging

Two Philadelphia shipping companies have won Maritime Administration approval to add vessels to thei

THREE HUNDRED MEMBERS of the New York shipping community showed up Tuesday night to welcome the top

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Beaujolais nouveau, fresh from the cask, vied with coffee and croissants in cafes Thursday here and

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The U.S. merchandise trade deficit in September declined to $7.9 billion, the smallest monthly gap s

Premiums for tanker owners' liability insurance are set to rise sharply next year as a result of the

The Federal Maritime Commission dropped its probe of Taiwan shipping practices Thursday, saying most

The latest testament to the influence of "perestroika," or economic restructuring in the Soviet Unio

The death of Alitalia President Carlo Verri in a car crash last week has dealt a severe blow to an a

European ship line executives are frustrated and disappointed over the time and effort needed to est

A new federal study has found widespread pesticide contamination in rivers and streams in the Midwes