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

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

For the week ended Nov. 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The Federal Maritime Commission wrapped up its West Coast hearings Thursday in San Francisco after c

Buyers from Japan sharply criticized China this week over problems with coal shipments, including ch

Gov. Michael Dukakis has ordered Massachusetts state Insurance Commissioner Timothy Gailey to closel

Glaxo Holdings PLC of Britain said it will spend about S$200 million (about US$100 million) build a

South Korea's imports of wheat for flour are expected to be lower this year than in 1988 due to decl

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

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

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

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

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

Despite problems posed by corruption and red tape, this country of 107 million people offers signifi

William N. Deramus III, chairman of Kansas City Southern Industries Inc., died Wednesday at age 73.

MEDSTAT SYSTEMS (Ann Arbor, Mich.) - Dennis J. Becker was named senior vice president, insurance sys

The Labor Department on Wednesday sought to quell fears about private pension fund fraud, telling Co

The multiple whammy that hit U.S. marine insurers this year means the industry will doggedly stalk e

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

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

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

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

With the right to fly from Tokyo to Europe by way of Alaska spelled out in a new aviation bilateral

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

The Turkish steel mill TDCI entered the market this week with a request for bids on the 2.5 million

MERRILL LYNCH SEVERS ALL SOUTH AFRICA TIESMerrill Lynch & Co. is banning all business relate

Nov. 16, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

Traders welcomed an announcement Thursday by the London InternationalFinancial Futures Excha

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

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

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

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SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC CARGO OPERATORS (Savannah, Ga.) - Ben E. Mercer was named president of this steve

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

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