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The Port of Philadelphia today began testing a new computer system designed to speed the flow of car

ITEL PLANS TO ACQUIRE SHARE OF RYDER SYSTEMItel Corp. plans to acquire at least $15 million

Some chemical shippers may have to cough up $500 a year to help defray the cost of operating Chemtre

BRAZIL NOT CONSIDERING SUGAR EXPORT BANThe possibility of Brazil suspending its sugar export

Pakistan Monday legalized the importation of gold after a nearly 30-year ban. The decision b

The Indian government canceled a contract awarded to S&T Diamonds Inc. of the United States to impor

The Bush administration is divided over whether China should be offered more subsidized wheat after

The world is becoming increasingly dismayed at America's failure to correct its fiscal and trade def

All-cargo air service between the United States and Japan is likely to increase dramatically under t

The future for struggling Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. could be distinctly turbulent now that it h

Kristian Jebsens of Norway has forged a joint-venture shipping deal with South India Corp., with 100

This port's foreign trade zone, one of the most active in the nation, will grow by about a third thi

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

The Philippines expects to draw the second tranche of a $900 million extended facility from the Inte

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Commodity Research Bureau 6A* Import Quota Watch

The future of the Pacific Northwest's biggest industry - manufacture of commercial jetliners - may w

Florida seaports' chances of receiving state financial assistance has moved a step closer to reality

A Singapore-based oil executive said here Monday that higher standards of living in Asian countries

CMS Energy Corp. said Monday it will head a consortium of energy companies interested in converting

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Constance B. Foster says she is prepared to fight the industry i

HUGO LOSSES REDUCE EARNINGS FOR HARTFORDHARTFORD, Conn. - Losses from Hurricane Hugo, which

After two years of planning, South America's first privately owned cellular telephone network went o

China's new generation of private entrepreneurs, already threatened by a return to more orthodox com

Representatives of two countries assailed as protectionist by the United States called Monday for fr

Officials at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport have come up with aninnovative way t

One of the railroad industry's star witnesses in its drive to get Congress to scrap the compensation

Shippers and truckers continue evolving to meet the changing transportation demands. For Far

Japan plans to host a meeting next year of Asia-Pacific economic experts to chart the future of the

QUAKE SALES TAX LEVY ENACTED IN CALIFORNIAGov. George Deukmejian signed legislation authoriz

Maritime Administrator Warren Leback will be the featured speaker today at a National Waterways Conf

Ship firms managed by B+H Management Ltd. have reported their results for the latest financial perio

ALAN GREENSPAN CAN NOW BOAST that he was right all along, despite pleas from some colleagues - and t

U.K. Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd Monday restated his government's conditions for becoming a membe

The head of the organization that governs most international trade says he'd like to see more pragma

The U.S. dollar rose in a quiet market Monday on expectations of steady U.S. interest rates ahead.

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

Mon., Nov. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

POLAND SEEKS SUPPORT OF JAPAN ON DEBT PLANPoland's Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Majewski Mond

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Although rainfall and hydroelectric dam releases have helped maintain normal water levels on the Mis