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The House Wednesday approved legislation to raise the minimum wage to $4.25 in two stages by 1991.

The United States will grant most-favored-nation status to the Soviet Union ''in just a few months,"

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Members of the House of Representatives took their first look in 50 years at the Federal Employers'

TNT LTD. EARNINGS FELL IN FIRST QUARTERREDFERN, Australia - TNT Ltd.'s earnings for the firs

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Nov. 3, National Press Club, Washington D.C. Robert A. Mat

Stevedoring Services of America has formed a new South Atlantic stevedoring company by acquiring the

MATTHEWS TO DISCUSS RAILCAR BUILDING BOOMRobert A. Matthews, president of the Railway Progre

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Trucking companies must retain precise state-by-state financial records if they are to cope with the

Boardroom apathy may lose Britain its lead in business automation, experts here warned. Unle

There is "a lot" that's right with the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to Commissioner Pau

Six small railroads are urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule railroads must continue to

Schedule a seminar on "Using New Technology to Keep Customers in the '90s" for trucking executives,

CARE REPRESENTS CONCORDE IN HOUSTONConcorde Line has named Care Shipping Inc. as its Houston

The privatization of Britain's electric utility industry, Europe's biggest coal user, will open the

This issue: NEW ENGLAND: Commonwealth Energy Systems, Cambridge, Mass.MID-ATLANTIC: Philadel

Magellan Petroleum Corp. said its subsidiary, Magellan Petroleum Australia Ltd., and its joint ventu

Oct. 31, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Caribbean Shipping Association designated Port Bustamante in Kingston, Jamaica's leading port, a

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the federal government will investigate the extent o

Singapore Airlines is paying its first dividend after recording a 34 percent jump in after-tax profi

The federation of European Shippers' Councils has given provisional approval to extensive tariff cha

For 16 top Soviet aviation officials, serving the masses meant mass enrollment at Northeastern Unive

GUENTHER TESCH SMILES QUIZZICALLY at reports that some carriers are experiencing a gradual shift of

GDYNIA AMERICA LINE INC. (New York) - Krzysztof Tyc was named president of the U.S. general agent f

Tue., Oct. 31, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

W. GERMANY TO SCRAP STOCK TURNOVER TAXBONN, West Germany - West Germany will abolish its sto

The task is to turn a mound of papers into a transportation policy. Department of Transporta

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS FELL IN OCTOBER PERIODJapan had a $1.78 billion trade surplus on a cus

ALAN GREENSPAN IS IN NO RUSH to push interest rates lower, despite glaring signs of weakness in the

A story headlined, "Export, Import Rates Begin to Equalize in Pacific Shipping," on page 1A of The J

Robert Downey, the head of the Goldman, Sachs municipal bond department, will be named chairman of t

Oct. 31, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The nation's jobless rate has soared to 27 percent in some areas, in partbecause of governme

MC Shipping Inc. had net income of $1.1 million, or 57 cents a share, on revenue of $4.2 million for

1647 (Oct. 31, 1989) Previous day - 1641 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Railroads are poised to gain traffic as an early shutdown today of the drought-ravaged Missouri Rive

An official of Venezuela's state oil company disclosed that it is negotiating to acquire Citgo Petro

Former U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson Tuesday urged the U.K. to join the exchange rat