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FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS is $15 million, but as they surveyed Hugo's incredible devastation throughou

1627 (Oct. 26, 1989) Previous day - 1624 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Fourteen Eastern Airlines baggage handlers stole $700,000 worth of cash, jewelry, credit cards and i

Amerijet International Inc. asked federal transportation officials to investigate charges that Everg

FREIGHTLINER TO BUILD NEW PLANT IN CANADAPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. will build a ma

A Burlington Northern Railroad Co. plan to test use of locomotives drawing natural gas from tankers

A tentative final accord on the sale of bankrupt Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway to two differen

The current imbalance in the direction of U.S. containerized trade soon will reverse itself, say cry

The Australian government's action to stall the imposition of a surcharge on containers moving throu

A House maritime subcommittee next week will take a look at the status of a U.S. cash transfer progr

China, which has traditionally shunned ties with South Africa, is buying coalfrom Pretoria,

Exxon Corp. will move its corporate headquarters from New York City to Dallas next fall, the world's

A spokesman at Phillips Petroleum Co. told The Journal of Commerce Thursday that the company will ha

HERCULES REVEALS PLAN TO SELL ONE DIVISIONWILMINGTON, Del. - Hercules Inc. said it will sell

MEETING RESCHEDULED ON CME LIBOR PLANThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday

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In a move that outflanks its civilian cousins, the Military Traffic Management Command has begun to

Food and Drug Administration officials in Philadelphia say importers have to learn to cooperate with

Australia's annual inflation rate in the third quarter rose to a two-year high of 8 percent, spurred

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but quality looks about the same to everyone. While beauty

PERHAPS GUILTY OF SOME EXAGGERATION, one leading shipping executive said earlier this week that "New

Oct. 26, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Richard Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers, said he is ready to begin bargaining talks pro

Despite tight worldwide cotton supplies and promising U.S. exports, industry observers say they expe

Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries PLC said its after-tax income fell to $297 million or 42.8 ce

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday despite a dip when the Dow industrials plunged, but traders said the m

Two proposals before Congress that would place the Federal Reserve Board under greater congressional

Thu., Oct. 26, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

BUSH OKS $3.5 BILLION IN EARTHQUAKE AIDPresident Bush Thursday signed a $3.45 billion earthq

CHENEY URGES CAUTION IN EXPORTS TO E. BLOCMILDENHALL, England - Defense Secretary Dick Chene

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B

Ships for Victory Reunion (for wartime merchant seamen). Oct. 27-28. Kings Point, Long Island, N.Y.

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

NORTH SEA ACCIDENTS HIT UK OIL EARNINGSBritain will lose more than 3.2 billion ($5.1 billio

MOBIL CORP. PLANS MORE LAYOFFS IN USMobil Corp., which has reduced its U.S. work force by ne

President Bush is moving to make it easier for the government to take dangerous pesticides off the m

U.S. coffee negotiators are viewing discussions here Monday with their Colombian counterparts as the

Cocoa and coffee futures on the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange slid Thursday in active selling lin