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Taiwan hopes that continued growth in U.S. exports to this prosperous island nation of 20 million wi

A question mark hangs over the political future of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following the se

The government-owned export insurance agency turned in a record surplus for the fiscal year of HK$33

Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to simplify inspection of imported processed foods.

AMERICA WEST EARNINGS INCREASE NEARLY 30 PERCENTPHOENIX, Ariz. - America West Corp.'s earnin

Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama has expressed his support for item-by-item bilateral trade talks invo

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Gummies may be yummy for the tummy, but Dae Julie Inc. wants to put a little more variety in its die

The earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area left transportation executives and public offi

Changes in customs procedures at Thailand's main containerport may lead to a resurgence of congestio

Defying a new law banning such walkouts, coal miners in the Soviet far northwent on strike W

The U.S. Labor Department sued the trustees and insurer of a Chicago area pension plan for buying, a

Opponents in the Proposition 103 dispute have crossed swords again. This time, they are disa

The aim was admirable: Scratch extraneous words from a tongue-twisting trade code. But by de

Burlington Northern Railroad, hoping for potential savings of millions ofdollars on its annu

NEW SENATOR VESSEL TO CALL AT OAKLANDOAKLAND, Calif. - The first of four newly built contain

IT'S USUALLY A NEAT TRICK to get truckers, shippers and railroads together. But Timothy H. L

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS HUGE EARNINGS DROPMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. ea

Thames Shipping Ltd., the steamship line that has suspended its U.S.-to-Middle East service and is i

Four giant Japanese electronics companies reported healthy half-year profit growth Thursday but were

The Big Three automakers, hit by the high cost of incentives needed to boost their sales, Thursday r

A crewman of an Iraqi tug was killed in an incident involving two Iranian gunboats in the northern P

Administrators of ports in the Caribbean have agreed to coordinate and strengthen their efforts to c

A Federal Maritime Commission economist said Thursday that the commission's study of the 1984 Shippi

Commercial passenger service will begin at Stewart International Airport, a military and cargo airpo

McDonald's Corp. said Thursday it will recycle polystyrene from 450 of its restaurants in New Englan

Japan's $1 billion Nippon Zeon Co. said it will locate its U.S. operations here after buying BFGoodr

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It was a seminar on the European Community's plan for a unified market by 1992 with scarcely a word

HONG KONG PRICES ROSE 10 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERHong Kong consumer prices rose on average by 10

A sharply divided Interstate Commerce Commission re-entered the ongoing battle on the Springfield Te

INDOSUEZ TO LIFT STAKE IN MORGAN GRENFELLFrench banking group Banque Indosuez will raise its

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Oct. 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railr

In the wake of the increased interest in maritime safety after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, MarineSaf

In order to complement its refrigerated container leasing operations, Leasing Partners International

Oct. 26, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Flat rates combined with higher costs caused Maritrans Partners LP, a U.S.-flag tugboat and barge op

The Environmental Protection Agency's rule requiring persons owning 100 or more underground storage

THE SOVIET UNION'S CORN-BUYING SPREE has some grain traders wondering why all the fuss. To t

The liner shipping industry can look forward to a period of strong growth between Europe and the Far