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President Bush flies to Costa Rica Friday for the first summit of American heads of state in 22 year

Oct. 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Canada Steamship Lines Inc. is building a new generation of self-unloadingbulk vessels that

Japan's crude steel output in 1989 will probably hit a nine-year high of 108.09 million metric tons

The South Korean government Wednesday reiterated its hard line against beef and rice imports, which

The Senate Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would increase 1989 disaster payments to produce

SENATE JOINS HOUSE IN QUAKE AID APPROVALThe Senate Wednesday voted 97-1 to join the House in

Mexico has done more to develop international trade over the past year than many critics thought pos

The Soviet state bank announced Wednesday that it was dramatically devaluing the ruble for people an

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

WHAT DO INQUIRING COAL INDUSTRY MINDS want to know? For one: How will the integration of the Europea

New England Electric System said that its subsidiary, New England Energy Inc., will sell its interes

Supplies of distillate and gasoline declined, the American Petroleum Institute's latest weekly suppl

Richard Brunner doesn't want to be the only cargo game in town at Chicago's Midway Airport.

Plastic resin production will resume within a few days at Phillips Petroleum Co.'s damaged Pasadena,

A bracing bucket of cold water was thrown on the current "euphoria" over the rising market in ocean

FRANCE, SPAIN OPPOSE REALIGNMENT OF EMSFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Spanish Prime Minister

U.S. securities houses, eager to grab a piece of Tokyo's booming currency market, are opening bankin

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A hostile suitor warned Sea Containers Ltd. not to sell assets before giving shareholders a chance t

Marsh & McLennan Cos. is taking over a leading West German insurance broking firm in a move that sho

Tired of the set-up and tear-down hassles of trade shows? All-America Expo Inc. plans to bui

CORROON & BLACK CORP. (NEW YORK) - Stephen A. Crane was named president and chief executive officer

Residents of Utah, the state with the healthiest population, live 2 1/2 years longer than the citize

Oilseed traders here estimate Argentine 1989-90 (September-August) sunseed sowings will total a mini

A group of congressmen has proposed a major rewriting of the legislation governing the shipment of h

Sharply rising labor costs and the rapid appreciation of Taiwan's currency are prompting a major tra

MILLIONS HELD NEEDED TO REPAIR NJ BRIDGESTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's deteriorating bridges,

There are little brass plaques on most of the desks occupied by the upper echelon of Sea-Land Servic

General Electric Co. says it will eliminate the jobs of 1,100 salaried employees in its major applia

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Reduced crew sizes resulting from the economic squeeze on the maritime industry might improve safety

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Oct. 27, National Press Club, Washington D.C. Paul H. Lamb

People's Insurance Co. of China, or PICC, says premium income last year totaled nearly 11 billion yu

France has bought 5,000 metric tons of U.S. surplus butter at cut-rate prices, the U.S. Agriculture

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SNCF, the French national railroad, will set up a combined transport service for liquid bulk chemica

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday reported its first earnings decline in the last six quarters.

U.S. acceptance is vital to the success of a global electronic freight forwarding network that has b

In a case involving work claims of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, the U.