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The Customs Service has two "aspirins" for the headaches American importers and exporters are likely

Cummins Engine Co., lost $39.7 million on sales of $807.6 million in the 1989 third quarter. In the

Turning a U.S. proposal to phase out industrialized nations' shipbuilding subsidies into reality wil

JAPANESE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE USJapanese institutional investors are continuing to inve

A principal Southeast Asian energy producer, Indonesia, is floating the idea of an extensive pipelin

The government in China said Monday it intends to raise the official purchase prices for cotton and

Federal transportation officials will send California $100 million to begin repairing earthquake-dam

Robert L. Cross, recently named president of American President Distribution Services, expects doubl

Weaver Marine Agencies Ltd. has opened a new shipping agency office to cover the Hampton Roads port

Steven Paul Resnick, director of marketing at the Port of Los Angeles since 1983, has announced his

JOHNSON MARITIME SERVICES (GULF) INC. (Houston) - James Bourke was named manager of the shipping age

Evergreen Marine Corp. has denied allegations of illegally canceling a container transportation agre

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Pat Farrell is the manager of breakbulk operations for Chiquita Brands Inc. in Wilmington, Del. Mr.

FOR FOUR YEARS OR SO, British Airways has been talking directly to its cargo shippers. Not s

SOVIETS AREN'T WORRIED BY CUBAN SUGAR DELAYThe Soviet Union will not buy sugar from the spot

Caustic fumes released by a spill of hydrochloric acid forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 resi

Himont Inc. is raising polypropylene prices 2.3 cents a pound, effective immediately, on all new ord

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The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it was indefinitely detaining all shipments of mushroom

An Ecuadorian-flag containership that grounded at the entrance to Boston harbor last week sailed Sat

Shipping lines serving the Caribbean and Central American trades will impose a ''security charge" by

GROUP NAMES YENINAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORBarbara Spector Yeninas was named executive director o

West Germany's Bayer AG bought Creations Aromatiques SA, a Swiss fragrance firm with a branch in Woo

Allied-Signal Inc. of Morris Township, N.J. said it earned $121 million, or 81 cents a share in the

The Northern California earthquake destroyed millions of dollars worth of fruits and vegetables and

ISRAEL NAMES BUBER TO US TRADE POSTThe Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced

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

Mon., Oct. 23, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Commonwealth leaders urged industrialized nations Monday to balance their monetary and fiscal polici

A West German government plan to reduce consumers' coal industry subsidies to 7.5 percent from 8.5 p

Having apparently missed the plane in its $750 million bid for a 15 percent stake in United Airlines

AIR FORCE PLANES FLY QUAKE RELIEF MISSIONThree U.S. Air Force C5A transport planes left Dove

The bid for control of Connaught Biosciences Inc. of Toronto, a leading Canadian vaccine manufacture

The Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to begin a rule-making to aid the implementation of th

Japan and the United States appear to have finally come up with a way to discuss in detail Washingto

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

Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc. said it is "patently improper" for the Military Sealift Command t

The Coast Guard closed a six-mile stretch of the Houston ship channel Monday afternoon in the wake o

BUFFALO MULLS COMPLEX TO LURE CANADA FIRMSBUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo officials are reviewing a