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Arnold B. McKinnon, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Norfolk Southern Corp., t

Northwest Airlines, the fourth-largest U.S. airline and the largest U.S.trans-Pacific carrie

A hardening strike of the Finance Ministry staff is starting to hurt the French economy. The

DHL Worldwide Express has withdrawn from the International Express Courier Conference, a senior comp

The Australian trucking industry does not want "black boxes" in trucks. Australian truck dri

NO-SALE JET ENGINE DROPPED BY DOUGLASLONG BEACH, Calif. - McDonnell Douglas Corp. is discont

With its present five-ship fleet running full, Safbank Line Ltd. said it soon will boost capacity in

George F. Talin Sr. runs one of the largest tire dealerships in California. According to som

PRODUCER PRICES JUMP IN SEPTEMBERPrices at the wholesale level rose a steep 0.9 percent in S

Faster than a speeding byte, networks and trade groups are getting into the business of acting as an

Protective Life Insurance Co.'s claims-paying ability was recently rated ''AA" by Standard & Poor's.

UNIROYAL TECHNOLOGY LICENSED TO VENTUREUniroyal Chemical Co. of Middlebury, Conn. said it pl

COCOA GRIND DATA CONSTRUED AS BEARISHTraders said here that the 2.8 percent fall in the U.S.

Small, family-owned customs brokers are losing at least $250,000 in fees each year because of the U.

Canadian hog producers have given their approval to a plan that will pay Canadian packing plants an

Although he was not available for comment Friday, Peter Wilson is rumored to be quite anxious about

Himont Inc. of Wilmington, Del., asked federal officials to ban imports of some Japanese-made chemic

The International Trade Commission, in a new flurry of activity, is due to rule on a couple of major

HALLETT MAY TAKE HELM AT CUSTOMS THIS WEEKCarol Boyd Hallett, the new customs commissioner,

Innovation International Inc. has announced the approval of what it describes as the first computer

Word that financing had collapsed for the expected $6.75 billion acquisition of UAL Corp., one of th

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

For every bull on 1992, there is a bear. That proposition was nowhere more evident than at a

Currency traders expect the dollar to decline this week, particularly if the U.S. trade numbers Tues

LOOK PAST THOSE roller-coaster government statistics if you really want a feel for what's happening

JAPANESE AGENCY CUTS HUNGARY'S RATING TO A-Hungary's political reforms received an unexpecte

Fri., Oct. 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

UK RETAIL PRICES RISE AT 7.6 PERCENT YEARLY RATEU.K. retail prices rose 7.6 percent in the y

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A sign that Wall Street may be growing wary of new stock offerings in shipping enterprises has arriv

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Japanese corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of more than 10 million yen ($69,000) fell 21.5 per

Air freight volume increased 1.4 percent in August from the same period a year ago, a much slower gr

The government rolled out its big guns Thursday in an effort to persuade the private sector here and

Increasing liberalization of the European air transport industry is ironically leading to more and m

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

HOUSE INTRODUCES AIRLINE BUY-OUT BILLHouse transportation leaders introduced legislation tha

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

Crude oil inventories increased and refinery utilization rates remained high, the American Petroleum

TENNECO INC. (Houston) - Edgar J. Milan was named vice president and controller. He joins th