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London Metal Exchange copper stocks may have risen by 5,500 metric tons last week, traders surveyed

PROPOSAL WOULD SPUR AIRLINE COMPETITIONDeregulation in the airline industry has led to domin

Hungarian partners plan an announcement this week that they are bringing Penthouse magazine to Hunga

The European Community soon will renew its battle to dislodge the airline cartel that has ruled Euro

GOOD REGULATORY RULES SELDOM FAIL. More often the regulators fail because they do not truly understa

For the week ended Sept. 30, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Driven by higher textile and non-ferrous metal prices, The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Inde

Major automakers are asking the Federal Maritime Commission to exempt themfrom tariff filing

9 OIL COMPANIES WIN ELK HILLS CONTRACTSNine U.S. oil companies were awarded contracts to pur

For motorists driving without mandatory insurance - which may mean most of Miami - both the cost of

Japan Air System Co. Ltd. has ordered eight McDonnell Douglas Corp. MD-81 jets to be delivered betwe

Fluor Daniel Inc. of Irvine, Calif. said it was awarded a contract by Novacor Chemicals Ltd. to buil

The World Bank borrowed 100 million European Currency units worth US$110 million by issuing a five-y

The dollar is poised to move higher, traders and economists say, despite European interest rate hike

The Massachusetts Port Authority posted a 7.5 percent gain in maritime general cargo volume for its

CANADA EXPECTS HIGHER GRAIN, OILSEEDS OUTPUTStatistics Canada Thursday estimated 1989 produc

LEND LEASE TRUCKS INC. (Minneapolis) - Ron Meinhardt was appointed executive vice president, control

Ocean carriers operating between the United States and Far East can expect steady growth in containe

A proposal to revise Chicago Mercantile Exchange live hog futures by increasing the size of the cont

ITALY'S GDP ROSE 0.4 PERCENT DURING SECOND QUARTERItaly's second-quarter gross domestic prod

US COMPLETES PROBE OF BRAZILIAN TRADEThe Bush administration terminated a four-year investig

After several starts and stops and various alterations, legislation governing oil tanker spills, res

Shipping lines and seaports need to expand their traditional functions as service industries to take

FIRM'S NEW OFFICES LOCATED AT JFK AIRPORTJAMAICA, N.Y. - H.R. Robinson & Co. has moved into

Grocery and fresh produce shippers can expect expanded service in the next few weeks. Norfol

The brownouts and power shortages that have become more common in some regions of the country, espec

WHILE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING was wonderful for Mae West, it has done the cocoa market wrong.

Recent medical studies have concluded that women who are healthy and do not smoke can take oral cont

Financier Sir James Goldsmith's announcement that he will drop lawsuits against nine state insurance

Still smarting from the loss of the Alaska state ferry terminal, the Seattle PortCommission says it

Broken Hill Proprietary Co., a major Australian commodity firm, said it has established a new bulk s

Federal Express Corp. is hoping to make a decision by year-end on the location of a new European air

Even though Harley-Davidson Inc. has finally sorted out most of the problems with its internal mana

Compagnie Generale Maritime will be seeking a new partner in the North Atlantic liner shipping trade

KRAFT USA (Glenview, Ill.) - Charles F. Martin III was named vice president, marketing services. He

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

U.S. Senate legislation introduced last week to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Oct. 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Atlantic Container Line, one of the major shipping lines on the North Atlantic, will transfer its he

On a windy dock here, an ocean shipping company gave the trucking and automobile industries a helpin