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POLYESTER POLYOLS Ruco Polymer Corp. of Hicksville, N.Y., is increasing prices for hexanedio

Domtar Inc. of Montreal acquired Conmel Inc., of Albany, Ore., a manufacturer of low-pressure melami

Hours after Ryder System Inc. said it would sell five of its six insurance companies to Skandia Inte

Buyers of Indian textiles in the United States, Britain, Japan and other main markets have branded i

The harbors at Charleston and Georgetown, S.C., opened completely last week, casting aside one more

United Parcel Service Inc. will offer express package delivery to the Soviet Union and three other E

1476 (Oct. 10, 1989) Previous day - 1470 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Brazilian nationalists already are feeling the void left by the withdrawal of U.S. opposition to the

Sumitomo Bakelite Co. of Japan has purchased a 50 percent share of Dallas- based Occidental Chemical

COCOA PRODUCERS TO DEBATE POSITIONACCRA, Ghana - This month's meeting in Lome, Togo, of the

Soybean futures prices sank to 23-month lows Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade as a harvest-rela

NORTH AMERICA New York Fabric Show. Oct. 16-18. Jacob Javits Convention Center. New York. Co

Freight traffic forecasts for the Anglo/French Channel tunnel have been adjusted in response to the

The nation's automobile insurance industry earned almost $23 billion after taxes between 1978 and 19

A 275-page Center for Marine Conservation report describes the "bungled federal response" to the Mar

This week: NEW ENGLAND: Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., Bangor, MaineMID-ATLANTIC: Duguesne Light

Customers of Duke Power Co. lit up the switchboards this week complaining that this month's electric

TRANSAX/RATES BUYS TARIFF PUBLISHING FIRMFALLS CHURCH, Va. - Transax/RATES, a division of Th

CAPITAL ACCOUNT GAP SHRINKS IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a cap

THE STEEP DROP IN MANUFACTURING JOBS last month has convinced some economists that the Federal Reser

CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON FAKE, SHODDY GOODSChina is conducting a nationwide crackdown on fake an

Whether Europe evolves into one truly open market or into a walled fortress after 1992 may depend to

YOU LEAD; no, I'll lead. One of the more vigorous dances in electronic data interchange toda

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK TO STOP SPACE PROBELawyers for three environmental groups argued Tues

The chief executive of this increasingly nervous business center will go all out today to restore ba

REPORT: US, CANADA CURBING TEXTILE IMPORTSThe United States and Canada have increased curbs

The Maritime Administration has received a request from a Houston company to sell for scrap the dril

Dockworkers at the Port of New Orleans are scheduled to vote later this week on a tentative agreemen

Shipping Corp. of India has received approval from the government's Public Investment Board to buy t

Evergreen Airways Corp., the fledgling Taiwanese carrier, won approval to apply for U.S. services sh

I HAVE ALREADY reported that my own survey of air freight industry opinion over the past couple of y

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A group of importer and exporter maritime transportation users is inviting carriers to debate the pr

No amount of sympathy and good will among the shipping community will ease the daunting task faced b

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC is selling its over-the-counter business in the United States to a

The bluster is back in U.S.-South Korean trade relations, as Korean officials flatly refused Tuesday

U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills blasted the European Community for a community directive ai

Coca-Cola Co. opened Tuesday its 11th Chinese bottling plant, only days after the previous one.<

Rhode Island's Port of Davisville strengthened its position as a major automobile import center for

Benefiting from vigorous world trade in liquid chemicals and vegetable oils, Stolt Tankers and Termi