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ITEL REPORTS INCREASE IN ITS SHARE OF APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Itel Corp. notified the Securitie

The principal maritime carrier of Singapore, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., produced a handsome 21st bir

Ocean freight rates in the U.S.-Puerto Rico trade increased 12 percent Oct. 1, following action by t

Prudential Insurance Co. of America has filed a $31 million lawsuit against three law firms over a c

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

Sea-Land Service Inc. is opposing American President Lines Ltd.'s effort to expand use of foreign sh

Residual fuel oil futures begin trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange today but there is skept

Oryx Energy Co. will concentrate future domestic exploration efforts on natural gas, even as it is a

ACCESS ENERGY CORP. (Dublin, Ohio) - Toni L. Cialella was named chieffinancial officer. She

Sept. 29, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A slow-moving, oversized golf cart; that was Dick Schweinberg's first reaction to the electric van h

INSTEAD OF DELTA-WESTERN, it sometimes looks more like we got Continental- People . The USAi

Electronic data interchange took another important step forward here last week as some 120 delegates

Americans stayed away in droves, but enough regional buyers piled into Christie's auctions of Chines

The Interstate Commerce Commission has approved the sale of a line givingtrains operated by

U.S. and West Germany last week began treaty talks in Washington, and Charlotte, N.C., leaders are r

Local longshore contract negotiations in Philadelphia, New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., were heading do

The Supreme Court opens its new term today at 10 a.m. with key transportation, insurance and other b

A federal judge agreed Friday to a settlement of over $1 million in the case of the World Prodigy, e

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to step uppressure on waterfro

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A West German subsidy to protect Airbus Industrie from exchange rate fluctuations is facing Bush adm

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

Fri., Sept. 29, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Latin American countries came away from this year's annual International Monetary Fund and World Ban

The dollar may be near the bottom of its recent decline but trading is likely to be volatile in comi

US FARM PRICES FELL 0.7 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERThe index of prices received by U.S. farmers for

Chicago Mercantile Exchange President William Brodsky said the CME intends to fight any protectionis

JAPAN POSTS RISE IN PAYMENTS SURPLUSJapan posted a seasonally adjusted current account surpl

Donald N. DeMarino had no illusions about his job as the newest deputy assistant secretary for Afric

CORROON & BLACK CORP. (NEW YORK) - Ronald J. Taylor, currently president of the company's Reinsuran

GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS POPULARPRINCETON, N.J. - A new survey of 45 insurance compan

Surplus lines writers beware: the proverbial "sleeping giant" is waking up, and may be about to hit

B.A.T. Industries PLC failed on Friday to squash a contested 15.3 billion ($22 billion) takeover bi

AIG Corp. is the largest commercial insurer in the United States, contrary to what was said in "Est

The European Community's plans to create a combined market by 1992 hold both the threat of free trad

The state's Agent Orange Commission gained new life Thursday when the Assembly voted to appropriate

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Rising prices for plywood and copper - materials widely used in the home construction industry - pus