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EXPORTERS SPECULATE ON SOVIET PURCHASESThere are strong indications the Soviet Union in the

U.S. transportation officials cut Federal Express Corp.'s allotment of U.S.-Japan charter flights by

''THE TIME HAS COME," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things." Lewis Carroll could just as

A leading shipowners' organization is recommending that underwriters refuse to insure vessels survey

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The first Canadian vessel in years to use a ship repair yard on the U.S. side of Lake Superior shoul

Oct. 3, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

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The property/casualty business' lackluster performance in 1989 is expected to deteriorate even furth

Leon Brittan, vice president of the European Commission, launchedEuropartenaria t 1990, a Eu

Despite a 40 percent increase in operating income from container shipping operations, CSX Corp. earn

The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth handled 25.6 million metric tons of cargo in the first eight mon

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A representative of Brazil's national steel industry, Siderbras, said his company regards this summe

VENEZUELAN PRICES ROSE 3.3 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan prices climbe

The Supreme Court has declined to review lower court rulings in shipping cases concerning vessel bon

Encouraged by a processor in Chattanooga, Tenn., some adventurous mid-South farmers are planting can

The Soviet Union is a nuclear superpower saddled with a Third World economy and that situation won't

Overseas Petroleum and Investment Corp., Taiwan, struck oil off the eastern Malaysian state of Saraw

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. will pay cash compensation to Malaysia Airlines System, or MAS, for d

The board of commissioners for the Virginia Port Authority has granted permission for the Port of Ha

When Toys "R" Us Inc. needs to speed documents to its overseas offices and stores, the toy-selling g

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING ROSE 1.8 PERCENT IN AUGUSTConstruction spending rose 1.8 percent in Au

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A story on page one of the Friday, Sept. 29 edition of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly reported

STANDARDS OBSESSION is a crippling disease. People are the most important thing about electr

Australia's various railroad systems have been told that they are significantly disadvantaged compar

NAII DISAVOWS CROSBY REMARKSDES PLAINES, Ill. - The National Association of Independent Insu

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for state and local prosecutors to bring criminal charges a

U.S. businesses appear unruffled as a controversial social rights agenda for European workers advanc

In the U.S. automobile industry's efforts to build a practical electric car, Ford Motor Co. has gone

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SOVIET GOVERNMENT PROPOSES STRIKE BANThe Soviet government proposed a general ban on strikes

Australian Mutual Provident Society, Australia's largest life insurer, made a 1.1 billion ($1.77 bil

Hong Kong tourism has been hit hard by the recent turmoil in China and business is likely to remain

Lone Star Industries Inc. has instituted an action against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and another

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX UNCHANGED IN JAPANThe Japanese wholesale price index for Sept. 11- 20

The fledging British Columbia salmon-farming industry says it is making a determined bid to prevent