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As he showed a customer a brochure on the Port of Georgetown, David Schronce said, "Well, that's the

A half hour after sunset, private plane landings are banned at the Aspen Airport, even if the Boeing

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International financial experts have gathered in New England this week for a conference on how to ge

PANELS APPROVE BILL ON FASTENER STANDARDSThe Fastener Quality Act of 1989, H.R. 3000, could

XP Express Parcels Systems Ltd., the air transport group recently acquiredfrom KLM Royal Dut

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

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

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

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

OPEC'S HEAD TO MEET WITH EC ENERGY CHIEFBRUSSELS, Belgium - Organization of Petroleum Export

TNT Ltd., the giant Anglo-Australian transportation company, has established a beachhead in the Sovi

AIRBUS INDUSTRIE JET CERTIFIED BY AIRPORTAn Airbus Industrie A320 aircraft, powered by Inter

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

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

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

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

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CURRENCY CHANGE WAS THE BIG ISSUE of last week, as the Group of 7 major industrial nations launched

Mobil Chemical Co. said it will build a plant in La Grange, Ga., to manufacture 60 million pounds a

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

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

1420 (Sept. 29, 1989) Previous day - 1421 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A proposal that the United States submitted late last week to the world trade body, the General Agre

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe: 1992. Oct. 12. Coral Gables, Fla. Seminar co-organized by the Florida

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Kika de la Garza will offer a bill in Congress this week that

The world's chief protector of endangered wildlife risked the wrath of environmental groups by advoc

An article that appeared on page 7A of the Sept. 26 issue of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly sai

The West German central bank will soon raise its key interest rates, the head of that country's fift

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

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

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

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

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

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

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