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Heavy rains are putting Canadian crops on the recovery trail after last year's setback from a blazin

The Soviet Union has completed a major shopping spree for U.S. agricultural products, buying 2 milli

About 125 warehouse workers returned to their jobs Tuesday afternoon after two days of picketing at

IDEMITSU OIL INVESTS IN NORWEGIAN FIELDA major Japanese oil developer said Wednesday it had

National Starch and Chemical Corp. said it signed an agreement to buy Alco Chemical Corp., a Chattan

Users of electronic data interchange in the United Kingdom should stop being afraid of confusion bet

London Metal Exchange Chairman Christopher Green Wednesday criticized ''interference" by U.S. regula

In a trend with major implications for international business, British investors are shifting their

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Distillate inventories were virtually unchanged while gasoline stocks increased, the American Petrol

United Parcel Service Inc. expects to begin begin intra-European delivery of non-express freight, al

WARNING ISSUED IN UK ON FLEET CAPABILITYBritain's merchant fleet is probably too small to be

CSX Transportation Inc., the big Eastern railroad system, is under pressure to increase its return o

Ark-La-Tex Trucking Show, second annual exhibit, Oct. 6-7. Louisiana Fair Grounds, Shreveport, La. C

Environmental pollution will only worsen unless countries adopt a more responsible attitude toward t

BILL WOULD REGULATE FOOD TRUCK CARGOESA proposed bill would ban hauling of garbage and chemi

The U.K. government may get by without tightening monetary policy if the Bundesbank hikes its intere

Sea-Land Service Inc. is not yet providing an adequate return to CSX Corp., its parent company, said

Construction of commercial jetliners at the Boeing Co., the nation's third largest exporter, ground

United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package delivery company, is offering international

While California State Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie this week froze auto insurance rates

CARE SHIPPING INC. (Houston) - Armando Waterland was named vice president, business development of t

Two major French sugar groups, Generale Sucriere and Commerciale Sucre Union, have decided to combin

A steady stream of export bonus sales and persistent strength in the cash market is likely to push t

GERMAN JOBLESS RATE DECLINED IN SEPTEMBERFRANKFURT, West Germany - The unemployment rate in

The U.S. dollar declined against the deutsche mark Wednesday, but was little changed against the Jap

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

An umbrella group for U.S. customhouse brokers has come out swinging against efforts to push through

OFFICIAL DENIES FORD TO TAKE OVER SAABANTWERP, Belgium - The manager of Swedish automaker Sa

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari appealed to the U.S. Congress Wednesday to help end non-

EC OFFICIAL BLASTS JAPANESE DISTRIBUTIONEuropean Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan strongly atta

Automotive suppliers - usually seen as competitors - are expected to increasingly join forces in the

Former U.S. Rep. Thomas F. Hartnett, awaiting word from the White House on his possible appointment

American President Lines Ltd. urged the Maritime Administration to ignore as ''imaginary" a key comp

MET LIFE HAS PACT TO BUY INTEGRATED UNITMetropolitan Life Insurance Co. has agreed in princi

Warren Leback, President Bush's nominee to head the Maritime Administration, pushed all the right bu

Nearly 1,000 shipping and transportation executives attended last week's Bulk Transpo '89, an intern

COFFEE GROUP ELECTS UGANDAN AS CHAIRMANThe International Coffee Organization elected James W

Quantum Chemical's Corp.'s Morris, Ill., ethylene plant, damaged by fire twice this summer, will sta

Polystyrene makers condemned a plan to ban their products from Interior Department buildings, and cl