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European industrialists are not happy with the way in which freight forwarders and shipping lines ar

Wed., Oct. 4, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

President Bush will ask Congress to appropriate an additional $200 million in economic aid for Polan

HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

A House maritime subcommittee has cleared two measures that recognize and memorialize the services o

INDIA OKS EXPANSION AT MINING COMPANYNEW DELHI, India - The Indian government has decided to

World sugar futures prices rose sharply Wednesday in active trading on the New York Coffee, Sugar an

Alex Mandl, chairman of Sea-Land Service Inc., is optimistic about the ocean carrier's prospects in

A new Senate proposal, originally sponsored by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D- Ohio, would make it more d

Robert A. Ellsworth, director of the Federal Maritime Commission's Bureau of Economic Affairs, says

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has set new conditions likely to put back the date for linking the

Howard S. Abramson was promoted to deputy bureau chief of The Journal of Commerce's Washington opera

Britain's North Sea oil and gas industry, celebrating its 25th anniversary, has confounded pessimist

Oct. 4, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Canadian government, despite rumors to the contrary, doesn't plan to hike immediately its excise

The United States and Canada may implement by next March quicker-than- expected tariff cuts on hundr

Secretary of State James A. Baker III told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that restrictions

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The number of working U.S. oil and gas rigs rose by 11 last week to 978, continuing a slow but stead

At least 20 percent of debt-laden Philippine Air Lines will be sold to foreign and domestic private

JUDGE RELEASES MONIES TO STRUGGLING EASTERNA federal bankruptcy court judge here has agreed

PEUGEOT MANAGEMENT CALLS OFF PAY TALKSEfforts to settle a month-old strike at Peugeot, Franc

Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said Tuesday it had signed a contract to provide chicke

A Massachusetts House of Representatives vote due Wednesday is expected to test a controversial prov

MINERS UNION TO SEEK AFL-CIO AFFILIATIONThe United Mine Workers of America's policy-making I

Unocal Corp. said Tuesday that a restructuring of its retail and commercial gasoline marketing opera

Oct. 4, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Central Soya Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is scheduled to break ground Oct. 12 on a hog slaughtering and p

After a weeklong meeting of international finance ministers and bankers, Japan is on its way to clai

Matson Navigation Co. and Sea-Land Service Inc. both say they will work to block American President

Thousands of people around the world are saved from starving to death every year by Food for Peace,

Chile's economic machine is rolling smoothly and appreciative U.S. traders and investors are after a

America's airports received a rough scolding Tuesday from U.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinn

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner told Congress his department would find it "cleaner and m

Todd Shipyards Corp. warned Wednesday that claims of up to $35 million resulting from closure of its

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal a controversial catastrophic health-care program

Rhode Island maritime officials are considering changes in piloting regulations for Narragansett Bay

Oil shipments from the U.K.'s largest North Sea terminal, Sullom Voe, totaled around 6.3 million bar

While the Australian coal industry expects Japan to import more steam coalfrom the United St