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A curtain of forgetfulness may be condemning this nation's greatest peacetime nautical disaster to o

Snowdrops, crocuses, scillas and other bulbs that bloom in early spring are undaunted by frost or la

THIS YEAR'S PLATINUM GATHERING at the Waldorf Astoria had little of the glitter associated with an e

* John Boyd - Reporter's Notebook 3A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUSPENDS PAYMENTSSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The Dominican Republ

Sept. 28, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

IF COMMENTS IN INDIANAPOLIS during the annual joint meeting of the Midwest U.S.-Japan and Japan-Midw

Lobbying on oil spill prevention, response, liability and compensation legislation is heating up ins

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

Majority-owned foreign affiliates of U.S. companies plan to increase capital expenditures by 2 perce

NWA Inc. on Thursday named Alfred Checchi chairman and Frederic Malek president of the corporation a

Carlisle Jackson, treasurer of Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., who died last week, was buried in Ga

A looming dock strike in the New York-New Jersey harbor was averted Thursday, but the possibility of

The ships have returned to the Port of Charleston. Blocked by the debris and shoaling in Cha

Sales at chain stores have grown faster this year in oil-patch states than elsewhere in the country,

CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT WINS SUPPORT IN HOUSEThe House voted to support President Bush's capit

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Thursday afternoon after drifting lower during the morning on repeated

United States Merchant Marine Academy. Kings Point, N.Y. Exhibition of watercolors and pen and ink d

GHANA MINES UNLIKELY TO MEET OUTPUT TARGETACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's three state-owned gold mine

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BORDEN INC. TO SHRINK DAIRY BUSINESSBorden Inc., whose Elsie the cow has been an enduring sy

The New York Mercantile Exchange will launch a new Gulf Coast-based heavy fuel oil contract on Monda

AUSTRALIAN PILOTS REJECT MEDIATIONSYDNEY, Australia - Australia's domestic airline pilots, w

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Bolivia will have easier access for exports of certain textile products to the United States by year

The shipping industry will need a capital infusion of at least $25 billion a year to replace tankers

A bitter squabble among U.S. seagoing unions is apparently killing off an attempt by veteran labor l

New estimates of the losses from Hurricane Hugo show the storm caused nearly $4 billion in insured d

Demand for methyl-tert-butyl ether as a octane enhancer is leading the increased demand for methanol

Union Carbide Corp. said it will sell its urethane chemicals division for $220 million, but a loss f

Some sugar forecasters are becoming increasingly bullish about the world market and predicting conti

Railroads must learn to think like motor carriers if they are to compete for short-haul bulk commodi

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers ended five days of talks Wednesday with a ne

Two small and financially ailing railroads are continuing to attract much more attention as bankrupt

Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Lever Brothers Co. are joing four other partners to build a US$50 million

Trade and transportation between the United States and Europe will be the theme of a conference to b

Norwegian Prime Minister Harlem Gro Brundtland came out strongly this week in support of free trade.

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Wednesday, the third day of global joint intervention, but managed

There is no perceptible improvement in the clearance of air cargo piling up at the airport in the In

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