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Canada's postal union has threatened to hold a national strike in the near future unless the federal

Digital Equipment Corp. has offered 40 to 104 weeks of pay to 700 employees if they voluntarily leav

Could the setting be any more dramatic? Right smack in the state where insurance professionals are f

Airgas Inc. of Wilmington Del., said it will sell its Jackson Products subsidiary to Jackson Acquisi

The Port of Baltimore's brand new Seagirt Marine Terminal finally has a tenant. Atlantic Con

The container shipping division of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. is not performing sa

AUTO, TRUCK SALES ROSE IN EARLY SEPTEMBERSales of cars and light trucks made by the nation's

South Africa's new central bank chief thinks the country can renegotiate foreign debts despite press

Eastern European producers of nitrogen fertilizers have, by exporting those goods at below-market pr

Huge trade imbalances among major industrial nations and the persisting Third World debt problems co

The volume of trading in U.S. foreign exchange markets more than doubled in the last three years, re

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

The U.S. dollar may rise further against the yen and other major currencies if the U.S. July trade d

The Bush administration Wednesday said it prefers its plan to fund the president's anti-drug program

JAPAN PUSHES USE OF WORLD BANK UNITJapan will propose the active use of the World Bank's new

GREEK CURRENT ACCOUNT REPORTED IN DEFICITATHENS, Greece - Greece reported a current account

Wed., Sept. 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Brazil and Venezuela will be unable to meet all their third-quarter interest payments on outstanding

* Trading With Uganda 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* UK Report Sees Privatization Raising

Although a cutback in the automobile industry has slowed new orders for machine tools this year, com

In early editions of The Journal of Commerce of Wednesday, Sept. 13, the name of Bjorn Robertsen, th

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

Houston auto dealer Alan Helfman will be scaling back his orders for 1990 model cars and trucks, eve

With characteristic lack of fanfare, United Parcel Service has introduced on- demand pickups for its

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CALIFORNIA COULD FACE GASOLINE CRUNCH IN '90SSINGAPORE - Refineries in California may be un

United Airlines is asking the British government to alter its airport policy so that it may operate

Growth in airborne exports to the United States in the first half of this year was the smallest of t

The Bush administration is seeking to save money on U.S. emergency oil reserves by possibly leasing

AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES SET TO FLY AGAINSYDNEY, Australia - Australia's domestic airlines plan t

I HEAR IT EVERYWHERE: The international air carrier and the air freight forwarder will have to work

Sept. 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

China's domestic oil demand is expected to grow faster than production, limiting the country's abili

Todd Shipyards Corp. is proposing to sell off "significant lines of business" and pay creditors in c

Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co. and the Georgia Ports Authority have until Sept. 22 to work out an

Sea Containers Ltd. said Tuesday that it acquired 53 percent of the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio d

The city of New York is undertaking a broadly targeted marketing effort to bring new cargo to South

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A maritime research group thinks the U.S. government should look into open- hatch ships able to car

The Maritime Administration has released an updated version of its listing of all U.S.-registered oc