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Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner warned Wall Street that he will not allow excessive debt

TUSCARORA TO BUY PREFERRED PLASTICSNEW BRIGHTON, Pa. - Tuscarora Plastics Inc. announced an

The plunge in cocoa prices could prompt the Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer, to come

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., on behalf of its partners in the 200 million to 300 million-barrel Point Arguel

It was the extra hour that handed Ireland the edge when Teradata Corp. was searching for a European

You are a business that operates all over the world. You have to juggle deliveries and suppl

A subsidiary of Japan's Shuwa Corp. that owns a string of landmark U.S. office buildings including L

FALLING ENERGY PRICES EASE INFLATION CLIMBConsumer inflation turned in its best performance

Rising levels of international trade and productivity have not brightened thebleak economic

The Coast Guard began a 14-day exercise Sunday meant to train local Coast Guard and military personn

Illinois is hoping to attract more captive insurers with newly liberalized regulations governing the

U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said Tuesday that there should be a Paris Club rescheduling of P

The best bet for U.S. steel exports in the 1990s will be in the developing world and Pacific Rim, ac

Electronic communications technologies present banks with both opportunities and perils, according t

The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to spend up to $1 billion for a major expansion of facilities

The Federal Maritime Commission announced Tuesday that 13 companies have agreed to pay a total of $1

Officials at Tianjin's Port of Xingang, which includes China's largest container facility, say its a

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Tue., Sept. 19, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The timing of expected U.S. tariff cuts on Soviet exports remains uncertain, U.S. and Soviet officia

New York Life Insurance Co. and Biogen Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., have signed a $20 million funding a

CME FINES SAUL STONE FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange handed down a $2

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York saved $74.2 million in taxes as a result of litigation it has pu

NORTH AMERICA WestPack '89. Oct. 11-13. Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Western P

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. lost $27.5 million during the first six months of 1989, acco

MACK TRUCKS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Ralph E. Reins was elected president and chief executive officer

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said Tuesday it intended to vigorously fight some of the rules and p

A Maritime Administration proposal that could alter drastically the way U.S. carriers do business in

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A persistently strong U.S. dollar could undermine efforts to pare U.S. international trade and payme

American Transport Line has added the ports of Hampton Roads, Va., and Antwerp, Belgium, to its U.S.

1439 (Sept. 19, 1989) Previous day - 1434 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER (NEW YORK) - Natalie Wasserman was named vice president, national public entit

The Illinois Supreme Court will be asked this week to consider for the first time whether companies

Richard Stuckey, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.'s chief economist, predicts that while overall consum

UPS UNVEILS NEW EAST COAST AIR HUBUnited Parcel Service unveiled its new $128 million East C

LABOR CHIEF TO DISCUSS UNION CONSOLIDATIONRichard I. Kilroy, president of the Railway Labor

The trucking industry filed suit to overturn a highway tax imposed by Maine, the second New England

Vanuatu reacted sharply to Liberia's announcement of a steep cut in the initial registration fee for