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A government plan to invest at least 2 billion French francs into the shipping industry over the nex

Nearly 30 shipper and shipper association representatives gathered behindclosed doors all da

A public stock offering will be used to finance rehabilitation of one of the world's largest nickel

An Associated Press story headlined "Mazda to Study Luxury Car Feasibility," which appeared on Page

Bar-code scanners to keep track of ocean shipping containers and passengers' luggage are just one of

Westinghouse Transportation Systems of Pittsburgh has been hired to build and operate a "people move

James A. Glugoski, the Federal Maritime Commission's San Francisco district director, retired Aug. 2

U.S. Customs Service officials and executives representing six ocean carriers and eight airlines hav

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Wendy Gramm reintered her opposition to certain provis

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. is insuring the world's largest collection of natural gold, a $4 millio

A competitor dubs KLM Royal Dutch Airlines "the pirate of the skies," but hastens to add, "I say tha

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International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. said it acquired RTZ Chemicals Co.'s p-aminophenol and acet

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained higher Friday at 105.6 compared with 104.9 t

The Bush administration today is expected to release a report likely to disappoint U.S. exporters, T

CONTEL CELLULAR NAMES VP FOR GLOBAL DIVISIONCONTEL CELLULAR INC. (Atlanta) - Craig R. Startt

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CONSULTING FIRM SERVES TEXTILE TRADE SECTORAn international law firm has set up a subsidiary

CHURCH HEAD ENJOINED FROM SELLING INSURANCEAUSTIN, Texas - An Austin judge issued a temporar

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

U.S. manufacturing companies increased their investments overseas in the first half of 1989, the Con

Between Zurich and Cairo, the regular one-way coach fare is $767 if the ticket is bought in Switzerl

Major private-level Japanese manufacturing corporations plan to expand capital spending by an averag

Japanese life insurance companies are setting their sights on Europe as their next target for real e

Japanese shipyards have enjoyed a surge of new business in recent months, according to latest shipbu

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Senate tax-writers, swamped by complaints from retirees, reached a preliminary agreement Friday on r

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

The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of approving the first large-scale test of a gen

Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., based in Waltham, Mass., said its subsidiary Thermo Jarrell Ash has

Dominican President Joaquin Balaguer has submitted to the legislature a far- reaching bill that seek

Latin America and the Caribbean are in for another year of virtually no economic growth, Inter-Ameri

The ties that bind Japan to the United States aren't in Washington. They're in Springfield,

Mergers of overnight package companies such as Federal Express with major air freight players like F

WHAT'S A RAILROAD'S REAL VALUE? Several analysts and railroad executives question how much of the re

AIR CANADA PLACES BOEING AIRCRAFT ORDERAir Canada has ordered nine 767-300ER twinjets and pl

1437 (Sept. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP. (Cherryville, N.C.) - Richard Turney was promoted to senior director

Procter & Gamble Co.'s Canadian division said it will try to cut down onthrow-away plastic b

US HAS YET TO ACT ON POLAND FOOD AIDBURGENSTOCK, Switzerland - The United States has not yet