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ECONOMIC GURUS OUGHT TO TALK to railroad traffic officers. Assessments of the state of the n

MARATHON STARTS UP NORTH SEA OIL FIELDCrude oil production began Friday at Marathon Oil UK's

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Market prices for two byproducts for the cattle industry - hides and inedible tallow - have been div

The first Taiwan trade delegation to visit the Soviet Union held talks here in August with Soviet ex

A ferocious stock market battle is expected this week after the chairman of Compagnie Industrielle a

Children starting school in certain New York counties this fall can give vent to their energy and im

A.M. BEST RESPONDS TO MUTUAL FIRE SUITThe A.M. Best Co. of Oldwick, N.J., said last week tha

Soybean futures were moderately lower Friday, backing away from Thursday's highs as immediate concer

Holland America Line, the Seattle-based cruise line, has dropped its scheduled October port calls at

Reduced worldwide economic growth in 1990 is likely to lead to a slowdown in global trade, according

A local coal producer and a Detroit utility are combining forces to manage coal supplies for other c

BOXSHIP, TOWED BARGE COLLIDE IN NY HARBORA containership operated by Farrell Lines Inc. suff

W. GERMANY'S SURPLUS IN TRADE IS NARROWINGFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German trade su

SECURITIES PROGRAM SET ON GLOBAL REGULATIONNEW YORK - The Brooklyn Law School and Queen Mary

Europe's railways are about to take a technological leap into the world of paperless communications

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

An item headlined "Conference Raising Cargo Receiving Fees," a Maritime Brief on page 3B of The Jour

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

PRICES OF OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES CONTRACTS last week continued their recent sideways trading pattern.

Grand Metropolitan PLC has agreed to sell operations in three South American countries owned by its

ARE TAXES TOO LOW? DID THE REAGAN administration tax cuts, as some liberals contend, give a handout

Japanese investors, attracted by bargain properties and a dramatic increase in tourism here by their

James R. Paul, president and chief operating officer of Coastal Corp., Houston, was apparently tappe

General Electric Co., General Motors Corp. and a West German consortium of Thyssen Hanschel and Krup

Japan's current account surplus declined for the fifth consecutive month in July on a year-to-year b

Foreign merchant banks are eagerly waiting for Taiwan's manufacturers to line up for advice on overs

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

The way the Virginia Port Authority sees it, its $10 million gamble is working. The Port of

OCEAN SHIPPER GROUP PLANS SEPT. 7 SUMMITWASHINGTON - The Agriculture Ocean Transportation Co

Talks between Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter and European Community Agriculture Commission

Fri., Sept. 1, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Singapore International Monetary Exchange's fuel oil futures contract for September recorded 510

Mobil Sales and Supplies Corp., a subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corp., and Morgan Stanley Group Inc., the

Representatives of GPA Group Ltd., Lufthansa and Swissair signed a letter of intent Thursday establi

U.S. businessmen may be interested in Asia, especially the fast-growing southeastern corner, but nee

CME TAKES ACTION AGAINST TWO MEMBERSThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday said it had suspe

Insurer Axa-Midi and investment bank Paribas, allies in Sir James Goldsmith's bid for B.A.T. Industr

HITACHI WILL BUILD COMPUTERS IN USHitachi Ltd., Japan's largest electrical machinery maker,<

The Treasury Department's decision last week to delay the implementation of a controversial health b