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A public stock offering for Accordia Maritime Corp. has been called off due to fears by Hong Kong in

Ocean carriers in the North Europe trade are urging the Federal MaritimeCommission to drop i

UPS WILL BUY 747 FROM JAPAN AIR LINESGREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service has agreed to

A former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission is buying one of the largest freight brokera

PRATT & WHITNEY PLANS NEW SHIPMENT CENTEREAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney plans to con

The Maritime Administration has received a request from a Michigan company to sell and transfer to C

US BUSINESS FAILURES SHOW SIGNIFICANT DROPBusiness failures in the United States fell 14.5 p

ROMANOFF INTERNATIONAL INC. (Carteret, N.J.) - Henry E. "Hank" Sieban Jr. was named seniorvice presi

SUGAR MOVES LOWER ON MODERATE VOLUMESugar moved sharply lower Monday on moderate volume.

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu plans to tell President Bush Friday that Japan is ready to discuss its

Canadian lumber and wood products shippers begin paying 4 percent more for rail transport today, but

While the world economy will have real economic growth for the eighth straight year in 1990, the pac

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Coffee futures rallied to trade up 168 points at 82.70 cents a pound, basis active December, followi

Continued slack farmer booking of new-crop corn and soybeans could force cash markets to hold their

With more and more Japanese companies setting up operations in the European Community, Japanese exec

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $27.72 billion from April through June, the smallest quarterly im

TEXTILE GROUP TO STUDY US COTTON IMPORT BANThe head of a major U.S. textile industry group M

Sponsors of a new foreign trade zone near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport expect the zone to

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Kika de la Garza, D-Texas, said Monday that the United States s

The Japanese government is about to propose joint development with the United States and European co

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The worst drought since 1976 is wiping out crops and pastures in southern and western France, but wi

BANK LEUMI TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK (New York) - Christopher Miller was named a vice president. He is m

The U.S. dollar was mostly weaker Monday except against the yen, with dealers looking to the Canadia

THE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT HAS DECLINED importantly over the past three years, raising the inevitable qu

With trans- Pacific cargo volumes still growing, Maersk Line has agreed to lease a $35 million conta

It may be premature to predict a short life for the London Futures and Options Exchange's - also kno

Itaconic Acid Pfizer Inc.'s chemical division has increased prices for itaconic acid effecti

The United States intends to use crop-export subsidies to stay competitive in world commodity market

A dozen petrochemical plants, the largest of them American-backed, were dedicated in Indonesia over

Aug. 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE reported a few days ago that the United States imported more than 5

PRICES OF ocean freight futures contracts slipped initially last week, but later pulled up toward th

Burlington Northern Railroad Co.'s efforts to penetrate eastern utility markets have paid off this y

Aug. 25, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Nerco Inc.'s minerals unit, Nerco Minerals Co., Vancouver, Wash., will acquire Texasgulf Minerals an

An electric utility says the amount of money is trivial, but the Connecticut Independent Petroleum A

Double-stack railroad service has had an unanticipated role in boosting the amount of agricultural p