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Some 2.2 million tons of U.S. imports were transshipped through Canada in 1987, a 37 percent boost f

The Massachusetts Port Authority said Tuesday it has received six "letters of interest" from prospec

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. will continue to make Oakland its exclusive northern California port of

The joke used to be that private boat docks in the Seattle suburb of Mercer Island were bigger than

Tony Farr, the new managing director of South Africa Marine Corp., seems to epitomize many of the go

The transport ation community will have until Oct. 20 to voice views formally on a pair of proposals

One official calls it a "shift to the east in the center of world economic gravity." Others speak of

Overseas investors are pouring money into Malaysia, with the total for the first six months of this

The Japan Socialist Party, hoping to calm nervous voters, is softening its radical policies but is l

Compagnie Industrielle, the main shareholder in French insurer Groupe Victoire, Tuesday rejected a t

Southeastern Casualty and Indemnity Insurance Co. of New Jersey, Livingston, N.J., has been put into

Health-care advocates sued Monday to stop the state from putting new restrictions on the number of v

CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON AIDS IN WORKPLACEALBANY, N.Y. - A conference on AIDS in the work envi

At the start of 1989, about half of New Jersey's drivers were in the Joint Underwriting Association,

Allstate Insurance Co. denied allegations by New Jersey's insurance commissioner that the company's

America's AIDS education efforts have been impaired by staff shortages at the Centers for Disease Co

The insurance industry will face sharply lower profit margins in Western Europe, insurance executive

Soviet soymeal imports have risen sharply while soybean imports and Soviet soybean crushings have fa

Ampacet Corp. reopened a 250 million pounds a year color concentrates plant here Tuesday, making the

OILSEED ENDING STOCKS AT 11-YEAR LOWFRANKFURT, West Germany - World stocks of major oilseeds

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said late Monday he hoped the Soviet Union

Philipp Bros. has already sold the bulk of the 500,000 metric tons of cocoa it purchased from the Iv

JAPANESE OFFER TO IRAN ON PLANT DEAL REJECTEDTEHRAN, Iran - Iran has turned down a $1.25 bil

Though the Monsanto Chemical Co. plant here sports a new device to "scrub" toxic pollution from its

GHANA SEES '91 PEAK FOR ITS COCOA FACTORIESACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's two cocoa-processing facto

Is it real or another false alarm? Rumors India will need to import sugar again surfaced in the worl

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Department of Agriculture officials moved closer this week to a decision on its proposed changes in

Japan's new government will strive to boost imports from the United States in a drive to reduce this

The taste of hot dogs slathered with mustard and sauerkraut on a bun may soon be delighting the pala

NORTH AMERICA National Merchandise Show. Sept. 9-12. Javits Convention Center, New York. Thi

WORLD URGED TO OPEN DOORS FOR HONG KONGRep. Steven Solarz called Tuesday for nations to open

Following is the second part of the European Community's progress report on the 1992 single market.<

STEELMAKER UNIT OPENS RAIL-SERVED WAREHOUSEBETHLEHEM, Pa. - BethIntermodal, a subsidiary of

REPORT DUE ON INSURERS SEEKING 103 EXEMPTIONCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillesp

Dire forecasts of summer gasoline lines and higher prices aren't materializing, and analysts say pr

AUG. 21, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

STRIKE VIOLENCE AIMED AT MASSEY EMPLOYEESDANIELS, W.Va. - Massey Coal Services Inc. said tha

Crude oil prices are set to fall in the fourth quarter, assuming the Organization of Petroleum Expor

Pittston Coal Group Inc. has suspended unilaterally its contract talks with striking United Mine Wor