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The Federal Aviation Administration accused a Texas company Thursday of improperly shipping hazardou

Local officials and sports enthusiasts hope to create a 14.6-mile public trail and bikeway in Lincol

Sea-Land Service Inc. is saying CHEERS to wine and spirits shippers. That is the name of the

A carrier is asking Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner to review Maritime Administration wai

You can find Campbell's tomato soup at big supermarkets here and V-8 vegetable juice in vending mach

The French stock exchange Friday authorized a takeover bid for Compagnie Industrielle and its insura

The International Trade Commission in September will focus on three unfair trade practices complaint

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

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Fri., Aug. 18, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

As teams of lawyers from Juneau in Alaska, Seattle and Washington last week dived into the hazardous

AMOCO GUARANTEES FUEL AGAINST ENGINE DAMAGEAmoco Oil Co. is so confident of the quality of i

SANTE FE TEXAS LINES TO REDUCE TRAIN CREWSAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Unit

Getz Corp. has purchased one of Hungary's leading trading companies in an effort to establish a foot

A federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted five men on 12 counts, including conspiracy to defraud

A new congressional report blames the growing number of insurance insolvencies, particularly in the

Some stock exchange analysts expressed dissatisfaction Friday over the pace set by a task force name

Despite President George Bush's desire for lower interest rates, the easier- money faction on the Fe

Today, The Journal of Commerce begins publishing the daily closing prices of prices of high-sulfur f

The Panama Canal could suffer an exodus of skilled workers unless the Panamanian government reassure

Maersk Line Ltd., the winning bidder for a Military Sealift Command contract worth $61.4 million to

Higher freight rates increased second-quarter profits for the nation's largest trucking companies to

JAPAN SEEKS TO SETTLE US TRADE DISPUTEJapan will continue to seek a settlement of its trade

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement is an international agreement originally designed to expand trade in tex

JAPAN SOON TO RESUME ECONOMIC AID TO CHINAJapan will soon resume economic assistance to Chin

NICELY NAMED GEICO CHIEFOlza M. (Tony) Nicely was named president of Government Employees In

The Coast Guard is designing a new numbering system for pleasure boats that eventually could lead to

In an effort to overtake the United States in biotechnology research, 20 firms owned by Japan's Mits

P&I Seminar. Sept. 6-8. London. Sponsored by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. Ramada Hotel, 10 Berners S

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., will serve as honorary chairman of this year's Ad- miral of the Ocean

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday on bullish trade data but then faltered on fears of c

CANADIAN TRADE SURPLUS FELL DRASTICALLY IN JUNECanada's world merchandise trade surplus decl

After years of estrangement, the United States and Mexico are on a political honeymoon. Acco

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

Shipowners and ship management companies aren't the only ones who suffer from the steady depletion o

Neither side reported progress this week in the 18-month contract dispute between Pittston Coal Grou

United Parcel Service Inc. said a recommendation by an administrative law judge to award most U.S.-J

The Port of Oakland is phasing out a type of wharfage rate that helped West Coast ports compete with

Faced with fewer ship calls and decreases in its primary import cargoes at its three Connecticut ter

Don't bother asking how it plays in Peoria. Protest letters from that Illinois city and else