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Nearly 40 years ago, Alejandro Zaffaroni gave up the cold winters of New England to join a small gro

Workers compensation insurers have asked Texas regulators for a 34.9 percent increase in premiums, c

B&W Cartage Co., Detroit-based regional truck line, is using its new operating licenses to serve Can

Scandinavian Airlines System is developing an electronic network that willallow paperless ha

President Bush's visit to Budapest earlier this summer is proving to be a boon to U.S.-Hungarian tra

The United States imported 7 percent more chemicals by volume in the second three months of 1989, co

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China has fined Citic, the company that has symbolized its economic reforms, and four other state fi

Gasoline and distillate supplies followed normal seasonal patterns as gasoline stocks declined and d

Aug. 16, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The West German maritime industry is boosting its recruiting efforts. Itsshrinking pool of j

Soft economic growth and an expected decline in business are triggering a new round of truck rate di

The business titles of J. Ernst Celosse, senior vice president of Evergreen International (USA) Cor

1417 (Aug. 16, 1989) Previous day - 1409 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Three companies are vying for the right to operate one of the Philadelphia Port Corp.'s primary stee

A Soviet freighter is returning to Montreal with a cargo of Canadian toxic chemical wastes that the

Investors in Trinidad & Tobago plan to build a $160 million chemical-grade methanol plant, one of th

The U.S. dollar edged lower Wednesday on concern that today's key report on U.S. trade for June may

The fundamentals of the tin market remain strong despite recent sharp declines, traders and analysts

Trans Pacific Container Service Corp., the North American terminal operations subsidiary of Mitsui O

OMAN CRUDE FOR JAPAN IS UP SHARPLY IN PRICEThe spot Oman crude oil price for October shipmen

The Panama Canal, one of the world's great engineering feats, marked its 75th anniversary Tuesday at

Antitrust guidelines issued last month in response to Proposition 103 would prohibit brokers from di

NEW QANTAS JET TO FLY NON-STOP TO LONDONQantas, the international airline of Australia, has

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

A Dutch court Wednesday ordered toxic zinc waste turned away by Brazil in July returned to its origi

The government of Thailand, already presiding over strong economic growth and overseas interest, is

ARGENTINA TO ASK IMF FOR STANDBY LOANBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's economy minister

Railroad freight carloadings plunged 6.9 percent in July below the same 1988 month, mirroring weakne

CALIFORNIAN TO HEAD MARKETING SERVICEAgriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter announced Tuesday

Japanese companies face a rapidly worsening shortage of skilled workers, according to a survey by th

The captain and owners of the tanker World Prodigy pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal criminal char

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ROSE 0.2 PERCENT DURING JULYU.S. industrial production rose a seasonal

The chief executive officer of one of the nation's largest life insurance companies was on a one-man

Supporters of a bill to strengthen the Caribbean Basin Initiative ought to scrap controversial text

S. CALIF. CLEAN AIR PLAN WOULD RESTRICT TRUCKSTrucking patterns in Southern California could

Association of American Railroads, 1989 industry audit conference, Aug. 20-22. Marriott Downtown Hot

Two U.S. Navy ships will visit Baltimore Sept. 15-18 and will be open for public visits, the Navy sa

Hundreds of workers tore down black-and-red strike flags, unlocked gates and poured back to their jo

Creating domestic agencies that will maintain an open trade policy in each country is the only way t