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National reunions for World War II merchant seamen and related occupations will be held in San Franc

United Parcel Service Inc. asked federal officials for international aviation rights to fly cargo to

A congressional investigating agency is taking a look at a 1986 tax reform law provision that repeal

''Korean Carrier in Tax Battle," a story on Page 1B of The Journal of Commerce Aug. 8, should have s

The Port of Tacoma's new executive director named the other two top candidates for his job as his de

Texaco Inc.'s old refinery at Lawrenceville, Ill., shut since 1985, was just acquired by a subsidiar

A federal appeals court is expected to decide this week if United Parcel Service Inc. must continue

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

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (New York) - Wally Austin was named vice president in the U.S. co

The dollar declined Tuesday in light trading on the perception that its recent rally was overdone.

There will be only a "modest rally" in sales of existing homes for the rest of this year because low

Exxon Corp.'s massive oil-spill cleanup in Alaska's Prince William Sound has run aground again.<

Only slight delays in cargo delivery will result from Monday's collision here between containerships

1409 (Aug. 15, 1989) Previous day - 1405 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 15, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The restructured Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. said second-quarter earnings were slightly higher, but were

The Military Sealift Command and Sea-Land Service Inc. began Tuesday an exercise that Sea-Land descr

Asia's newly industrialized nations are fast moving in on the U.S. economic foothold in the Caribbe

SONY TO BUY SHARES OF MATERIALS RESEARCHSony USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Cor

BRAZIL COFFEE, SOYBEANS NOT AFFECTED BY STRIKESAO PAULO, Brazil - A one-day protest by steve

A company owner and four others Monday filed suit in the Tokyo district court against alleged unfair

American trading partners have agreed to let the U.S. government cut the red tape tying up exports o

Tue., Aug. 15,1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Batman gloves and Superman T-shirts are among the millions of dollars worth of children's wear that

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

No-one paid much heed when airline entrepreneur Harry Goodman founded a pint- size British charter a

Economists expect Thursday's report on the June U.S. trade deficit to show a gap of $9.2 billion, $

Japan is drafting a new set of regulations to control residues of potentially dangerous chemicals in

The recent deal providing for the sale of 500,000 metric tons of Ivory Coast's 1989-90 cocoa crop, m

INTEREST RATES WILL FALL further, but not until the Federal Reserve gets a chance to look at the ec

Sugar and cocoa futures slipped in late trading Tuesday to close near the day's lows in sharp contra

In the run-up to the 1992 single market, significant progress has been made in the following areas:<

The takeover battle for Sea Containers Ltd. heated up Tuesday when a bidder raised to $1 billion the

BRAKEMAN IN ACCIDENT REPORTEDLY USED DRUGThe brakeman of a train that derailed in Freeland,

A lobby representing most users of Hong Kong's port said a wholesale shake-up in its management is r

The International Cocoa Agreement can be saved if Ivory Coast is prepared to pay its arrears to the

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USDA REPORTS DECLINE IN SOYBEAN CONDITIONSThe condition of U.S. soybeans declined in the cen

A technology that has spread from concert halls to hospitals is on its way to Japan where the proble