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CONFERENCE'S REQUEST TO FIX ERROR DENIEDThe Federal Maritime Commission rejected a request f

The year was 1979, and a minor rift in the world's supply of oil sent lines of cars snaking for bloc

TNT North America Inc. announced the acquisition of a Northwestern trucking company, the latest step

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' crude oil production stood at 21.3 million barrel

Aug. 3, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

France's stock market watchdog body said Thursday it would investigate trading before July 21 of sha

1390 (Aug. 3, 1989) Previous day - 1390 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A man walked into a West Coast auto dealership with a briefcase stuffed with $25,000 in cash. He off

* Customs Update 4A * Tim Sansbury - Coal Exports 7B* John F. Ahearne - Nuclear Power and Ef

The Bush administration will roundly endorse the economic recovery plan of Mexican President Carlos

Japanese steel executives believe their government will press for retention of the current U.S. quot

Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement is looking at re-establishing liner service between Europe and Nort

Private-sector banks, spooked by China's ruthless suppression of a pro- democracy movement, are show

AMERICAN IS OPTIMISTIC ON AEROFLOT MEETINGSFORT WORTH, Texas - Two American Airlines vice pr

The Spanish government will invest $167 million in expanding the high tension electricity network ov

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The Mexican government has announced tax breaks to lure back money that investors took abroad to esc

Volume at the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., is running nearly 18 percent ahead of last year's record-b

EC NAMES VAN AGT US AMBASSADORBRUSSELS, Belgium - Andreas van Agt, head of the European Comm

LEADING INDICATORS FELL 0.1 PERCENT IN JUNEThe Index of Leading Indicators, a key measure of

A program developed by the Bank of Boston to help other banks expand their trade finance business is

Two Singapore shipbuilders reported sharply increased profits for the six months ended June 30 compa

The market for secondhand ships advanced during the second quarter of 1989, but at a rate less than

Consolidated Rail Corp. is investing $17.1 million to upgrade two line segments in New York state.

Spurred by trends in kraft wood pulp bleaching, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. intends to build

Soybean futures closed sharply lower Thursday as weakness in cash markets and prospects for rain in

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Negotiators for Boeing Co. and the machinists union began talks Wednesday on how much money will go

The government has announced it will inspect the nation's 14.5 million private businesses in a bid t

Investment opportunities in Middle East Gulf states will be explored at two conferences in October c

Belgian unemployment in July rose by 18,861 to 367,487, equivalent to 10.2 percent of the working po

Keppel Corp. Ltd., the Singapore maritime and property conglomerate, turned in a sparkling first hal

Along with death and taxes, there is a third certainty in life: the rise and fall of interest rates.

Controversy has erupted in Long Beach over the port's plan to spend $80 million on an expanded conve

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

SHELL PLANS SHUTDOWN IN NORTH SEA FIELDShell Exploration & Production has told producers in

For the week ended July 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The Port of Le Havre has obtained union and government backing to recruit 200 apprentice dockers.

New industrial estates partly aimed at exports are being established by Thailand, which is enjoying