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1392 (Aug. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1393 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., a key component of Sir Yue-kong Pao's commercial empire, reported profits ros

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS AN 8-MONTH LOWConstruction spending in June slumped 0.8 percent t

The government has finally reached agreement to sell one of several banks it ''nationalized" some ye

ARGENTINE BANKS HOPE THEY'LL ATTRACT SAVINGSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Private banks here Tue

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Insurers and their opponents stopped short of declaring victory or conceding defeat in the wake of a

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - Peter T. LeCair was named senior vice president and chief financial off

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This issue: MEW ENGLAND: Unitil Power Corp., Exeter, N.H.MID-ATLANTIC: Atlantic Electric, Pl

PETROLEUM EXCHANGE STUDIES NEW CONTRACTSThe International Petroleum Exchange here is studyin

A House transportation subcommittee has approved an expanded version of oil- spill cleanup and liabi

SENATE PANEL APPROVES DRUG TESTING BILLThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Commi

The House approved legislation late Monday requiring train engineers,brakemen and other rail

Low silver prices are attracting more investment and industrial users, precious metals analysts said

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

Net receipts of Britain's insurance and broking institutions in 1988 were, at 3.8 billion ($6.3 bill

It was at best a mixed bag of year-end results presented last week to the North Carolina State Ports

Regulation plays a crucial role in the foreign investment decisions that multinational service compa

A federal government probe into the affairs of the largest seamen's union in the United States has p

A group of outside investors agreed to acquire tanker operator Marine Transport Lines Inc. for a pri

Saudi Arabia's oil reserves could be as high as 315 billion barrels, with 253 trillion cubic feet of

A newly built container vessel is being acclaimed as the most powerful and sophisticated merchant sh

The First International Congress of EDI Users, Aug. 9-11, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Br

USDA Undersecretary Richard Crowder said he was canceling all export bonus initiatives that have bee

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National Westminster Bank PLC Chairman Lord Boardman voiced doubts Tuesday about the Brady plan to r

Massachusetts longshoremen and clerks gave overwhelming approval to a master contract extension and

A consortium in which American telecommunications company U.S. West Inc. has a 25 percent stake has

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp promised Congress Tuesday to make extensive ref

KOREA'S TRADE SURPLUS GROWS $30 MILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea had a customs-cleare

London insurers are relieved that a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to limi

Wally "Famous" Amos, a director of privately held, Oregon-based Evergreen International Airlines, ha

AIRBUS INDUSTRIE GETS ORDERS FROM 2 AIRLINESAirbus Industrie has received orders for 28 A321

NUMBER OF OIL TANKERS SEEKING CHARTERS RISESAbout 15 or 16 very large and ultra large crude

The U.S. Customs Service is trying to change fundamentally some of the basic rules under which it do

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY (Chicago) - Jack Fields was appointed assistant vice president

Business leaders called for major changes in the Bush administration's clean air proposal Tuesday, b

With technical factors pushing the market Tuesday, the September New York contract for coffee closed

A group of 13 leading shipping lines agreed to extend until March 1991 an agreement that limits thei