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Wages and benefits earned by U.S. workers rose 1.1 percent during the second quarter, down slightly

The year-long slump in auto sales is leading to increasing rounds of plant shutdowns as well as rumo

The world's electronics and record industries have agreed on a copyright- protec tion system for dig

A bipartisan group of senators Tuesday introduced a bill to create a uniform federal product liabili

Knight-Ridder Inc. reported Tuesday that second-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose to

John D. Macomber was sworn in Tuesday as chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank. M

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MATSON WILL DOUBLE CARGO LIABILITY LEVELMatson Navigation Co. said it is doubling the maximu

U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet reshuffle this week could strengthen her hand in res

The electoral defeat of Japan's ruling party could revive protectionist policies there, but more las

The United Transportation Union has called off its drive to force a merger with a rival railroad uni

Local airport planning officials say they've heard nothing yet from a major consultant hired to repr

July 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

A formal settlement of a dispute between Stevedoring Services of America, the Port of Los Angeles an

IRAN DEMANDS PAYMENT FOR JET US SHOT DOWNNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran's state-owned airline demand

The Channel Tunnel Group Ltd., or Eurotunnel, has been forced by escalating costs to return to its b

As the wounded oil tanker World Prodigy prepared to head for open water, federal prosecutors indicat

BALFOUR MACLAINE CORP. (New York) - George Lamborn was named chairman of Balfour Maclaine Futures In

INSURERS LOSE BID TO HOLD TRIAL IN CONN.HARTFORD, Conn. - The state Supreme Court rejected a

She stood in the grocery line as purposefully as the many others, clutching a plastic mesh bag conta

NEW US RULES RESTRICT DRUG-MAKING CHEMICALSWASHINGTON - The Justice Department Tuesday issue

The Bush administration has decided to phase out steel import quotas by March 31, 1992. The

British Airways will take delivery today of the first of 19 long-range 747-400 jumbo aircraft, sayin

MATSON NAVIGATION CO. (San Francisco) - William S. Williams, Pacific Northwest manager for Matson Fr

Total investment of 30 billion rupees (US$1.8 billion) is being recommended for modernization and ex

For a shipping line to be making money on the North Atlantic is quite an achievement. To have traded

CF EARNINGS DOWN FOR SECOND QUARTERMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Corp.'s sec

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

The landmark Mexican debt accord has fueled Philippine hopes of being next in line for a U.S.-sponso

GATX CORP. ACQUIRES WAREHOUSE SERVICEGATX Corp. is buying Associated Unit Companies, a priva

CHRYSLER ANNOUNCES EAGLE TALON PRICESHIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - Chrysler Motors Corp. Monday ann

The prospect of union demands for national labor protection rules in branch line sales and the possi

During lulls at this U.S. Customs Service port of entry, John Gordon might scramble around in the bu

INVERTED YIELD GAP ON JAPAN RATES GROWSThe gap between short- and long-term interest rates o

The Canadian railway system will need to acquire an additional 6,800 railcars in the 1989-90 (August

THE SHIPPING TRADE between Australia-New Zealand and the United States has enjoyed real growth the l

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JAPAN'S CRUDE IMPORTS FELL BY 8.9 PERCENT IN JUNEJapan's crude oil imports in June dropped 8