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The executive arm of the International Coffee Organization Thursday paved the way for a possible sus

American Airlines will wait an extra six months - from November 1989 until April or May 1990 - befor

With signs that the worst violence in China may be over for the time being, Boeing Co. and other maj

Testimony given Thursday in the case of the grounded oil tanker World Prodigy suggests the ship was

The Maritime Administration released an updated edition of a yearly report on foreign-flag merchant

Weeks of unrest in China have cost shipyards some orders and disrupted work, an official admitted Th

Champion Insurance Co. , which collapsed in bankruptcy earlier this month, is expected to turn into

The U.S. foreign debt rose last year by 40 percent to $532 billion, making the United States by far

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Eurodollar futures trading at the new Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange should have lit

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Lynnette G. Weinshelbaum was named vice president

David Z. Plavin, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's recently named aviation director, is

Fifteen years' performance as a reliable supplier of coal to the world market may have bought U.S. e

Food & Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the agency planned to banfrom hairsprays

In court papers filed Thursday, Sea Containers Ltd. said that it charged Stena and Tiphook with maki

Ports, Intermodal Shipping and Freight Transportation. July 24-27. New York. 14th annual summer conf

ICC UNVEILS DECISION ON RELEASED RATESThe Interstate Commerce Commission, reversing a two-ye

MASSACHUSETTS TO SET ALL 1990 AUTO RATESThe Massachusetts Insurance Department will set all

A West German who wants to impress his friends should steer clear of Mercedes-Benz cars and BMWs and

HOUSE PANEL BOOSTS THIRD WORLD DEBT PLANWASHINGTON - The House Banking Committee gave the U.

Salomon Inc. said it signed a cooperation agreement with Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, whic

"I need a boat. Can you get me that boat?" Welcome to the business of disaster.Tony Donadio

Thu., June 29, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Austrian parliament Thursday voted to apply to join the European Community on the condition that

The South Korean government is easing restrictions on outside investment in manufacturing as part of

The House of Representatives, by a 418-0 vote, approved somewhat tighter U.S. economic sanctions aga

Last week's decision by the Federal Maritime Commission to uphold the legality of the West Coast's 5

A congressional panel is looking for ways to prevent the breakup of Eastern Airlines and restore it

Allied-Signal Inc. demonstrated Wednesday a new solvent it plans to manufacture and market as a subs

Cargoes of U.S. export coal and steel are surging through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System

June 29, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

SHIPPERS WARM UP QUICKLY to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's new domestic and international int

As business executives from the United States and Europe flock to Moscow to get a slice of the Sovie

The foundation for global electronic messaging continues to grow stronger. An increasing num

Financial difficulties have forced Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company, to accept internation

Bulldozers have taken the place of tanks in the devastated Iraqi peninsula town of Faw where some of

A month-old U.S. policy requiring open transportation bids on some food-aid shipments is drawing wid

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