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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

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Russ Banham - Inside Talk on Insurance 9

Containerships' global capacity for carrying loaded containers expanded by 10.8 percent last year, r

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

Disasters don't follow schedules. They happen suddenly, without warning, and with little regard for

New cargo facilities, an expanded United Parcel Service Inc. operation and space for more than 100 p

US MAY BLOCK PART OF AIR FARE AGREEMENTThe Transportation Department said it may move to blo

Natural gas would be cheaper, safer and cleaner than methanol as an alternative fuel for gasoline-po

FRENCH TRADE DEFICIT INCREASED DURING MAYFrance's trade deficit rose to a seasonally adjuste

REICHHOLD OPERATIONS TO BE CONSOLIDATEDPENSACOLA, Fla. - Reichhold Chemicals Inc. plans to l

The nation's largest and busiest Coast Guard marine safety office will get a new chief today.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE BULL in the China shop, but in the bathroom? This past Wednesday, a Nor

If it's Tuesday, it must be Auckland. Or Christchurch. Or Melbourne. Or Sydney. Welcome to the Edifa

International Maritime Carriers (Holdings) Ltd., among the largest of local owners, is proposing to

SENATORS SEEK TO BAR ALAR-TREATED APPLESTwo senators this week urged government regulators t

The Sri Lankan government's rejection of the low bid on transportation of U.S. food-aid cargo has st

Faced with stiff concessionary demands from waterfront employers, the International Longshoremen's A

PROSPECTS FOR A NEW GLOBAL COFFEE PACT are slim. The atmosphere at International Coffee Orga

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In an unusual change of strategy, the U.S. airline industry has taken off the gloves and begun publi

A 100-year-old hidden tax on utility bills was repealed under legislation passed by the state Senate

Harvesting south Florida's ancient coral beds for tons of "live rock," a saltwater rock that teems w