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U.S. manufacturers of products ranging from lawn mowers to wine coolers are being hit by extra costs

SOVIET UNION ORDERS SIEMENS COMPUTERSMUNICH, West Germany - The Soviet Union has ordered 300

The Supreme Court gave railroads a stronger hand to establish mandatory drug- testing programs for w

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

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Massachusetts would cease doing business with Eastern Airlines or any other air carrier involved in

Brazilian international flagship airline Varig is boosting the capacity of its air cargo service to

SOME AIR CONTROLLERS TO GET 20 PERCENT RAISESDES PLAINES, Ill. - U.S. Transportation Secreta

In the shadow of a Texaco chemical plant that topped a federal list for cancer risk, a housewife com

AAA TRUCKING PACT APPROVED BY TEAMSTERSTRENTON, N.J. - AAA Trucking Corp. said its contract

Booming growth in electric power use and tight supplies have grown so worrisome that a government gr

While U.S. steel producers firmly support the voluntary restraint agreements on imported finished st

Two more Taiwan companies have received a green light to invest in the Philippines, whose government

When the shrieks of a dying goat echo through Manila's financial district, it's a clear sign that th

The government of South Korea and the United States appear to be moving to resolve some outstanding

California Steel Industries Inc., a foreign-owned, U.S.-based mill, typifies a new breed of steel co

The head of one of the largest U.S. tanker fleets said the maritime industry must overhaul the way i

NWA Inc., the parent of Northwest Airlines, and a group led by investor Alfred Checchi announced an

The chairman of a House of Representatives subcommittee seeking to create a $1 billion oil spill cle

Adm. Paul A. Yost, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, told a Senate panel he fears the budget ax, d

CARBOLABS FIRE FORCES EVACUATIONS IN CONN.BETHANY, Conn. - A chemical fire erupted at a fact

June 19, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

BACKHAULING OF GARBAGE by food-carrying refrigerated truckers is giving some shippers the jitters.

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Monday, despite a surge on a statement by Commerce Secretary Robert

YOU ARE ALAN GREENSPAN and you have just received some disquieting news. The consumer price index ro

Two more fund-raising exercises have collapsed in the wake of the turmoil in China as businesses ret

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long is using misleading figures to show North Carolina ha

The new president of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association said insurance companies should be

While still among the hardest of the hard currencies, the Swiss franc has lost its appeal as a safe

* Commodity Research Bureau 6A * Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 7A* Erich Toll - Europe

Dean Worldwide has resumed shipping cargo to China. All it took for the company to begin re-

IN THE UNITED STATES, the federal government's principal job is to do the things that can't be done

Walkouts by union coal miners in West Virginia and Virginia spread to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indian

The government of Guam is asking the Federal Maritime Commission to continue its probe of ocean frei

CONSUMER PRICES INCREASED IN MAYContinuing increases in food and energy prices, as well as i

U.S. industry has a major inherent advantage over European industry in exploiting the forthcoming di

The International Trade Commission will give its views next month on the likely impact of the Europe

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 5A * Stanford Erickson - Conversations 8A* Larry Kaufman

In the rough world of U.S. food aid shipping - a business laced with tales of fierce competition and

PAINEWEBBER INC. (New York ) - Jack Emptage joins the brokerage house as senior vice president and d