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1484 (June 2, 1989) Previous day - 1587 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

REGIONAL BLOCS Taiwan and the Pacific Rim Boom. June 14. Roanoke, Va. The International Trad

NY MAN GETS SENTENCE FOR S. AFRICAN TRADINGA New York State man became the first American to

Flushing the contents of passenger-car commodes onto the tracks is a time- honored tradition in the

A 36-year-old ritual of the New York waterfront passes into history today as a system for hiring ca

ETHYL'S BELGIAN UNIT PLANS NEW FACILITYRICHMOND, Va. - Ethyl Corp. said that its Belgian sub

U.S. coal exporters face significant disadvantages competing against Australians in the Japanese and

The Dicom Group of Montreal likes to be known as the Federal Express of Canada. It offers guaranteed

Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. is expected to introduce several new computers today, including one

First quarter earnings rose modestly for several leading truck lines despite some slowing of tonnage

Van Ommeron Port Terminals U.S.A., the U.S. subsidiary of Van Ommeron Ceteco of the Netherlands, is

S. KOREA TO EXPLORE FOR METALS OFF HAWAIISEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will spend about $

Japan's current account surplus rose slightly in April to just under $6.5 billion from $6.3 billion

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

Securities houses in Japan will be threatened by new competition this week as banks begin their adva

Canadian Pacific Ltd. has sold six of its remaining eight bulk vessels and relevant service companie

Shippers on both sides of the Atlantic are skeptical about the plan by shipping lines to create two

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 25,000 tons of coal in its latest round of weekly spot

June 2, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A nuclear-powered attack submarine was commissioned into service this past weekend in Norfolk, Va.,

Prime Minister Sousuke Uno, 66, who assumed office at the weekend as Japan's 47th premier, immediate

A New York businessman has asked the Bush administration to end the U.S. government's duty-free trea

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, one of the few lawmakers to back the controversial and ill-fated pay raise

New York state's economy reached an all-time high in March, with business activity increasing steadi

State insurance regulators are meeting this week in Cincinnati to consider nationwide standards on M

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. INC. (New York) - Barbara Perlmutter was named vice president, public affairs.

EMERY WORLDWIDE (Palo Alto, Calif.) - This unit of Consolidated Freightways Inc. named five area vic

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell sharply Friday to its lowest level this spring.<

Congress won't be rushing into drought relief legislation this session the way it did last year, sai

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

CAUSTIC SODA, DRY Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, increased its off-schedule prices on al

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SHELL'S BRENT OIL FLOW NEARLY BACK TO NORMALCrude oil flowing through the North Sea Brent sy

The airline industry and Boeing Co. are welcoming government orders that will alter the way airlines

GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - Allan W. Graupner was appointed sales manage

The dollar and market interest rates both fell after the government reported that growth of new non-

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The association representing most of the railroad industry's labor unions has made a tender offer to

A London appeal court is expected to give its decision early this week on a bid by several U.K. port

Nine vessel owners made offers Friday in the first U.S. government public bid opening on freight rat