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JAPAN'S RICE FARMERS WANT PRICE UNCHANGEDTOKYO - Zenchu, Japan's Central Union of Agricultur

SUN, TOSHIBA ALLIANCE MAY SET NEW STANDARDSun Microsystems Inc. has scored a new breakthroug

The standardized interchange of computerized information is still in its infancy in Brazil.

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

Drug paraphernalia needed to support the crack epidemic is coming into thecountry at such a rapid pa

Norway-based Bergesen D.Y. A/S ordered two large multipurpose gas carriersfrom Tokyo-based N

WHAT DOES STEEL HAVE IN COMMON with soybeans and wheat or cattle and turkeys? Apparently qui

AUTOMATED MANIFEST SYSTEM. Nippon Liner System Ltd. next week will go online with the Customs Automa

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. has won the E.H Harriman Memorial gold medal for employee safety

For the week ended May 27, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

A power struggle in China sparked by six weeks of student protests means foreign investment will lik

The European Community and a 66-member group of African, Caribbean and Pacific nations are scheduled

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The Federal Reserve, frustrated in its repeated attempts to drag down thedollar, has resorte

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The European Commission Thursday expressed disappointment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's de

Bayer U.S.A. and Hercules Inc. Thursday announced structural changes aimed at emphasizing small but

BACKGROUND: The International Telecommunication Union is a forum for promoting interconnection of th

Puerto Rico Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon asked the U.S. Congress Thursday for authority to create a P

Rep. Robert W. Davis, the ranking Republican on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, s

The nation's property/casualty insurance industry improved its earnings results in the first quarter

Airborne operations are supporting their seaborne counterparts in the cleanup of the nation's worst

The nation's refineries were operating at their highest levels this year, the American Petroleum Ins

COLUMBUS LINE MOVES LA TERMINAL OPERATIONJERSEY CITY, N.J. - Columbus Line Inc. moved its Lo

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASED 0.1 PERCENT IN APRILU.S. construction spending rose 0.1 perc

President Carlos Salinas Gortari's National Development Plan for 1989-1994 promises the modernizatio

The H-2 rocket, Japan's great hope for entering the international satellite- launching market, is hu

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A veteran transportation executive with almost 20 years experience at Matson Navigation Co. and Sout

A Polish-American millionaire agreed Thursday to try to save the birthplace of the Solidarity free t

A Maritime Administration official said the agency has pushed for the removal of maritime services f

The nation's major retailers posted lackluster May sales and analysts said the results were consiste

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VIDEO WALL TO TELL TRAILER TRAIN'S STORYCHICAGO - Trailer Train Co. will use a video wall to

A U.S. businessman and four foreigners were indicted on conspiracy and illegal export charges for al

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

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

Debt traders, awaiting the outcome of Mexico's debt-reduction talks with commercial banks, have left

Shipowners were warned Thursday that unless they take a longer term view of their insurance needs, r