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The Maritime Administration has proposed alternate hearing procedures that would permit it to avoid

The Alabama State Docks Department reports cargo volume figures are up by 10 percent for the first q

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly on Thursday unveiled elements of the ex

For decades, the comic strip image of Dick Tracy talking on a two-way wristwatch radio has been held

Electronic Retailing 89, sponsored by Touche Ross & Co., May 30-June 1. Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atla

The U.S. dollar declined below the 2.0 deutsche-mark level Thursday on joint central bank interventi

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

Economists fear that U.S. electronics makers may miss out on a growing European market after 1992 be

A federal bankruptcy court in Philadelphia has set a June 16 deadline for creditors to vote on a pla

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British shipowners are urging the U.K. government to abandon its ideological dislike of shipping sub

A 30 percent stake in Air New Zealand will be offered to the public during September or October, the

Daniel J. McNamara, a leading spokesman of the reinsurance industry, was named chairman, a new posit

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into the sale of the Illinois Central Ra

There is "no real" possibility for additional funding for maritime and other transportation programs

A Maritime Administration law judge will hear preliminary arguments and set a procedural schedule Ju

Thu., May 25, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

CARBIDE'S LINDE WINS SEMATECH GAS CONTRACTSAN MATEO, Calif. - The Linde Division of Union Ca

North Atlantic port executives at their upcoming annual conference will hearfrom the Panama

May 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Mexico has rejected an initial debt-relief proposal from its foreign bank lenders and set an informa

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President Bush Thursday decided to name Japan, Brazil and India to the ''Super 301" list of countrie

One of Hong Kong's leading Chinese entrepreneurs Thursday formally threw his support behind the anti

The EC Commission, stepping up its war against widespread government subsidies in the European Commu

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New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 326,000 people during the week end

DOES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC hold unrealistically high expectations about what can be done to control t

THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF SMOKING IN BRAZILRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilians do not live by

The state Senate approved a plan recently to provide health insurance to possibly thousands of South

Three months after clearing all federal government hurdles, a foreign trade zone operated by a priva

Nova Pharmaceutical Corp. has obtained worldwide licensing rights to a superoxide dismutase mimic fr

A Congressman from Michigan defends his national bottle-deposit bill, described by an industry oppon

COREAST SAVINGS BANK (Richmond, Va.) - Barry DeLong was named vice president, residential lending, f

SWITZERLAND TO ADOPT FLEXIBLE LOMBARD RATELONDON - The Swiss National Bank will introduce a

CONRAIL COAL CAR HITS PASSENGER TRAIN IN PA.PHILADELPHIA - A runaway Conrail car loaded with

U.S. farm exports are expected to continue increasing in value this year, riding on high prices and

SOUTH KOREAN GROWTH SLOWED IN 1ST QUARTERSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's economy lost ste