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Truck drivers hate Virginia. Just ask Jesse Wood. "Talk to any driver and he'll tell you wha

1744 (May 19, 1989) Previous day - 1748 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

SOVIETS MAY PURCHASE MORE US GRAINS IN '89The U.S. share of Soviet Union grain imports in 19

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U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills confirmed Australia has won its international trade complaint

FAULTY BRAKES BLAMED FOR CALIF. DERAILMENTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Federal investigators hav

Castle & Cooke Inc., the Hawaiian group that markets Dole pineapple products, will split the $2 bill

Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles says the new intermodal rail-truck facility here is "ready, operatio

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe, America and 1992. May 23. New York. Contact Council on Foreign Relati

Citizens can now buy a Europillow, emblazoned with a circle of 12 gold stars on royal blue, but foun

The Maritime Administration has approved McDermott Inc.'s application to transfer one of its barges

An experimental program to create jobs for New York dockworkers will get under way June 5 following

The crush of business will lighten for the International Trade Commission in June. It is sch

A spokesman for U.S. imported car dealers said he is "extremely hopeful" that Japan next year will l

JAPANESE CHIP MARKET STILL DISAPPOINTS USThe United States is still dissatisfied with its li

The top trade official of the European Community warned U.S. officials that unwise use of the 1988 T

CONSUMER PRICES RISE IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONSConsumer prices in Western industrial countries an

A GASOLINE TAX, the recurring idea that seems to dominate discussions of how to cure the budget defi

Two major accounting firms, Arthur Young & Co. and Ernst & Whinney, have agreed in principle to a me

Congress is finished with the $1.17 trillion federal budget for 1990 in uncommonly early fashion, bu

A Philippines lawsuit against Westinghouse Electric Corp. involving allegations of bribery to depose

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

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 5A* JofC Industrial Price

INSTITUTE TO HONOR ACL, SEA-LAND SERVICEThe Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Je

Investors shopping for certificates of deposit this week may be shocked to discover that many large

GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - Lorraine C. Molcsan was appointed vice presi

United Parcel Service Inc. and Continental Airlines Inc. are bidding for 16 newly available charter

Finnair has no pretension of being a global airline. Instead, the Finnish govern- ment-contr

Reinsurance companies must pool their resources to provide the huge capacity needed to protect again

Delta Air Lines flew nearly 5 billion revenue passenger-miles in April, 18.9 percent higher than the

Directors of Brazil's Embraer aircraft manufacturer will meet later this month to decide the future

RULE SOUGHT TO GROUND PILOTS CONVICTED OF DUIThe Federal Aviation Administration wants the p

The Federal Aviation Administration Thursday proposed strict new maintenance requirements aimed at m

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

A major earthquake in the United States would have devastating economic effects on the national and

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Fednav Ltd., owner of Navios Corp., and Citicorp Capital Investors Ltd., announced Thursday an agree

The government should create an insurance program to provide nursing home care to cover the millions

Registered dockworkers in the United Kingdom have voted by "a substantial majority" for a national s