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

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Japan announced an unexpectedly low 2.5 percent rise in April wholesale prices Friday, lowering the

Argentina is unlikely to receive any fresh funds from foreign creditors this year, despite an announ

The rocky road to lower auto insurance rates in New Jersey has branched off in two new directions.

PHELPS DODGE CORP. (Phoenix) - Thomas M. St. Clair was elected senior vice president and chief finan

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

The Pentagon, whose problems with buying sophisticated planes, tanks, and ships are well-documented,

During the lengthy reign of the Habsburgs, the southern Bohemian town of Ceske Budejovice was known

Australia's port authorities and transport companies are moving quickly toward establishing a networ

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought coal for its John Sevier, Kingston and Widows Creek st

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

CSX RAIL PRESIDENT GETS ADDITIONAL POSTRICHMOND, Va. - A.R. "Pete" Carpenter, president of C

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

Fri., May 19, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

FMC SETTLES PROBE OF CRUISE OPERATORThe Federal Maritime Commission has settled a probe into

General Motors Corp. will set up a branch office in Taiwan this summer to capitalize on a sales boom

The FBI subpoenaed records of a California Senate committee on insurance shortly before it announced

The American auto industry may be a leader in globalization, but parts suppliers aren't keeping pace

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

''THE MEANEST BUSINESS TEACHER in the whole world is the free market." I don't know why anyone would

It looks like another promising new drug is coming down the pike from the biotech industry.

A just concluded meeting in motor city should help push electronic data interchange into high gear i

For the week ended May 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

If location is a key to any important business venture, then the Atlanta Tradeport is sitting pretty

The Commerce Department will sponsor a seminar mission to Beijing, China, Sept. 11-13, to broaden co

Japan's next premier may well be the elderly former chairman of a bankrupt shipping company, a rulin

China's decision to crack down against student protestors and the apparent resignation of Communist

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

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

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

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to maintain a production ceiling set i

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia has settled a Federal MaritimeCommission civil pen

Four Indonesian contractors have begun export shipments of coal in the last 18 months, putting the c

The U.S. Postal Service takes the cake, in this case more than 200 miles, without messing the frosti

UNITED PLACES ORDER FOR 32 BOEING JETSNEW YORK - United Airlines has placed an order for 32

UK CHANCELLOR SEEKS ENTRY DATE FOR EMSLONDON - Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson will

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Richard E. Murphy was named vice president and general manage

Custom Design Technologies of Canton, Ohio, received approval for a $150,000 loan from the Ohio Stat