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Leading shipowners, ship charterers and bankers are divided over the best course of action for the w

US PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF IOWA SAILOR POLICIESNORFOLK, Va. - Authorities have launched a crim

Warren Leback, a former deputy maritime administrator who has been mentioned as the possible nominee

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index Friday eased from the record set on Tuesday and ended

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

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

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

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

NETHERLANDS TO CUT USE OF FARMING CHEMICALSTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch Ministry of Ag

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Higher freight rates increased first quarter profits more than 50 percent year-over-year for several

Net operating income for America's railroads increased 22 percent during 1988 on a 6 percent growth

Just in time for that summer vacation in Europe: a stronger dollar to bolster Americans' buying powe

A devastating fire in Maine's Jackson Laboratory has created such a serious shortage of rare mouse s

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

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

U.K. dockworkers have voted overwhelmingly for a national strike, the Transport and General Workers

ANOTHER SIGN OF THE CHANGING TIMES in railroading comes perhaps at the wrong time. The board

Lufthansa German Airlines, the West German airline, said that higher taxes and other factors led to

Not all U.S. supercomputer companies are in disarray. Control Data Corp. recently quit the b

Guangdong, one of China's richest provinces, is banning imports of virtually all consumer products,

AT&T MIGHT ENTER CREDIT CARD BUSINESSReach out and touch someone may soon have a new meaning

Starting Tuesday, customers of the Bank of Nova Scotia will be able to call an insurance company to

May 19, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The British government announced last week it was more than doubling its spending on road improvemen

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

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

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

Great Lakes Chemical Corp. announced that the company has completed itspurchase of about 52

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Debt-ridden Philippine Air Lines will be largely privatized within 12 months, the government pledged

Right-O-Way, a medium-sized air forwarder, has launched a new effort to compete with the large integ

The Customs Service has released a 30-page manual on sea carrier security in relation to drug smuggl

Central bank intervention and profit-taking may hold the dollar down temporarily, but over the long

When a video store announces the release date for a hot item such as ''E.T.," it expects to generate

HOWARD SAVINGS BANK (Livingston, N.J.) - Joseph L. McElroy was named director of trust services.

The Argentine austral dropped sharply in value Friday against the U.S.dollar, as fears rose