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Mexico is requesting unrealistically large demands from its creditors, a leading West European banke

Shipping Credit & Investment Co. of India Ltd., a maritime soft lending agency, reported after-tax p

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

To those who cling to the notion that only the largest companies can export successfully, David Radi

Eastern Airlines Thursday closed its maintenance center at Kennedy International Airport after the F

STANDARD & POOR'S: RULING FAVORS INSURERSStandard & Poor's announced Friday that although th

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought coal for its plants in Widows Creek, Ala., and Kingsto

Shipping lines serving Brazil are responding on an ad hoc basis to the port congestion and sporadic

A contract to train Canadian government officials in the management of shipbuilding and ship repair

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Air Express International, the large international air freight forwarder, earned $1.2 million, or 24

DON'T RAISE QUOTAS, EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL URGESABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Egyptian Oil Mi

The tightness in dry bulk shipping markets brought about by a late-April Russian chartering foray be

Negotiators here are grappling with a diplomatic dilemma: how to bring China and Taiwan into the Gen

USDA EXPECTS OUTPUT OF WHEAT TO RISEWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects

Personal income is growing at an uneven pace in America's cities, with the fastest growth along the

Distrigas Corp. will divert liquefied natural gas shipments from short-term customers to supply LNG

The likelihood of severe frost damage to Brazil's coffee crop has been diminished by changing global

Federal mediation of the labor dispute between Pittston Coal Group Inc. and striking members of the

A high-flying local electronics company with strong ties to the United States came down to Earth wit

HOUSE PANEL AGREES ON ASSAULT RIFLE CURBSThe House trade subcommittee completed agreement on

PRESIDENT BUSH STOPPED for a couple of hours in Austin, Texas, about 10 days ago to restate his ener

The Bush administration, at the urging of business groups, is expected to recommend wide-reaching ch

May 5, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

From a corner of northeast Nebraska, Lindsay Manufacturing Co. is irrigating more than 7 million acr

Despite Republican Party aims to get the government out of agriculture, a bitter debate over subsidi

SAUDIS, KUWAITIS LEAD OPEC OUTPUT RISEThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' cru

JOBLESS RATE JUMPED TO 5.3 PERCENT LAST MONTHIn an unexpected sign of growing weakness in th

A fire last Wednesday at Exxon Corp.'s Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J., will not cause "significant

THE CASE FOR EASING interest rates is growing, but whether the Federal Reserve will soon accept that

Container volume through the Port of Baltimore was down 14 percent through March compared with the f

INDUSTRIAL ORDERS RISE 3.3 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German indust

American Indian tribes are exploring major bond issues as a way to raise cash for tribal development

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

In a project that has seen traditional bitter rivals cooperating closely, five leading European port

The Agency for International Development will host two conferences this month to explain how U.S. co

ITALIAN ISLAND SUES OVER CIGARETTE'S NAMELOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Italian island of Capri wants

While British insurance companies active in California are concerned about last week's ruling to uph

POLISH LEADER URGES POSITIVE ECONOMY VIEWWARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Mieczyslaw F. Rakow

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