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A small passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed as it landed at this coastal city's airport Mon

Pennsylvania Avenue, a ceremonial route between the White House and the Capitol building, will be ho

Commercial construction and management of railroads, including foreign funding, was suggested Monday

Funeral services will be held today for J. O'Rinda Trauernicht, 47, former plastics editor of The Jo

CONTROL DATA SELLS UNIT TO PRIMERICAControl Data Corp., the computer systems group that rece

AGFA CORP. (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) - John F. McGlynn was named president of Agfa's Photo division an

Capitalizing on its advantages as a U.S. territory, the Virgin Islands is selling itself as an offsh

Success in the financial markets of the future will require a global presence, according to a top in

After a sharp slide earlier this decade, Bermuda's shipping registry has returned to buoyancy, and t

NY UTILITIES REVEAL TOP EXECUTIVE SALARIESALBANY, N.Y. - The men who run New York's seven in

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

American President Lines Ltd. has signed a pioneering five-year agreement with State Railway of Thai

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL EYES W. GERMAN INVESTMENTSYDNEY, Australia - Australia has failed to att

The Federal Maritime Commission will keep its informal fact-finding investigation into trans-Atlanti

Paul Bender has become acting executive director of the Commerce Department's Export Now promotion p

What did New York's voters get when they approved a $3 billion bond act last November? State

An 80-nation conference trying to find ways of saving the Earth's protective ozone layer backed away

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

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

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

In the wee hours of Monday, April 10, a few stock traders were already working the telephones, takin

REGIONAL BLOCS The New Europe: Opportunity of Threat? May 17. New York. The Harvard Business

HOUSE PANEL POSTPONES DOMESTIC RATE HEARINGA House maritime subcommittee has postponed a pla

South African Marine Corp., the shipping line that handles 40 percent of freight between this count

SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLANS SAN JOAQUIN SPECIALBAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Southern Pacific Transportat

Sterling National Bank & Trust Co. of New York, at 60, finds itself financing shippers overseas inst

An agreement between the Pentagon and the Commerce Department to review government computer security

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

BRAZIL DEVALUES NEW CRUZADO BY 2 PERCENTSAO PAULO, Brazil - The Brazilian government Friday

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

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

The Soviet Union has printed so much new paper money that it could buy all the goods in Western Euro

A major conference on ship financing, sale and purchase is slated for June 19-20 in London.

Fri., May 5, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Electronic data interchange users appear to be well on the way to resolving one of the technology's

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

The dollar may be on the brink of a fresh challenge to the resolve of the world's central banks to h

Instead of lining up outside an underwriter's box at Lloyd's of London to discuss an insurance risk,