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The United States needs to exert more pressure on its trading partners to counter a "pervasive patte

House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee leaders have asked the government's ocean research and

The Japanese have struck gold in Indonesia - by sitting in a lab in Tokyo gazing at pictures.

FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS REPORTED OFF AT GEICOGeico Corp.'s first quarter earnings fell to $45

A senior Japanese government bureaucrat said Monday that Motorola Inc. definitely will not be permit

TRADE SURPLUS GROWS IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's trade surplus wi

ATLANTIC TECHNICAL SERVICES (South Plainfield, N.J.) - Frank M. Pigantaro was appointed intermodal c

Proposals to overhaul the Hong Kong Futures Exchange will likely be adopted at an extraordinary gene

VARITY, FRUEHAUF SIGN DEFINITIVE MERGER DEALVarity Corp. of Toronto and Fruehauf Corp. of De

Soviets Become Reliant On Grain ImportsGrain agreements with the United States and other exp

The next round in the attempted hostile takeover of the CNW Corp. by Japonica Partners LP is schedul

The Federal Maritime Commission has told exporters of agricultural supplies that it is keeping track

A subsidiary of the vast insurance broker Johnson & Higgins has formed what it calls a unique ventur

IRAN TANKER EXPLODES IN THE PERSIAN GULFMANAMA, Bahrain - A tanker exploded as it unloaded j

The government of Malaysia is taking over another unit of the country's premier industrial conglomer

* Import Quota Watch 3A * Commodity Research Bureau 6A* Maritime Crew Size Trends Bother Ins

A national port strike has been called in Italy, imposing a one-day shutdown on Friday and allowing

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