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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,

SAMSUNG UNIT BUYS SILVAR-LISCO SOFTWAREMENLO PARK, Calif. - Samsung Electronics Co.'s Semico

The North Carolina State Ports Authority has hired away Mark R. Reynolds, director of marketing and

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Major strategic leaps in developing Britain's road, rail and aviation transport links are needed soo

For the week ended April 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

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

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

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

* JofC Industrial Price Index 6A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A* Stanford Erickson -

Jelly glasses are back! Welch Foods Inc. has announced that its 10-ounce jars of jelly are n

European nations will each treat mergers and acquisitions according to their national codes for seve

Emery Worldwide told the world last week that it is the successor to Purolator Courier, Emery Air Fr

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

The U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Export-Import Bank of India have signed a $10 million financing

A three-judge federal Appeals Court is weighing arguments from a battery of attorneys that will det

The greater Los Angeles area represents the largest sector of California's economy, and thanks to it

Norfolk Southern Corp.'s record earnings largely were driven by the domestic metallurgical and expor

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - Susan Tohbe was named senior vice president and manager of the wor

The country's largest ports' group, Associated British Ports, will decide this week whether to take

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

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