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Six people, including two lawyers and a doctor, pleaded innocent Thursday to a scheme that allegedly

The dollar will continue to trade in a range until there is a marked change in U.S.economic fundamen

The Port of New Orleans' Public Grain Elevator, a longtime landmark on the Mississippi River, will b

Prosecutors say charges against a Food and Drug Administration chemist and adrug company exe

TEAMSTERS RECOGNIZE OHIO OVERNITE WORKERSRICHFIELD, Ohio - Teamsters Local 24 has been certi

Nigeria will urge domestic enterprises to switch from the export of raw commodities, such as cocoa,

CSL INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Douglas M. Christy was named director, domestic containerization

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Florida Power & Light Co.'s senior secured debt rating was lowered to A+ from AA- and senior debt an

British Airways has taken a 40 percent stake in Dunwoody Airline Services, a small Midlands-based ag

MCI Communications Corp. has unveiled a plan that allows residential phone users to make interstate

Buried in a package of Defense Department procurement rule changes is a cargo preference item worth

The freight futures market started to firm toward the end of last week as it became evident that the

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 40,000 tons of coal from Arch ofKentucky, Pitt

Keppel Corp. Ltd., the state-owned Singapore conglomerate, expects to clear a backlog of debt within

US INCREASES LIMITS ON GRAIN TO SOVIETSExport bonus subsidies were not included in the agree

Rapid growth in container volume through the Port of Tacoma has led to a formal agreement for Union

James H. McJunkin, who is ending a 25-year career with the Port of Long Beach, Calif., has accepted

The European Economic Community will not make the same errors the United States did when it deregula

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index: Cotton 6A* Kevin Commins - Cur

After having shed its retail stock brokerage and its large-group medical insurance, and throttling b

Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady said that new government estimates project a bigger surplus tha

Mobil Corp., the biggest U.S. company still in South Africa, announced Friday it agreed to sell all

Investment of more than US$6 billion will be needed in the Indonesian chemical industry over the nex

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index turned down last week from its record high, reflectin

1629 (Apr. 28, 1989) Previous day - 1624 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Argentina exported 319,400 metric tons of fresh, canned and cooked beef in 1988, up from 286,900 in

The patent wars may be upon us. During the past few months, many software industry insiders

THE KABUKI DANCE between railroads and grain shippers continues. The two sides, almost completely in

LEADING INDICATORS FALL FOR SECOND MONTHThe Index of Leading Indicators, the government's ma

Rising electricity demand and a shortage of low-sulfur oil supplies from Southeast Asian oil-produci

The Port of Bremen/Bremerhaven is exploring the possibility of establishing an electronic link with

Port directors were urged Friday to anticipate rapid volume growth, larger containerships, and coord

For years, it has not been unusual to find Beck's beer on a Bali beach, a Mercedes-Benz on a Saudi A

Reliance Group Holdings Inc. Friday reported that net income for the first quarter ending March 31 w

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

The steamboat Mississippi Queen, owned and run by the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. of New Orleans, La.,

CAPT. MANFRED STEINER knows the gargantuan Port of Hamburg like the back of his hand. The crew-cut f