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The call for a general strike by Venezuela's largest trade union federation adds to a growing list o

TAIWAN CABINET OKS ADDITIONAL TARIFF CUTSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's cabinet agreed Thursday t

The city of Frankfurt, arguably the continent's most important transport hub, is investing in its in

Auto insurance policyholders in Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to buy up to $1 million of c

U.S. companies seeking to set up operations in Europe in preparation for 1992 should consider the no

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Nissho Iwai Corp., the giant Japanese trading house, has set up what is reportedly the first foreign

President Bush said Thursday there is increasing evidence that foreign drug- traffickers are using A

Legislation to improve the transportation of coal from mines to distant power plants through the con

TERMINAL SHUTDOWN CUTS UK GAS SUPPLIESABERDEEN, Scotland - About 7 percent of the U.K.'s Nor

The Soviet merchant fleet has begun a massive modernization program that could cost the state treasu

Shareholders of Pfizer Inc. rejected a proposal that the company should withdraw from South Africa.<

Senator Linie provided a boost to the struggling Port of Wilmington by signing a new two-year contra

HARMONIZED SYSTEM: GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. Singapore was removed from the list of GSP eligibl

1988 CARGO ROSE 3.4 PERCENT AT DEL. RIVER PORTSCAMDEN, N.J. - Total international waterborne

ANALYSTS EXPECT DROP IN ECONOMIC INDICATORThe index of U.S. leading economic indicators is e

U.S. business will be helped, not hurt, when the European Community harmonizes the product standards

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The U.S. Customs Service is launching a major effort to protect U.S. companies against imported ille

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

European Commission officials said they were disappointed but not surprised by Thursday's announceme

THE EASTERN REGIONAL BUSINESS CONDUCT COMMITTEE of the National Futures Association has barred State

A proposed revision in the Coast Guard's vessel cargo-capacity measurement rules will incorporate an

WHAT IT IS: One of several legislative initiatives introduced following the nation's largest oil spi

Brazil's highest labor relations court was scheduled to rule Thursday on issues involved in the nati

The economies of the Pacific Rim will see a modest slowdown in growth during the next two years, pre

Salen Lindblad Cruising and several partners have announced a joint venture, Frontier Cruises, to bu

AEGON INSURANCE GROUP PLANS TO ISSUE STOCKTHE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - Aegon Insurance Group wil

The Tampa Port Authority is diving into new waters in 1989 with plans to switch from a "landlord" to

Portugal began dismantling its lumbering state sector this week with the partial sell-off of shares

Growth in seaborne imports slowed in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the third, while

The British government appears intent on scrapping a labor agreement that gives 9,400 dockworkers jo

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An investigation into mismanagement of the state-owned shipping line of Puerto Rico widened, with a

The Port of Kobe in Japan is planning a high-speed ferry link with the new Kansai International Air

Virtually all of Brazil's 47 river and seaports were idled Wednesday, the first day of a renewed nat

Details of the long-awaited sale of revived Philippine National Bank should emerge in the next few d

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Erik Stromberg tells a story to illustrate how precarious the tenure is of the typical U.S. port dir

A long-awaited report on ways of improving Australian waterfront labor productivity has been describ