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Leather '89 opened here Monday by overflowing every available inch of space in a new exhibition cent

Seaports throughout the world will have to modify their facilities to prepare for the coming generat

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The Justice Department is investigating allegations of fraud involving a contractor hired by the Cu

INSURER TRADE GROUPS DROP PLANS TO MERGEThe National Association of Independent Insurers and

Alcohol manufacturers and their insurers will be closely watching a case involving a woman who is su

DIGITAL DYSLEXIA. That's what most corporations suffer from when it comes to exploiting full

Federal Express Corp., new owner of Flying Tiger Line Inc., asked the Department of Transportation t

Ryder System Inc.'s first quarter earnings fell to $26.2 million, or 31 cents a share, from $37.3 mi

U.S. Great Lakes ports say their grain business so far this year is off to a good start and year-end

Shell has completed its purchase of the majority of theSingaporegovernment's petrochemical stake, de

Soybean complex futures showed some improvement over the past two weeks, following late March's shar

The Supreme Court has agreed to judge the constitutionality of the federal program that encourages t

The world's largest producer of silk is working hard to develop synthetics that feel and look as goo

Great Lakes interests were frustrated, while the rest of the maritime industry breathed sighs of rel

The story of a small and once innovative machine tool firm closed down under the weight of a leverag

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Three stories: 1)ECONOMIC REFORM CONTROLLED2)ALLOCATION FOR IMPORT OF LICENSES NEARLY USED U

A widespread decline in capital and excessive risk-taking by some insurance companies are major prob

Scott Paper Co. is selling 194,000 acres of western Washington state timber land to Crown Pacific Lt

Nanette Specht estimated that she saves about 25 percent on ocean freight each time her company's ci

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IRAQ WON'T INCREASE CRUDE SALES TO JAPANIraq has refused to sell additional spot crude oil t

AS PAINFUL AS THE SHAKE-UP WAS, Noel Painchaud, executive director of the North Carolina State Ports

The large seaports in northwestern Europe have long focused on North American trade. Hamburg, howeve

Procter & Gamble Co., which used the first bottle made of recycled plastic, announced a technologica

William von Raab, the controversial commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service since October 1981, is

Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden has asked U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter to declar

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Zim Israel Navigation Co. has established a new shipping route between Haifa and Salonika, Greece. D

The chairman of Marine Transport Lines Inc. says his company wants to become more "focused" on certa

Foreign investment will help the United States to become more competitive in the world economy and i

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

Pennsylvania lawmakers reached an agreement last week on a replacement measure for the dying state-r

The Soviet Union is experiencing the pain of capitalism - deficits, inflation and price-gouging - wi

United Parcel Service Inc. has expanded its document delivery service to 122 countries, putting its

Oil industry sources believe the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' crude oil production

1619 (Apr. 24, 1989) Previous day - 1617 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Dutch transport group, is scaling down its involvement in air freight a

TWO NEAR MISSES REPORTED IN NEW YORKNEW YORK - A jumbo jet and a commuter plane flew about 1