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A year ago, Alaska Marine Lines barges heading to Seattle routinely hauled canned or fresh herring f

American Airlines on Thursday unveiled a major expansion of its Miami passenger and freight service.

Bankruptcy court cases involving such corporate giants as Eastern Airlines and Texaco Inc. are all i

Lawyers for a dozen airlines that serve Logan International Airport are expected to ask that a court

GROUP LED BY UEBERROTH AGREES TO BUY EASTERNA group led by former baseball commissioner Pete

ADHESIVES Atochem Inc.'s Polymers Division, Glen Rock, N.J. announced a 3 percent price incr

AEP Industries Inc. announced the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Design Poly

Canadian exports of potash in 1988 rose 21.8 percent to 4.2 million short tons of K2O content from 3

Subsidiaries of Metcalf & Eddy Cos. have signed three contracts totaling more than $270 million, acc

Himont Inc. and Grupo Industrial Alfa announced the completion of a previously announced agreement t

Peter Grace, chairman and chief executive of W.R. Grace & Co., told institutional investors here tha

Fasson Roll Division of Avery Co., announced an $18 million expansion of its Peachtree City, Ga., ma

British chemical companies have signaled their confidence about sustained growth in demand and profi

CELGENE, CYANAMID JOIN IN BIOTECHNOLOGY R&DWARREN, N.J. - Celgene Corp. and American Cyanami

Amoco Chemical Co. announced that it will nearly triple the purified terephthalic acid, or PTA, annu

DESPITE ECONOMISTS' CONCERNS about inflationary pressures emerging later this year, gold prices have

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Raleigh, N.C.) - Several appointments were made recently. Walter

PANEL VOTES TO LIFT PRICE CONTROLS ON GASA House subcommittee Thursday approved a bill that

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Kuwait is believed to have chartered six very large crude carriers late Wednesday for shipments of c

Apr. 6, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said foreign interests owned 12.5 million acres, or slightly less

Canadian oil and gas drilling had its fourth-best year ever, despite a severe slowdown in activity i

ARBITRATORS DISMISS $60 MILLION COCOA CASENEW YORK - A three-member panel of arbitrators of

NYPA GETS APPROVAL FOR NIAGARA EXPANSIONThe New York Power Authority received federal approv

There was no breaking in ranks among union mine workers who stayed off the job at Pittston Coal Grou

Coastal Corp. said its subsidiary, ANR Pipeline Co., made its second filing with the Federal Energy

New electronic trading systems will lead to a re-examination of international regulation of the futu

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday on a statement by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Texas, that he wants the

Obsolescence of the Soviet merchant fleet will remain an "acute problem" for the next 10 to 12 years

The new Atlantic Region commander of the Navy's Military Sealift Command believes U.S. merchant ship

Unlawful company kickbacks in the shipping industry, commonly known as rebating, can be routed in se

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

Japan is expected to garner the No. 2 spot at the International Monetary Fund by the end of the year

Taiwan has decided to send officials to China for the first time since 1949, taking Taipei's battle

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

S. KOREA ALLOWING CURRENCY TO RISESEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean won may strengthen t

Deputy Treasury Secretary Peter McPherson Thursday left his post to join Bank of America, where he w

The International Monetary Fund is mulling drastic tactics to persuade banks to back the new U.S. in

Thu., Apr. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K