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Finance ministers from the seven largest industrial nations generally agree that a test case is requ

Federal investigators are checking reports that some dangerous cruise ship fires go unreported, ship

Ship lines are going to have to start doing business by the numbers - the U.S. Customs Service's num

History does repeat itself, Bob Menzies believes. "We're going full circle. This county was

Is the book gradually dying? The question might seem absurd in view of the 100,000 books dis

Promoting EDI and seeking its general acceptance is more important than implementing international s

Sun Microsystems Inc., the No. 1 maker of sophisticated computer workstations, will launch four new

Gov. Rudy Perpich and other Minnesota officials are pursuing a number of options aimed at thwarting

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TO CLOSE CONN. PLANTDANBURY, Conn. - National Semiconductor Corp. is

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines confirmed Tuesday it is holding negotiations with Thomas Nationwide Transpo

LISTENING PATIENTLY to a recounting of various predictions of an air freight forwarding community de

European airlines, like much of the rest of Europe, are gearing up for increased competition with th

European efforts to break U.S. dominance in the world market for passenger aircraft moved a stage fo

14 INJURED, NO DEATHS IN PERUVIAN JET CRASHLIMA, Peru - A domestic jetliner carrying 130 peo

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State and federal leaders from Alaska threatened Tuesday to require a shutdown of the Trans-Alaska P

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While Exxon Co. U.S.A. continued to mop up oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound Tuesday, the oil ind

This week: New England: Commonwealth Energy Systems, Cambridge, Mass.Mid-Atlantic: Philadelp

The crude oil supply shortfalls on the West Coast have pushed up prices on a wide range of petroleu

Apr. 4, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The U.S. chemical industry should continue expansion for at least three more years, according to the

Adhesives National Starch & Chemical Corp.'s Specialty Adhesives department, Bridgewater, N.

Exxon Chemical Co. and Shell Chimie have announced they are studying a joint project for a European

1614 (Apr. 4, 1989) Previous day - 1619 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Widespread expansion of Canada's sodium chlorate industry is driving up exports of the chemical to t

INTERCARGO EMBARKS ON MISSION TO CHINAA delegation from the International Association of Dry

An agreement to set up the biggest U.S.-China joint venture in the chemical industry was signed in C

For the week ended March 25 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Three U.S. companies are seeking Maritime Administration permission to sell vessels to foreign firms

Action by the Brazilian Senate has stopped the sale of state-owned Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Bras

When the crew of the Tropicana tried to go through lifeboat and fire drills in December, the results

Albert J. Bossier Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Avondale Industries Inc., New Orleans

A major conference on the changes occurring in the cargo-handling business will take place Thursday

The year-old Fishport fish-processing and auction center in Brooklyn hasclosed down, and the

GROUP OF 10 TO MEET JUNE 2 ON LDC DEBTGENEVA - Finance ministers and central bank governors

Two environmental groups will announce a plan today to retire $9 million worth of Ecuador's foreign

Mon., Apr. 4, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Venezuela should receive a loan package within the next six months, following Mexico and the Philipp

Prices for Third World debt in the secondary market have generally moved higher in recent days on op