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As South Dakota celebrates its centennial this year, it's looking to Asia for help in diversifying i

The story headlined "Baltimore Taps Veteran at NY Port," on page 1A of The Journal of Commerce April

How's this for a switch: a company encouraging a union vote for its employees. That's what U

The promise of 1992 could be shattered if European countries continue to restrict takeovers, warned

The government's Export-Import Bank, which has been borrowing money at more than 9 percent interest,

Building a forum can be a tough job - especially when the construction materials are ideas, not ston

US SAYS SANCTIONS DON'T HARM S. AFRICALimited U.S. economic sanctions against South Africa w

LAWMAKER TO INTRODUCE SPILL CONTAINMENT PLANIn reaction to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Rep.

OVERNITE WILL EXPAND OPERATIONS, SERVICERICHMOND, Va. - Overnite Transportation Co. will ope

Road traffic congestion is costing British industry around $25 billion a year, a top U.K. industrial

Arco Alaska Inc., an operating unit of Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, selected the Portland Sh

Mexico's talks with creditor commercial banks, due to start next week, will be the first test of Tre

Across the street from the massive McDonnell Douglas Corp. complex in Long Beach is a small company

China is getting tough in its so-far unimpressive efforts to spur grain production, slapping punitiv

New York and New Jersey port interests have urged Congress to provide $7.9 million to help pay for c

A barge carrying a nuclear reactor vessel resumed its trip up the Columbia River on Tuesday after a

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The volatility in the gasoline market continued Wednesday. Prices for futures or so-called p

Shell Western E&P Inc., a unit of Shell Oil Co., Houston, has cleared the last major hurdle in its q

The House Merchant Marine Subcommittee has directed the Federal MaritimeCommission to put "r

Pickets from Japan's largest longshoremen's union continued blocking movements of containerized carg

A big boost in investment for plant and equipment by the transportation industry continues to be one

EC JOBLESS RATE FELL TO 9.7 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYBRUSSELS, Belgium - The seasonally adjusted u

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

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Gastonia officials have less than a month to decide where to put the city's new airport or risk losi

CREDIT SUISSE RESPONDS TO LAUNDERING CHARGESZURICH, Switzerland - Rainer E. Gut, chairman of

China's output of badly needed nonferrous metals declined marginally in the first two months of this

Motorola Inc. officially put its Computer X line of industrial computers for factory automation and

1622 (Apr. 12, 1989) Previous day - 1621 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Tokyo-based shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha is rerouting one of its Far East services to include a

BENAFUELS INC. (Atlanta) - Robert H. Hesse was named chairman and chief executive officer. T

Statewide average gasoline prices had their biggest gain since mid-1987, increasing 2.25 cents a gal

MICH. GASOLINE PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMBDEARBORN, Mich. - Fuel prices jumped sharply in Michi

A new American import, Garbage Pail Kids cards, is the latest rage among French school children but

Intent on giving his country a new image as a place where the order of the day is business and not t

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Wednesday formally adopted a package of reforms, includin

When it comes to treating patients, doctors may no longer have the final word. In a desperat

The power of the electronic data interchange movement runs increasingly broad and deep through the w

Railroad labor's umbrella group has given an ultimatum to one of its largest members, the United Tra