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STANFORD WINS VICTORY IN DISPUTE WITH VOLTThe Supreme Court said a contract dispute between

The machinists union strike at Eastern Airlines is having a less severe impact on cargo shipments th

DENVER MAYOR WEIGHS ANOTHER AIRPORT VOTEDENVER - Denver Mayor Federico Pena said he will con

The Soviet capital acquired a new look Monday when a state-of-the-art print center opened in downtow

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.22 billion pounds in December 1988, up approximately 1.7 per

Supermarkets have launched a campaign of deception to try to defeat a proposed plastics tax that is

At first glance,polyhydroxybutyrate-valerate would not seem to have much going for it in the competi

You could call this the era of New Age farming. The names of the companies dealing in the ma

Dow Chemical Co. claims to have pioneered the practice of offering trading company services to third

SINOCHEM UNIT BUYS USX FERTILIZER ASSETSUSX Corp. and Sinochem American Holdings Inc. announ

Sales of foreign cars in Japan surged in February from a year earlier despite an overall 8 percent s

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced two long-term candidates to replace CFC-113, the fully halog

The Bush administration has decided to proceed with a controversial deal under which a major U.S. de

CHINA PLEDGES AID TO WAR-TORN IRANNICOSIA, Cyprus - China has pledged to help Iran recover f

The price of some popular consumer goods, many imported from the United States, rose last week.<

General Electric Co. reported Monday that a sharp increase in international sales for 1988 resulted

HUNGARY, POLAND SAID SEEKING CLOSER US TIESVIENNA, Austria - The foreign ministers of Hungar

Mar. 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

WESTWOOD AGENCIES OPENS ATLANTA OFFICETACOMA, Wash. - Westwood Shipping Agencies has opened

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IF THE TOUGH GET GOING when the going gets tough, get out of the Georgia Ports Authority's way.<

On Last Week's Rioting in Venezuela "In economics . . . there are fashions and the fashion n

The Massachusetts Maritime Academy president said he will ask school trustees to review his policy o

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 3/4/89* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 3/4/89

The acquisition late last year of CF Kingsway Inc. by Federal Industries Ltd. of Winnipeg caught mos

CSX/Sea-Land Intermodal reported intermodal traffic over the CSX core rail system declined 13.5 perc

Europe's big transport groups are swallowing their smaller rivals in a rush to break into new freigh

LATEST UK RAIL CRASH KILLS 2 AND INJURES 44GLASGOW, Scotland - Two trains collided head-on n

HERON, BURCHETTE, RUCKERT & ROTHWELL (Washington) - Alexander Papachristou, an associate at this int

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has filed the paperwork for the Maritime Administration waivers and approv

A delegation of 30 U.S. and Canadian maritime officials representing the St. Lawrence Seaway began a

Britain Monday dismissed as absurd French attempts to block imports of Nissan Bluebird cars made in

A plan to generate new dockside jobs in the New York area is seriously flawed and has little or no c

Former Rep. Mario Biaggi must report to prison April 10 to begin serving a two-and-a-half-year term

The national trade association for customhouse brokers wants Congress to have a voice in the selecti

When you enter Sulmona, you walk into a real sugar-coated world. The small town is Italy's u

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

The question is beginning to turn to "when," not "if," Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will

China Monday ordered a halt to the movement of hundreds of thousands of peasants who have flooded in