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REGIONAL BLOCS British Perspective on Europe 1992. March 14. U.S. Council for International

DENVER TO VOTE IN MAY ON PROPOSED AIRPORTDENVER - An election will be held May 16 to decide

ACETONE Dow Chemical U.S.A., Midland, Mich., said that effective immediately for spot and Ap

Mar. 10, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol

Primary insurers are continuing to cede less of their risk to reinsurers as a group of about 60 prop

A state ethics committee has decided that three law firms did not act unethically when they warned c

Textile manufacturers in Taiwan are appealing for help from their government as their share of the w

A group of Japanese end-users of semiconductors arranged a hurried trip last week to California's hi

Airplane manufacturers will fight to keep aging airplanes in service despite rumblings from Congress

Although the Federal Reserve remains concerned about the Latin American debt situation, this and oth

The nation's orange harvest for the 1988-89 crop season is estimated at 210.9 million boxes, down 2

The goal of European Community economic and currency union cannot be achieved with "one large step,"

Top executives from Japanese commercial banks are expected to give details of a plan to ease the deb

Traders boosted prices of nearby futures positions, but the erratic pattern of prices indicated that

Mar. 10, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

SELDOM DOES IT MAKE ME HAPPY to be wrong with an energy forecast, but it keeps my humility in tact.<

Scientists for BP America Inc., of Cleveland have written a report blasting a recent Environmental P

In another bid to ease friction over its trade surplus and import barriers, a South Korean buying mi

AT&E Corp., a voice/data communication equipment maker, said it will start marketing a message-recei

The Federal Maritime Commission is looking into allegations that Ecuador's cargo reservation laws ar

Freight railroad carloadings, other than intermodal, turned down in February over the same month of

BOP DEFICIT RISES IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a balance of

A law firm will run American Mutual Insurance Co. for a year or more as the Massachusetts State Insu

The Fritz Cos., a large San Francisco-based freight forwarder and customhouse broker, recently sough

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

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

WORLD BANK TO LEND $1 BILLION TO BRAZILBRASILIA, Brazil - The World Bank proposed a new $1 b

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

The Treasury Department's top enforcement official suggested that the shipping industry should desig

A Florida-based shipping line Friday added some punch to an effort to block International Shipholdin

Midway Airlines is hooking up with a neighbor to the north, Canadian Airlines International.

General Electric Information Services, Rockville, Md., has announced Design Express, a service that

Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last week gave authorization to proce

When the dust settles after the current round of mergers in the air freight industry, pure forwarder

The precarious position of tanker owners having to decide within the next few years whether to inves

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING this economy more. That may sound like heresy to those who believe

JOB REPORT CALLED NON-INFLATIONARYAlthough a few analysts detected labor-cost pressures in t

The Prospect Group Inc. said it has reached an agreement to acquire the Illinois Central Transportat

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