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Eight leading trans-Pacific ship lines agreed Thursday to again raise prices for moving Far Eastern

INDIA - $485 million from the World Bank for a 1,500-megawatt power station to be built by Nathpa Jh

TWO MAJOR CONVENTIONS take place next week. The National Grain and Feed Association annual g

CFTC TO CONTEMPLATE BAN ON DUAL TRADINGCHICAGO - Federal regulators are studying whether the

Venezuelan coal exporters, including Arco Coal Co., are seeking a $147 million loan from a U.S agenc

Fang Jaebin used to be a big cheese on China's pop charts. His schmaltzy 1984 smash hit, "My

WHAT IT IS: Law and practice of operating a joint venture in the Soviet Union. It became effective i

The Department of Transportation has given thumbs up to a Federal MaritimeCommission proposa

A Connecticut chemical manufacturer has admitted it lied to federal and state regulators about the a

MOTOROLA EXECUTIVE GETS COMMERCE POSTPresident Bush has selected Motorola executive Michael

Automakers are likely to rely more on sales incentives than on production cuts to reduce swollen inv

State Farm Insurance has agreed to pay refunds to thousands of new policyholders charged higher auto

MASS. ILA STOPS WORK OVER CEMENT SHIP PAYInternational Longshoremen's Association dockworker

CHAIRMAN RESIGNS AT COMPAGNIE DU MIDIBernard Pagezy resigned Wednesday as chairman of the Co

For everyone who wants to know who's calling before they answer their phone, Bell of Pennsylvania ha

Banks have seen the future, and they're scared. That fear has created one of the great missi

State-owned Shipping Corp. of India plans to acquire 48 vessels totaling 2.7 million deadweight tons

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

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A German scientific expedition to Antarctica says two islands marked on maps since 1961 do not exist

The demise of the 50-mile rule is producing a mixed bag of results as far as the impact it is having

Coal state legislators appear ready to lock the vault against the potential U.S. financing of an exp

The Export-Import Bank could use more funding, William F. Ryan, its acting chairman, told Congress T

Construction of the United Parcel Service's expanded communications control center here is contingen

The National Automated Clearing House Association, or Nacha, is getting serious about electronic dat

GROUP AIMS TO SPUR DRAM CHIP OUTPUTCUPERTINO, Calif. - The Semiconductor Industry Associatio

Women's Transportation Seminar of Greater New York. March 14. Salute to Lillian Liburdi, port depart

Mar. 9, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

Keppel Corp., the maritime-based but widely diversified Singapore conglomerate, turned in its best r

The size of many transportation and trade programs may hinge on high-level budget talks that have fi

The federal crop insurance program is wasteful and fails to provide farmers with fair and equitable

The New York Mercantile Exchange Board voted Wednesday night to restructure the delivery mechanism i

Peru confirmed its last major source of development loans has cut off aidbecause the nation

'K' Line has launched the first double-stack container train service between Tacoma, Wash., and Mont

IBM TO EXPAND SERVICE ON COMPUTER LINESNEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. has

The Maritime Administration will spend over $200 million in fiscal year 1990 to build up the rapid d

Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association, oversize/overweight trucking symposium, March9-11. Ada

Louisiana voters April 29 will decide the fate of a $1.5 billion transportation infrastructure impr

MUBARAK'S EUROPE TRIP TO FOCUS ON ECONOMYCAIRO, Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak will seek he

Johnston Named VP At Mutual of OmahaErnest B. Johnston was named senior executive vice presi