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Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner has ordered creation of a task force to review competition i

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

The Interstate Commerce Commission cleared the way for trucking rates to rise 4.8 percent next Tuesd

The activities of Norwegian KS companies are felt far beyond Norway. Shipbrokers, financiers

National Westminster Bancorp Inc., a subsidiary of a British banking concern, has agreed to acquire

CAUSTIC SODA Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, Texas, increased schedule prices for liquid

U.S. banks should do more to help remove the crushing debt burden from Latin America and work to rev

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner's honeymoon with Congress may be drawing to a close, and

Proper use of foreign trade zones can save importers and customs brokers big bucks, but some still d

The Port of New Orleans purchased a damaged container crane at auction and will spend more than $3 m

SOUTH KOREA TO DISCUSS US TRADE DEMANDSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will discuss with th

A top Japanese official warned Thursday that Japan will flatly reject any proposals to do away with

Trucks are still backed up for miles at Italian border checkpoints, as protesting customs personnel

The 1989 Maritime Guide published by Lloyd's Register is now off the presses. Included in th

While Georgia legislators are considering a raft of consumer-related bills submitted by the state In

NJ FINES 6 INSURERS A TOTAL OF $28,000TRENTON, N.J. - Six insurance companies have been fine

The Paris Commercial Court has postponed until mid-March a ruling on whether the latest route-swap a

TEAMSTERS TRIAL DATE POSTPONED TO MARCH 13NEW YORK - The federal government's racketeering t

Comment on the Maritime Administration's policy allowing foreign-built vessels re-documented under t

Feb. 23, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Kinark Corp. said it found a buyer willing to pay more than $10 million for its Chicago Lake River s

A recent national opinion survey reveals that consumers feel auto insurance rates are too high and s

MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Newark, N.J.) - Donald R. Sondergeld was named executive vice pre

The winter sun sets early in this Scandinavian country, with skies darkening by about 3 p.m.

Brazil's Candiota coal mine recently set a single-day output record to produce supplies needed for t

By 5 p.m. on any afternoon, the landing lights of one airplane after another stretch like a shimmeri

For the second time in two weeks, the Federal Reserve hiked market interest rates Thursday to counte

THE DOLLAR'S VALUE CAN STAY in its current range for years to come, because American exporters are n

The Mexican government has backed down, at least temporarily, on a new 2 percent asset tax that woul

The nation's railroads decried the Interstate Commerce Commission's proposal to force them to pass p

President Jose Sarney of Brazil received a pledge of more than $1 billion in new official credits Th

Any general-purpose bookstore that doesn't have income-tax guides prominently displayed this month i

The Swiss chemicals and pharmaceuticals group Ciba Geigy Thursday reported a 20 percent rise in net

TEMPLE, BARKER & SLOANE INC. (Lexington, Mass.) - Mitchell E. Steller has been elected a vice presid

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

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE is finding a corny solution to slippery winter roads. Acc

WHAT IT IS: Legislation proposed to require employers to provide a minimum package of health insuran

The shake-up in marine hull insurance markets generated by continued competition for business has sp

Protests from foreign shippers of containers continued to pour into the offices of port authorities