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The European oil spot market was engulfed in bearish sentiment Friday with North Sea crude stumbling

KUWAIT DENIES CHARGE OF QUOTA VIOLATIONSKuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah

U.S. oil consumption reached a record 17.01 million barrels a day in 1988, and will increase to 18.6

DISCOUNT FARES HIKED; WILL OTHERS FOLLOW?NEW YORK - Increases in some discounted MaxSaver fa

United Parcel Service has extended its test of on-demand pick-up service to Philadelphia and so far,

Exporters are being offered a new service designed to help them achieve the same quick response from

The airline industry will continue to grow at a modest pace in 1989, but the year will show slow pro

McDonnell Douglas Corp., one of the world's three major manufacturersof commercial aircraft, is proj

McDonnell Douglas Corp. earned $145 million, or $3.79 per share, on revenue of $4.3 billion in the f

Air Express International Corp., the nation's largest air freightforwarder, wants to play a larger r

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR EARNINGS WILL FALLSANTA CLARA, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corp.

Defining electronic data interchange is sometimes like trying to mud wrestle with a Walrus.

The booming cellular phone industry has settled on a transmission standard for the future that shoul

The world's biggest library hasn't escaped the growing epidemic of computer viruses, according to a

The world may be heading toward a catastrophic computer failure unless more effective measures are t

Automation is gathering increasing momentum in the freight forwarding business, with key companies e

Cargo volume through the Port of Hampton Roads increased by 15 percent in 1988, according to year-en

NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PORTS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & COMMERCE (New York) - Patricia Zedalis was

THIRD SEA-LAND SHIP DIVERTED FROM ITALYEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. said it diverted

The Maine Maritime Academy says its just-started effort to raise $10 million in three years is the l

The London-based Shipowners Mutual Strike Association, sometimes called the ''strike club," has offe

Prices of ocean freight futures contracts came down hard last week. Early in the week, trade

Compagnie Generale Maritime said it and two other ship lines plan to disband the Eurandino consortiu

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The story headlined "Philadelphia Container Yard to Be Opened to All," which appeared on Page 1A in

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ISUZU TRUCK OF AMERICA INC. (South El Monte, Calif.) - Hajime Senga was named president. He replaces

Ridding the highways of unsafe truck drivers has never been easy. Now, a new organization is trying

Many American railroads will understand the unaccustomed elation being experienced by state-owned Ma

RAIL TRAFFIC SUMMARY FOR 1988 IS AVAILABLEAtlantic Systems Inc., a New York consulting firm

GATX Corp. said it earned $9 million, or 97 cents a share, on revenue of $157.7 million. This compar

A partnership launched Friday between two British transport groups offers importers in major trading

For the week ended Jan. 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 87

Officials at Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) and a Japanese shipyard are reportedly close to signing

JOHN HANCOCK TO PAY FOR UNAPPROVED DRUGJohn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., one of the na

The Japanese government, anxious to fall in line with world opinion, has sent out a special announce

China's decade-old economic revolution has brought sharp changes in people's ambitions, lifestyles a

Apparel imports surged in November as U.S. buyers and foreign manufacturers sought to use up quotas

I'm pleased to announce that The Journal of Commerce is giving our daily insurance readers what they

The four largest exporters of apparel to the United States all scored biggains in November,