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IT LOOKED LIKE A DUCK, OR WORSE, when the brand-new Bush administration floated a bizarre trial ball

Michael Boskin, chosen by President Bush to be his chief economic adviser, said Thursday the adminis

The government took a step closer to imposing anti-dumping duties on over a half-billion dollars a y

Barely three months after a grand opening presided over by the U.S. consul general, computer and sof

The Federal Reserve is reviewing its procedures regarding the evaluation of bank participation in hi

A former Reagan administration trade official warned Thursday that Japan's surplus with the United S

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The Federal Maritime Commission has decided to delay for about a month the effective date of a capac

Tanker owners are trying to unite against certain widely used clauses in contracts that they believe

Are U.S. trial lawyers doing the general public an injustice in the way they operate to win multimil

California Assemblyman Pat Johnston, D-Stockton, has introduced legislation to create a state no-fau

Ocean freight forwarders in the New York and New Jersey port region, citing a surge in exports and t

U.S. insurers and other industries are cautiously watching the Latin American market for growth oppo

A booming local and regional market for life insurance has prompted New York Life Insurance Worldwid

WHAT IT IS: The most sweeping trade legislation in a generation, the Omnibus Trade Act reforms U.S.

Bitsy and Biff Brown are thirtysomething yuppies who have two children, four aging parents and a nee

Strong signs are emerging here that thorny bilateral trade issues will dominate next month's planned

Chew International Group, a leading export management concern, is going out of business after encoun

The Canadian government has announced a major escalation of its anti-drug measures by introducing cl

Software suppliers are giving electronic data interchange programs a look that could significantly b

PEROT SYSTEMS OPENS BRANCH IN TROY, MICH.Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, the nemesis of Gen

Conrail has put the brakes on its customer automation program yet again. But the latest dela

Edifact ASC X12 International Project Team Meeting, Jan. 31-Feb. 2. Hotel Sofitel, Miami, Fla. Edifa

There may be some in the East Coast maritime industry who think, "I'm not afraid of landbridges," as

Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA, a leading worldwide operator of parcel tankers that carry l

The U.S. Customs Service suspended temporarily the authority of Lawrence C. Melilli of New York City

AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BUREAU LTD. (New Orleans) - Peter A. Low was appointed director of commercial lit

VOTAINER BEGINS NEW EUROPEAN SERVICECHARLESTON, S.C. - Votainer Consolidation Services (Sout

In the first apparent deal of its kind, three Soviet companies are investing in a California joint v

Port traffic in the third quarter of 1988 showed a healthy increase over the corresponding 1987 peri

After a month of refurbishing by ship workers with Pilgrims' pride, the Mayflower II is ship-shape a

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NEW ALLIANCE LINKS NITL UNIT, NJ CLUBNEWARK, N.J. - A new transportation alliance has bloome

SHIPPERS HAVE WON a key round against the Texas Railroad Commission in an automatic released rate fi

Transportation Secretary-designate Samuel K. Skinner said the nation's highways and bridges need "su

The Illinois Central Railroad has lost its bid to break the crew-consist agreement it has with the U

The renomination bid of Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather J. Gradison is running into

Consolidated Rail Corp.'s new chief executive told securities analysts here Wednesday that the compa