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Southwest Airlines Co. reported it flew 703.3 million revenue passenger-miles in December, a 24.7 pe

Westinghouse Electric Corp. will assume responsibility for defective parts that caused the shutdown

Natural gas demand should increase 3 percent to between 19.2 quadrillion and 19.5 quadrillion Britis

THE BATTLE TO OVERTURN an Interstate Commerce Commission-approved track abandonment in Kansas intere

The Port of Montreal handled a record volume of containerized cargo for the sixth consecutive year i

Port of Washington, D.C. Propeller Club. Luncheon meeting. Jan. 24. Guest speaker: Clyde E. Dotson,

SAUDI, ABU DHABI SALES TO BE CUT IN FEBRUARYSaudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi have told customers i

President Reagan said Wednesday the United States should reconsider treaties requiring it to turn th

Gene Ciccarelli was expected to be named Thursday as Port Everglades Authority's first deputy execut

Repair rates at the Port of Singapore's main shipyards went up 10 percent this week to take account

The Federal Maritime Commission's proposal for using its increased powers to combat unfair foreign m

Ralph Rugan Jr., executive vice president of Biehl & Co., was elected president of the New Orleans B

EVEN INSURANCE BROKERS can be non-partisan. Marsh & McLennan Cos. arranged insurance coverag

There is no need for Japan to join West Germany and other European countries in raising the official

Pennsylvania insurers argued against unisex insurance rates Wednesday before a state supreme court h

Few executives give much thought to the use of ships for business travel. The use of cruise ships fo

Fireman's Fund insurance companies will appeal an order by California's insurance commissioner barri

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's broadest measure of trade improved in December when the current acco

FIRST TWO SUITS FILED IN PAN AM CRASHThe families of two victims of last month's Pan Am cras

Major insurers have raised prices of health policies that supplement Medicare by as much as 40 perce

ALEXANDER HOWDEN REINSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES INC. (New York ) - Joseph Artel was named senior vice pr

Canadian bankers are striking out against a recent federal government decision that would allow Amer

John Geldermann was named chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A real estate committ

BankAmerica Corp. posted record fourth quarter earnings, providing further evidence the once-trouble

Health groups could succeed in banishing palm oil from chocolate chip cookies made in the United Sta

ON A RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN, Kevin Koy, co-founder of the Market Logic School in Chicago, found himsel

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Soviet rock music and scenes of Soviets relaxing at home will be shown to viewers in a new Pepsi-Col

EXPORTS OF COFFEE FROM COLOMBIA FALLBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian coffee export volume and in

S. KOREA TO OPEN MART TO US WINE PRODUCTSSouth Korea has agreed to open its market to U.S. w

A consortium formed to bid for Britain's biggest industrial concern, General Electric Co. PLC, said

JAPAN PRESSURES FIRMS TO CUT S. AFRICA TRADEJapan's trade with South Africa fell in 1988 due

The European Community is unlikely to retaliate further in a trade war with the United States over h

Motorola Inc. has filed a lawsuit charging that Hitachi Ltd. has infringed on several of the U.S. co

WHAT IT IS: The Overseas Private Investment Corp., popularly known as OPIC, began operations in 1971

Australians have reached the conclusion that "G'day, mate. How's it going," followed by a hearty sla

MACHINE TRANSLATES JAPANESE TO ENGLISHThe world's biggest consumer electronics company said

Transportation Brokers Conference of America, special one-day seminar on transportation liability, J

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Alan R. Twaits was named corporate counsel for the diversif

Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. of Singapore has snared a second S$100 million (US$50 million)