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Dry bulk ocean freight rates climbed this week to their highest levels since 1981, extending a six-m

China Ocean Shipping Co., or Cosco, is beginning another container servicefrom China to the

1648 (Jan. 19, 1989) Previous day - 1650 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

Unisys Corp. has introduced its new Micro A computer, a machine the company claims provides the powe

Haggar Apparel Co. doesn't want to talk about pilot tests for electronic data interchange. W

RYDER TRUCK RENTAL SIGNS NEWSPAPER DEALRyder Truck Rental signed a contract with the Chicago

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

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

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

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

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

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

FULLER UNIT ACQUIRES ADHESIVES COMPANYH.B. Fuller Co. said it acquired an Italian company th

SODIUM HYPOPHOSPHITE IS UP AT ATOCHEM

TOUGH TACTICS USED IN CZECHOSLOVAK RIOTSPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Police wielding night stick

CITICORP (New York) - Sandra W. Meyer was named head of global communications. The new senio

US INVITES ALLIES TO WASHINGTON MEETWASHINGTON - The United States has invited finance minis

Inside the Kingdome stadium, tens of thousands of baseball fans roared their approval as the hometow

How does the retail industry love electronic data interchange? Let us count the members. Sta

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

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

A proposal to build a new natural gas pipeline in the Northeast was filed with the Federal Energy Re

Jan. 19, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Minnesota and several other states are expected to levy new taxes this year on pesticides and other

Manville Sales Corp. purchased some assets of the phenolic foam insulation business from Koppers Co.

US CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 0.3 PERCENT IN DECEMBERU.S. consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in Dece

Top Soviet officials said U.S.-Soviet trade could rise by three or fourfold if Washington ends restr

The Takeshita administration officially denied on Thursday a statement by Republican Sen. Jesse Helm

TODAY IS AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING, a farewell to perhaps our first successful president in three de

U.S. steel importers soon will begin a lobbying effort to limit the effect of the expected extension

A spokesman for troubled American Mutual Group seems to dispute claims by Massachusetts insurance re

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

The federal government is preparing an array of new initiatives to accelerate exports by U.S. small

The growing Japanese appetite for American food, especially seafood, is nibbling away at Japan's tra

INDUSTRY REPRIMANDED FOR LEAK ABOUT APPLESAN JOSE, Calif. - Regis McKenna Inc., Palo Alto, C

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

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

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