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Textainer Equipment Management (US) Ltd. says it will try to increase its container fleet to almost

Swiss authorities said Friday they had been asked for legal help by U.S. investigators inquiring int

Higher prices for oil and plywood contributed sizeably to a new Journal of Commerce Industrial Price

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European Community member countries have asked the European Commission for detailed information on a

FLOWERS INDUSTRIES INC. (Thomasville, Ga.) - Robert P. Crozer was elected vice chairman. He was vice

KEMPER CHIEF TO HEAD INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONGerald L. Maatman was named chairman of the Insura

The contract talks opening today between the International Longshoremen's Association and several wa

Sixteen U.S. electronics companies have agreed to study the feasibility of creating a corporate part

OLIN BOOSTS PRICE OF SODIUM CHLORITESTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. will increase its off-list

Canadian natural gas processor and pipeline operator Westcoast Energy Inc. is considering moving dow

US Coast and Port November 88 November 87 percent ChangeEastBaltimore

The volume of waterborne exports of U.S. chemicals climbed in November to 3.37 millionmetric tons fr

Improvements to Kai Tak Airport costing an estimated HK$2.4 billion (US$300 million) seem likely to

Five years after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., consumers are paying more for ph

INTERNATIONAL PAPER TO BID FOR EUROPE FIRMPURCHASE, N.Y. - International Paper Co., which po

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Bulk cement has begun moving into a new storage silo at the Port of Georgetown, S.C., leading to exp

The Big Three U.S. automakers got 1989 off on an upbeat note, selling 3.7 percent more U.S.-built ca

Japanese grain buyers have begun shifting significant quantities of U.S. grain export shipments away

APCO ASSOCIATES (Washington) - Former Rep. Don Bonker, a key figure in world trade issues when in t

An expert in superconductivity called for "truth in advertising" for the technology he said has been

The government Friday drastically revised standards for workplace exposure to hazardous materials, r

With the same visions of stardom that carried scores of farm girls to this town in years past, forei

Gasoline and diesel oil purchasers in Massachusetts face a 10-cent-a-gallon hike in the state's moto

For the last 10 years, Del Monte Foods, Coral Gables, Fla., has been prominent in the grocery indust

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Freight futures prices moved last week to levels reminiscent of the rally last spring. As th

Japan's two biggest securities companies, Nomura Securities Co. and Daiwa Securities Co., said Frid

Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie cited seven Fireman's Fund companies last week for refusing

County NatWest Government Securities Inc. Friday announced that it had disbanded its U.S. primary de

JAPAN SAYS IT FINDS CHEMICALS IN US RICETOKYO - Tests on rice grown in the United States con

William Von Raab, relentless proponent of automation, said the electronics programs he pushed during

On a run to Oklahoma City a few years ago, a driver for Sunstar Foods Inc. discovered a few broken j

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Roger W. Clark was named managing vice president of the Denv

General Electric Co., the big U.S. conglomerate, and Britain's General Electric Co. PLC said at the

U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab wants to allay the concerns of importers about the agency

Lawsuits involving faulty products and consumer injury have increased fourfold since 1976, but most

U.S. paper companies are expected to report record 1988 earnings amid strong domestic and foreign de

JOHN BOWERS President of the International Longshoremen's Association only since 1987, John