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Since Jan. 1, the ban on exports of Alaska North Slope crude oil has been partially lifted, and as m

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The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday proposed banning a pesticide that it said is killing bi

West German officials said on Thursday no evidence was found to support the U.S. allegations that th

The chemical industry trade association in the United States is working closely with other countries

The number of applications for new drug approvals is doubling every year, a pace that threatens to c

BRITISH RULES RESTRICT SOME CHEMICAL EXPORTSBritish companies are unlikely sources for chemi

The Port of Tampa's first Chilean fruit shipment for 1989 will mark the start of a multi-year agreem

The Port of Oakland named James J. O'Brien, the agency's No. 2 official, to become acting head of th

IRAQ REOPENS BASRA AFTER 8-YEAR CLOSUREBAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq said its biggest port, Basra, wo

BLUE STAR LINE INC. (San Francisco) - David Whene was named operations manager for this ship line th

Airborne Express, the third largest U.S. express package carrier, immediately will begin handling wo

Air cargo and passenger carriers Thursday learned that they have less than two years to complete ins

Inland waterway traffic in France rose last year for the first time in 15 years. Volume incr

European shippers have expressed disappointment with the European Council of Ministers' decision thi

Two stories about the Panama Canal that appeared in The Journal of Commerce during the past two week

The Justice Department urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal from ocean carriers and long

A story headlined, The Ins and Outs of Naming Huerta as Port Director in The Journal of Commerce Jan

TRANSPORTATION TABLE TO MEET IN WASHINGTONThe outlook for 1989 in the railroad, trucking and

CANADIAN NATIONAL AND CANADIAN PACIFIC railroads have turned down an offer to buy their Nova Scotia

Huron & Eastern Railway Co. has acquired the former CSX Transportation line running between Bad Axe

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. had to mortgage its railroad's rolling stock in order to help r

The Reagan administration may try to emasculate a new trade law designed to improve working conditio

A federal appeals court, ruling in a trademark-infringement case, Thursday spared Toyota Motor Corp.

Jubilant preservationists learned at year-end that CSX Corp. is giving the 92-year-old Seaboard rail

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ALCAN BUYS ASSETS OF JARL EXTRUSIONSAlcan Aluminum Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Canada's le

This week's decision by the U.S. Customs Service to reclassify minivans and sports utility vehicles

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Ford Motor Co. already provides 14 percent of the West's passenger cars, but now the automaker would

GE Electrical Distribution & Control Co., a subsidiary of General Electric Co., and Fuji Electric Co

* Howard Simon - Simon Says 4A * A.N.R. Robinson - Europe's Threat to the Caribbean 6A* Ljub

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From Cancun's white sands to Acapulco's glitzy discos, Mexico intends to pour as much as $10 billion

The prospect of 100 percent duties on U.S. walnuts and dried fruit imported into the European Commun

Traffic Club of Philadelphia. 81st annual dinner. Jan. 10. Rep. James Florio, guest speaker. Hershey

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The retailing industry's electronic Tower of Babel is crumbling. In a major advance for the

General Motors Corp. is counting on a new line of sleek, plastic-bodied minivans to help it gain a b