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A veto of parts of the federal budget presented through the congress by President Jose Sarney tempor

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ARCO NATURAL GAS MARKETING INC. (Dallas) - W.R. Rick Harper Jr. was named president and chief operat

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

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

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

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

1555 (Jan. 5, 1989) Previous day - 1553 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

U.S. exporters of dried fruit and unshelled walnuts expect to lose most of their sales to the 12 nat

Former Florida Insurance Commissioner and Treasurer Bill Gunter was named senior vice president of a

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

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

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

W. GERMAN MINISTER PLANS VISIT TO USFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German Finance Minister G

Officials of the Commodity Exchange Inc. met late Thursday with Chicago Mercantile Exchange executiv

CONTINENTAL RECEIVES TOKYO-SEATTLE ROUTEThe Department of Transportation Tuesday complied wi

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

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

The Maritime Administration has agreed to reconsider a June policy decision allowing foreign-built v

EC CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 4.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERBRUSSELS, Belgium - Inflation on the consumer

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH economists' forecasts as a cross-check on your business plans for

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Linda B. Staniar was named vice president of the public rel

College may be good for your health, researchers say, citing data thatcollege-educated Ameri

Japan's foreign exchange reserves in December totaled a record $97.66 billion, up $515 million from

The grain harvest in China last year fell even more sharply than analysts expected, to under 394 mil

Thu., Jan. 5, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Construction is different from other manufacturing businesses because its products are usually one o

The National Pork Producers Council has filed a petition requesting the imposition of a countervaili

US COTTON STUDY CITES MARKET CHANGESNASHVILLE, Tenn. - A report on a special study of U.S. c

In the first airline merger since it assumed primary review responsibilityfrom the Departmen

PITTSTON TO RETURN TO BARGAINING TABLE Pittston Co., the country's largest coking coal expor

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

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

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

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After nearly 20 years together, Incotrans BV and Compagnie Generale Maritime are going their separat

Seattle, San Diego and Minneapolis/St. Paul set the pace for economic growth among the country's lar

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

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