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TUNA SHIPPER ATTACKS GUAM STEVEDORE POLICYWASHINGTON - In a formal complaint to the Federal

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Tuesday on a combination of fundamental and technical factors that deal

Hong Kong stocks ended the first trading day of 1989 with the Hang Seng index breaking through the k

Jan. 4, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

After the 1979-80 bull market, when world sugar topped 40 cents a pound for only the second time, pr

TVA SPOT CONTRACTS GO TO FIVE SUPPLIERSThe Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded a week

GTE AND AT&T FORM JOINT PHONE VENTURENEW YORK - GTE Corp. and American Telephone & Telegraph

Fax Expo '88. A series of expositions designed to promote the use of facsimile products and technolo

Almost all African nations are falling further behind the world's developed countries, the executive

The United States has found illegal hormones in West German beef purchased by the U.S. military, U.S

The number of environmental groups in North Carolina has surged sharply in the past few years as cit

If America's dollar-driven export boom continues, 1989 should be another year of job creation in the

Litigation will always be the bedrock of the American judicial system, but many businesses are decid

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

A committee of the Indian cabinet is understood to have rejected a suggestion by the Food and Civil

The Navy has decided to delay the awarding of the first Seawolfsubmarine contract until at least mid

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 12/30/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 12/30/88

The nation's largest private trucking association named Gene S. Bergoffen, who formerly represented

LLT Acquisition Inc., the parent of Lend Lease Trucks Inc., has called off its proposed acquisition

EMONS HOLDINGS UNIT FINALIZES RAIL MERGERYORK, Pa. - The merger or E T Railcar Corp. into Em

The Porsche Place in Manhattan is more art gallery than new car dealership. This is only fit

New Yorkers will be protected from unscrupulous gray market car brokers under a law that went into e

Japanese cars have come to symbolize quality and economy for millions of U.S. buyers. Whethe

A fire aboard a Panamanian-registered cargo ship in San Juan harbor caused losses estimated by local

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

GENENTECH DEPARTURES, MONEY WOES UNRELATEDSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The public relations

Over the past three years, natural gas prices have plummeted more than 80 percent in some instances.

NORWAY TO CONTINUE LIMITS ON PRODUCTIONHELSINKI, Finland - Norway will continue to limit the

In a defeat for environmentalists, a federal appeals court Friday upheld all but one aspect of the I

Although containerization has been around for over 20 years, there are still problems of acceptance,

SCOTTY RESTON, THE VENERABLE COLUMNIST and former Washington Bureau chief of the New York Times, on

Fri., Dec. 30, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

EX-IM BANK MAY BACK CREDITS FOR MEXICOWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank may provide $

Traders in the freight futures market were very bullish last week, with prices of certain futures co

Fifty people stand on a pier at a Florida port and watch as a cruise ship motors out to sea. They ar

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

BECAUSE ENERGY IS an industry that requires long lead times and has to deal with many fixed and vari

C&H Transportation, one of the nation's largest haulers of oil-field equipment, was shut down Friday

A U.S. motorist pulls into a service station and plunks down $1.05 for a gallon of gasoline. In Brit

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