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Shippers using an all-water route from U.S. Gulf ports to North Europe can expect a rate increase Fe

Lackluster grain production and a continuing shortage of chemical fertilizer should force China to r

The U.S. Department of Transportation flatly turned down the Massachusetts Port Authority's wide-ran

ARE INTEREST RATES RISING TOO FAST these days? I don't think so, was the response early this week fr

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

The United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean has joined in the rising c

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

Prospects for the tin industry are looking bright for next year as prices and demand rise, says the

Strong worldwide demand for aluminum, especially in beverage container and transportation markets, b

TEXACO, CHEVRON TOLD TO PAY BACK ROYALTIESA federal judge ordered Texaco Inc. and Chevron U.

BASF Corp.'s capital spending totaled approximately $425 million in 1988, and is expected to rise ag

California oil companies are forging closer links with the booming and fuel- hungry nations of Asia

NL Industries Inc. said Thursday that its shareholders approved the company's restructuring plan.

Here is a list of some of the worst commercial aviation disasters involving Boeing 747s: * N

Efforts by Thailand, one of Asia's fastest-growing economies, to lure more foreign investment and te

A headline under Import Briefs, on Page 4A of the Dec. 22 Journal of Commerce incorrectly characteri

An agreement signed at the United Nations Thursday granting eventual independence to mineral-rich Na

Treasury Secretary Pedro Aspe flew to Washington for talks on Mexico's $102 billion foreign debt, th

The Puerto Rican administration and U.S. companies have began new investments that will expand the i

The U.S. Coast Guard is weighing whether to investigate further a collision last week between a Dutc

BANKERS TRUST CO. (New York) - Philip M. Hampton, vice chairman, will retire on Jan. 31, 1989. He jo

INTER-AMERICAN BANK TO CUT STAFF BY 10 PERCENTWASHINGTON - The Inter-American Development Ba

Soviet trade officials say that surface relief shipments to earthquake- stricken Armenia still are n

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

The tiny port of Portland, Maine, proclaimed victory Thursday in a two-year struggle to preserve wat

Cyrus R. Vance was named a director, effective Jan. 1, and appointed chairman of the board of direct

WHAT IT IS: Contracts to carry domestic airmail are big, profitable business for the nation's airlin

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John M. Boles, former chairman of Boles World Trade Corp., formed a new firm patterned on classical

AMSTAR SUGAR CORP. SOLD TO TATE & LYLESTAMFORD, Conn. - Amstar Corp. said Thursday it has so

DU PONT JAPAN VENTURE TO MAKE KEVLAR FIBERE.I Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington Del., sai

Here is a list of the worst commercial aviation disasters worldwide: 1. March 27, 1977: 582

The European Community said Thursday it was suing nine member states for not enacting an EC law tigh

EC UNVEILS PLAN TO OPEN LIFE MARKETBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's executive bo

President-elect George Bush Thursday picked Chicago Transit Authority chief Samuel K. Skinner to hea

Overseas sales by U.S. arms manufacturers shrank significantly in fiscal 1987 despite a strong deman

U.S. paper mills plan to expand capacity for making paper and paperboard by an average of 3.3 percen

Japan's largest domestic airline, All Nippon Airways, finished the first six months of its fiscal ye

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