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Price increases announced by U.S. airlines over the last week or so reveal a dark side to airline de

Rather than disappearing, as some critics claim, competition among airlines is intensifying, Patrici

SECURITY AGENCY OKS SCRAMBLING DEVICESThe National Security Agency has signed contracts with

MATSON ADOPTS PLAN TO PREVENT TAKEOVERThe parent of Matson Navigation Co. announced the adop

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The United States is seeking a new round of copyright talks with Taiwan beginning Jan. 9, local sour

A South Korean trade mission headed home over the weekend, after signing $291 million in contracts f

France on Monday blamed the failure of world trade talks in Montreal last week on U.S. obstinacy and

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 12/10/88* Percentage

Nearly a year after the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense issued its recommendations for a r

The government has eased a restriction stipulating that Indian shipping companies could buy a ship a

TWO DIVISIONS MAKE UP MATSON NAVIGATIONMatson Navigation Co. is restructuring itself into tw

In an effort to ensure a smooth closing of the Saint Lawrence Seaway this winter, U.S. and Canadian

Rumors that SmithKline Beckman Corp. is about to become a takeover candidate have swirled around the

Shareholders of Atlantic Container Line issued a joint statement Monday reassuring customers about t

Centaur Partners, a New York investment partnership, said Monday it will start a $100 a share offer

Control Data Corp. said it has signed a letter of understanding to sell its South African unit to Un

The U.S. dollar continued stronger on expectations that Wednesday's U.S. trade deficit will show imp

The Airport Advisory Committee has unanimously recommended allowing aircraft to continue using all C

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

With some of the most ambitious production increases in its history already in the works, the Boeing

PLANNING GROUP URGES RAIL SERVICE TO AIRPORTSNEW YORK - A regional planning organization say

AT&T FORMS UNIT, OPENS OFFICE IN JAPANAT&T Microelectronics Japan announced Monday the openi

USSR, JAPAN REACH FISHING QUOTA ACCORDJapan and the Soviet Union have concluded negotiations

A hard-won increase in the U.S. share of Japan's semiconductor market may prove short-lived, Andrew

Probably few Christmas shoppers realize that those British hand-carved rocking horses and hand-knitt

A new label that will be wrapped around thousands of bottles of a famous wine has been unveiled in R

For its makers, Parmesan cheese is not just something to grate and sprinkle over pasta. It i

EC, CHINESE CONCLUDE TEXTILE TRADE PACTBRUSSELS, Belgium - The EC Commission said Monday it

The United States needs to improve its economic and trade cooperation with China, and sign an invest

China is moving its fledgling auto industry into overdrive, thanks to the influx of foreign money an

For the manager in charge of signing up new electronic trading partners, help is on the way.

How worried is the United States trade community about global electronic data interchange? W

In its own careful way, Japan appears to be making a commitment to the United Nations-based EDI for

EDI IS A MOVEMENT more than it is a technology. The simple definition of the technology is t

Shipping executives believe the cost of a drug-testing program that the federal government wants to

John A. McWilliam has decided to retire as president and chief executive officer of the Toledo-Lucas

Margate Shipping Co. and Chestnut Shipping Co. are seeking Maritime Administration approval for an a

The increased use of seagoing tug-barge units in the U.S. domestic trade may present a problem for d