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A state administrative law judge rejected an attempt by the City of Los Angeles to impose stricter n

Months after the headlines and public acrimony faded into relative quiet, the long-festering feud be

The U.S. Postal Service lost $597 million in the 1988 fiscal year but expects to finish the new year

CF AIRFREIGHT BEGINS US-EUROPE CARGO RUNSPALO ALTO, Calif. - As expected, CF AirFreight anno

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Production of plastic resins totaled 4.32 billion pounds in August, up approximately 6.6 percent fro

Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Reactive Polymers division announced price increases of 2 cents to 5 cent

FUNCTIONAL FLUIDS ARE UP AT OLINSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. will increase the prices of its

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Textile Fibers group will invest $200 milliondollars upgrading and

European chemical producers have welcomed European Community plans to eliminate internal trade barri

As regularly as the turn of the year, China is announcing bold new plans for production of much-need

In the '60s movie classic, The Graduate, a businessman advises the young Dustin Hoffman that the fut

A ship that sailed around the world for two years trying to dump its cargo of municipal incinerator

The mayor-elect of Ponce, the site of Puerto Rico's second-ranking port, said he intends to dismiss

The 360-year-old royal warship Wasa moved to its final berth Tuesday with hundreds of people gatheri

IT'S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD, even if the mutt is stuffed. Pacific Europe Express held its annua

Officials of the Port of Ponce in Puerto Rico this week took their long- running feud with the Puert

DUTCH TRY TO LOCATE 9 CHEMICAL CONTAINERSTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch coast guard Wedn

The U.K. government confirmed Wednesday that one of the last remaining shipyards still in state-owne

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Truckers in Ontario have won a battle with the provincial government. A regulatory board wil

France's biggest communist-led union rejected the city transportation authority's proposal to end a

MATLACK INC. EXPANDS TENN. BULK TERMINALWILMINGTON, Del. - Matlack Inc. is expanding its Mem

The first stirrings of a possible new attempt to reach a compromise between rail labor and managemen

RETIX SYSTEMS ACQUIRES TSL COMMUNICATIONSSANTA MONICA, Calif. - In a move to broaden its ran

When it comes to computers, U.S. maritime executives are talking with forked tongues, shipping execu

A memorial service will be held Monday for F.H. Pex Muldoon, 67, chairman of the board and chief exe

In a major effort to raise rates in the inbound trans-Pacific trade, the principal carriers in the w

The American Association of Port Authorities will offer a total of eight seminars and conferences ne

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said he is optimistic that trade negotiators can reach a compro

The Jacksonville Port Authority hired a new company, headed by a former National Maritime Council pr

WEST GERMAN GROWTH SEEN STRONG TO 1993FRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German economy, Wes

President-elect Bush's selection of Carla Hills as U.S. trade representative and Robert Mosbacher as

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE (New York) - J. William Newton was named vice president and manager for the Co

The Columbia Business School's Center for International Business Cycle Research recommended sweeping

BIGGEST HMO REPORTS THIRD QUARTER LOSSMaxicare Health Plans Inc., the nation's biggest healt

A lawsuit that accused two Florida men of responsibility for the 1985 murder of a Lancaster, Pa., bu

Japanese life and non-life insurance companies are rushing to set up real estate subsidiaries in the

The headline for a People item appearing on Page 9A in the Friday, Dec. 2, editions of The Journal o