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Sixteen Panama Canal pilots will be better prepared to expect the unexpected after they undergo a we

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A top United Nations official said he is disappointed that trade talks last week didn't make more pr

The Spanish province of Catalonia is opening a trade office in San Francisco to expand Catalan-Calif

Atari Games Corp., an arcade video game software developer based here, Tuesday said it has filed sui

NEW ENGLAND: Green Mountain Power Corp., South Burlinton, VT. MID-ATLANTIC: New York State E

Grain exports to the Soviet Union have been a shot in the arm for several Gulf of Mexico ports.<

The U.S. dollar was higher against the pound sterling amid speculation the West Germans will tighten

TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE OF GLASS FIBER DEBUTSThe first fiber-optic communications cable linking

General Motors Corp. employees will receive profit sharing for the first time since 1985, but their

CANADIAN MAGAZINE OFFERS RESEARCH PRIZEPortus, the quarterly magazine published by Canada Po

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., principal operating arm of Sir Yue-kong Pao's diversified empire, maintained

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At a recent seminar attended by top Gulf Coast port officials, a speaker rose with stern face and se

Copper futures on the Commodity Exchange Inc. fell sharply Tuesday on what analysts described as ove

INGERSOLL UNIT FORMS USSR PLASTICS GROUPROCKFORD, Ill. - Ingersoll Engineers Inc. said it ha

Some 4,000 corporate chiefs gathered here Tuesday in their largest demonstration of European solidar

The United States has decided, for now, against totally lifting controls on exports to any of its No

A national game plan that would call plays for the U.S. port industry is unnecessary at best and Big

Persian Gulf Arab leaders, preparing for a summit to cement a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq, have

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Indonesia is planning two large refineries that it hopes will propel the country into the big league

The antitrust lawsuit brought against the insurance industry likely will result in broad changes in

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER OF NEW YORK INC. (New York) - Douglas Fay was named vice president and regiona

The family that lost a state Supreme Court decision in their clergy malpractice lawsuit stemming fro

Finding a way of advertising its Alka-Seltzer tablets Europe-wide proved a headache for the West Ger

IBM Corp. and Siemens announced plans Tuesday for a series of joint telecommunications products for

A private Argentine steamship line plans to enter the trade between South America and the West Coast

The Environmental Protection Agency and the states are not enforcing water pollution regulations aga

Recycled waste plastics volume is projected to grow from 2 billion pounds in 1988, representing abou

The United Mine Workers of America Tuesday repeated a three-week-old threat to strike Pittston Co.,

Dec. 13, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

China is upgrading its airlines with more purchases from the United States and Europe, the official

The Port of Sacramento celebrated the beginning of a five-year, $45 million project to deepen its 46

The automation of commerce has taken on a momentum that is almost unstoppable. But even the

TradeNet, an electronic data network for cargo documentation, will go live next month with 52 shippi

OFFSHORE MARINE UNIT PICKS ALARIO AS PRESIDENTThe Offshore Marine Service Association, or OM

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First Interstate Bank of Texas, Houston, is seeking Maritime Administration approval to sell two dec

A United Parcel Service DC-8 flew more than 42 tons of West German medical supplies into Armenia las