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KUWAIT CONSIDERING DE-FLAGGING TANKERSA Kuwaiti cabinet minister indicated Tuesday that his

When the Thoroughbred Topper sailed into Port Sudan in May 1985, the U.S. vessel's operators learned

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CMX Trucking Inc. is opening terminals in Washington and California that willserve the ports

Do U.S. Food for Peace transportation systems result in famine relief for the many? Or excess profit

World economic growth is likely to continue as long as the incoming U.S. administration can gain the

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

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL TO DEMUTUALIZENorthwestern National Life Insurance Co. shareholders an

Tighter regulations on export licenses from China will be introduced next year to combat smuggling,

NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC NAMES ROWE PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVENew England Electric System, Westb

* Richard Holbrooke - Two Similar Paths to Reform 12A * H. Erich Heinemann - Antitrust Laxit

This week's talks by members of the General Agreement on Tariffs in Montreal are unlikely to result

W. Larry Costley avidly follows comic book heroes. Not so much their adventures, but their distribut

The 12-member countries of the Cocoa Producers' Alliance have been advised to set up cocoa-based ind

Port Everglades Authority officials are expecting a new distribution operation at the port's foreign

The proliferation of Japanese restaurants in the New York metropolitan area is fueling demand for a

AIR CARGO VOLUME CONTINUES TO SOARAir cargo volume continued to climb at an overall rate of

The Maryland Port Commission rejected a revised labor package for the Port of Baltimore's new contai

Routes, schedules and even cab interiors will have to be redesigned to accommodate the massive influ

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U.S. two-way trade with Arab nations is expected to rise for the second year in a row, to $28 billio

The top economic adviser to President-elect Bush said the economy can continue growing at about a 3

Efforts to smash China's once-sacrosanct iron-rice bowl system of lifetime employment are taking off

Former Alaska Gov. Walter J. Hickel Tuesday asked Japanese officials for a promise to purchase at le

Trade negotiations stalled here Tuesday as U.S. officials sought to link their approval in certain s

LONDON - BEWARE 1992, UNITED STATES electronic data interchange users. Europe's plans for li

Japan should increase its yen-denominated trade to take on a heavier burden in adjusting world trade

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader revealed that the motives behind California's insurance revolt include

KEY FINANCE OFFICIALS TO MEET IN PARISPARIS - Key financial officials of the major industria

Cocoa producers haven't turned back the tide of lower prices despite recentrallies because t

DOE AWARDS CONTRACT TO STONE & WEBSTERThe U.S. Department of Energy awarded Stone & Webster

COMPETITION VIOLATIONS COST BRITISH COMPANYBRUSSELS, Belgium - The EC Commission announced T

The president and chief executive of The Flying Tiger Line Inc. is James A Cronin. His first name wa

After last month's virus outbreaks, computer network users checked the cupboard to see what kind of

Trafalgar House PLC, parent company of the U.K. shipping line Cunard Ellerman, is considering droppi

Texas oilman Robert Mosbacher was named secretary of commerce, and Carla Hills was designated as U.S

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Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

You know you are getting old when a member of the president's cabinet calls you sir. Well, J

MCWHORTER HIKES COATING RESINSCARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. - McWhorter Inc. announced a general but