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THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY will have a supporter in Sen. Donald Riegle Jr., D- Mich., if he takes over t

JARDINE EMETT ACQUIRES SCHAUSEIL INSURANCEJardine Emett & Chandler Inc. acquired Schauseil I

Union des Transports Aeriens has just announced healthy profit projections for this year in a clear

Japan Air Lines has begun using, and will soon market, a new super ice for the shipment of perishabl

Two major West German insurers, Aachener und Muenchener AG and Allianz AG, recently announced cooper

Consumer prices in the industrial countries rose an average of 0.6 percent in September, their sharp

United Parcel Service Inc. has begun an air raid on Asia, featuring a bid to become the premier deli

State and local government reliance on federal aid last year sank to its lowest level in more than 2

President-elect George Bush will face an extremely difficult task in choosing a replacement for Mike

The chairman of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress has voiced concerns about how the economic

The rate of British inflation jumped to 6.4 percent in October, its highest in more than three years

New overseas investment in local manufacturing grew 8 percent last year from 1986 to just over HK$21

The West German gross national product will grow 2.5 percent in 1989, according to a report released

Canada's inflation rate, measured by the seasonally adjusted consumer price index, rose to 4.2 perce

George Bush is prepared to do what is necessary as president to tackle the federal budget deficit, H

* Trade in Services on ITC December Calendar 4A * JofC Industrial Price Index: Plywood 8A* K

UNITED NATIONS - Many U.N. professional staffers receive generous bonuses from their homelands becau

Two stories about the withdrawal of Yangming Marine Transport Corp. from the Port of Houston, which

California, the nation's leading high-technology state, is finally doing something to translate its

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

Wending his way through enough air cargo to fill six 747 freighters, Dave Rystrom sighs. The

The sharp rise in secondhand ship prices over the past couple of years has brought demolition activi

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RATIFY PAN AM PACTNEW YORK - Pan American World Airways flight attendants

Its finances eroded by losses, Eastern Air Lines Inc. has disclosed that it again is close to techni

An unofficial envoy from South Korea is making strenuous efforts to regain rights for Korean Air to

Two shipping conferences say they will impose congestion surcharges at Bombaybecause of long

Highland Participants PLC, the U.K. company that is investing heavily in ports, ship repair faciliti

The Boeing Co., largest employer in the Pacific Northwest, intends to increase commercial aircraft p

The Federal Maritime Commission has turned to a U.S. district court in New York to collect $335,000

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There aren't many women who rise as high in the transportation industry as Betty Jean Wimer has at R

BIG CHANGES ARE IN STORE for Mallinckrodt Inc.'s corporate transportation department, come the first

LEASEWAY TO SELL AUTO CARRIAGE UNITCLEVELAND - As part of its restructuring, Leaseway Transp

The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked a proposed tariff by a Kentucky truck line that would hav

IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT is what officials of the New York Mercantile Exchange and Commodity

The only remaining Class I railroads in the nation without crew-consist agreements with the United T

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Brazil is cutting its list of prohibited imports in half, but some 1,250 items, led by automobiles,

The Port of Portland said it posted a record month for non-grain bulk cargoes in September.