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Container movements are up and a hoped-for surge in breakbulk forest products shipments through Fern

In the story Quantum Raises Glycerine Prices, Nov. 25, page 9B, the grade of chemical on which Quant

It will be the conference heard round the world - by computers, that is. In a major breakthr

Pakhoed, the Dutch storage and shipping group, said it expects 1988 earnings to rise by 50 percent,

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel ran counter to normal seasonal trends, as supplies of gasol

IRAQ OFFERS DISCOUNT ON CRUDE TO JAPANIraq has offered Japanese oil companies discounts for

In Zaire, where telephones serve as paperweights and a dial tone is cause for celebration, the walki

PPG Industries' coatings and resins group in Pittsburgh is purchasing the automotive refinishes busi

A Lockport, Ill., computer software company is preparing to take advantage of a special funding arra

Case Co. has reorganized its operations into five divisions with the hope that it will pick up the p

IMF TO CONTINUE POLICY ON LENDING LIMITSWASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund will co

INSURERS LIKE DC VOTE TO AMEND AIDS LAWThe American Council of Life Insurance applauded the

A meeting scheduled for today stands a 50-50 chance of forging a new agreement to carve up the frei

The historic steamer SS Clipper is taking Chicagoans on a trip down memory lane while floating peace

The principal antagonists in global trade negotiations drew battle lines more firmly on Wednesday, c

U.S. banks and insurance companies were delighted two years ago when services were added to the agen

The U.S. business community has mixed expectations on the prospects for significant progress at next

President-elect Bush promised a delegation of environmentalists Wednesday that they would have acces

Foreign shipping lines should play the key role in upgrading ports and terminals in the Philippines

Senegal is not out of the woods yet, but the government has effectively implemented a series of adju

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

AT&T PROPOSES INFORMATION SERVICEAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. is proposing to start a

* Trading With Senegal 4A * Thomas Naylor - Power Sharing Risky for USSR 8A* Tom Connors - W

Private shipyards are pushing the federal commission studying possible military base closures to tar

MELLON BANK CORP. (Pittsburgh) - Lawrence S. Kash was named president and chief executive of Mellon

Wed. Nov. 30, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Spurred by broad government backing and an expansion of steamship services, Indian exports to the Un

BFGOODRICH SELLS INTEREST IN POLICYDAKRON, Ohio - BFGoodrich Co. announced that it has sold

Lockheed Corp. is deep into discussions with a second European airframe manufacturer for a collabora

Eastman Kodak Co. must install pollution controls on much of its equipment before the state will app

TRASATLANTICA TO BEGIN S. ATLANTIC OPERATIONCHARLESTON, S.C. - Compania Trasatlantica Espano

Meehan Seaway Services Inc. renewed its efforts to operate the Port ofBaltimore's embattled containe

HALLIBURTON COMBINES GEOPHYSICAL SERVICESHalliburton Co. Wednesday announced the consolidati

In a periodic update report that shot through financial markets, Federal Reserve district banks repo

The passage of Proposition 103 in California produced no winners but the wisdom imparted from the vo

A small number of claims account for more than half of the money paid under liability insurance poli

President Roh Tae-Woo said Wednesday that South Korea must increase imports to defuse conflict with

Taconite shipments from Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range are predicted to top 40 million tons by the en

Brazil registered a record 49.5 percent discount on its debt paper at the first round of a debt-for-

California's Proposition 103, a drastic initiative that would force car insurers to slash their prem