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As corporate America piles up debt in a binge of mergers and acquisitions, economists are cautioning

Deep divisions among member states continued to threaten the EuropeanCommission's plans to l

AS THE WEIGHT OF HIS VICTORY sank in for George Bush last week, we came to see another side of our n

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President Ronald Reagan will speak on trade Thursday before the National Chamber of Commerce Foundat

European luxury automakers are now looking downmarket, trying to lure first- time buyers by offering

The story headlined, Diaz to Quit Post at Ship Conference, which ran on page 1A in the Journal of Co

Chrysler Corp. Thursday named Gerald Greenwald as vice chairman of the No. 3 automaker, establishing

Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen will begin preparing the first Sino- Soviet summit in 30 years

The Baltic Freight Index of dry bulk freight rates continued on its recent upward path last week, cl

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Spain's national shipping line will charter more than a sixth of the container slots on the three hu

Britain's big general lines insurance companies are drawing up strategies for dealing with Propositi

Action by the British authorities to dampen consumer spending could contribute to slower world growt

Last week's elections moved the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri a step closer to finding a homeport.

The consumer-backed initiative that California voters approved in an attempt to roll back auto insur

OECD LIKELY TO RAISE 1988 GROWTH FORECASTSThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve

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

South Korea, already flush with cash from its growing trade surplus, fears a tidal wave of hot money

Douglas F. Wong began work as a newly appointed port commissioner for the Port of San Francisco last

Thu. Nov. 10, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Only 18 months after being named head of the colony's premier trading house, Jardine Matheson Holdin

Currency traders and economists predict the dollar will continue to weaken in the aftermath of U.S.

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

BANKERS TRUST CO. (New York) - Gerald Rosenfeld was named a managing director in charge of the new m

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Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

A new ethylene terminal on the Houston ship channel on the U.S. Gulf Coast is due to receive its fir

Dock charges at the Port of San Francisco will go up starting Jan. 1. The Port Commission un

The Chicago area trade development office of the Delaware River Port Authority relocated early this

The North Carolina State Ports Authority hired Temple, Barker & Sloane Inc. to conduct the first com

COMINCO, ALENCO TO REVAMP PLANTSPOKANE, Wash. - Cominco Fertilizers, a division of Cominco A

Matson Navigation Co. will shift its operations at the Port of Seattle from Harbor Island to the por

Leading maritime industry executives are considering how to recruit more personnel back into the pro

In the Nov. 8 edition of The Journal of Commerce, under the headline South Jersey Port Director Says

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, said they have found an inexpensive way to e

It is becoming increasingly obvious to the Southern California transportation community that polluti

Lockheed Corp. is cleaning chemically tainted groundwater beneath its plant here with a $4 million t

Essential oil and aroma chemical markets - like citrus oils - are moving up while others are moving