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JAPAN URGES US TO LIFT ELECTRONICS SANCTIONSMinister of International Trade and Industry Haj

An Exxon Corp. tanker sold for scrap earlier this month may be the first vessel owned by a major U.S

Canadians stream to the polls today in an election dominated by an emotion- charged debate on a pend

Major protection and indemnity clubs have begun asking their shipowning members for average premium

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

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

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

JUDGE RULES FUTURES LEGAL IN HONG KONGHONG KONG - Stock index futures contracts are legal in

A major Australian bank plans increased involvement in the country's shipping activities. Mo

U.S. banking giant Citicorp said a business slowdown had forced it to close a European and U.S.-base

* European Community trade ministries moved closer Friday to giving the ECCommission powers

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

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

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

Hercules Inc. will increase the market price of pentaerythritol 2 cents a pound, effective Dec. 1, 1

Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey said Friday that the state is moving to implement its new toxi

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

Increased passenger and cargo traffic have helped BAA PLC, operator of seven U.K. airports, to achie

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MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. (New York) - Alex W. Pete Hart was named president and chiefexecutive.

REGIONAL BLOCS 12th Annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean: Agribusiness in the Caribbean

The Federal Communications Commission took a major step last week toward making advanced telephone s

Weakened by lower plywood and crude oil prices, The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index on Fr

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s lawsuit over RJR Nabisco Inc. management's giant buy-out plan is o

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

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

Coastal Corp., Kerr-McGee Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. are planning a $104 million processing plant

Federal drug-testing regulations for merchant seamen are no more popular in their final form than wh

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America's new trade act renews rather than dilutes the U.S. commitment to a multilateral trading sys

Presidents-elect George Bush and Carlos Salinas de Gortari are scheduled to meet in Houston Tuesday

Roy Benjamin has a great idea for companies seeking ways to establish themselves in the great Chines

GTE Corp. projected that restructuring of its telephone operations will eliminate nearly 7,000 posit

The European Community reacted coolly at the weekend to an apparent shift in the U.S. position on wo

Few things the California Supreme Court does will arouse or affect the public as much as its action

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

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

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

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