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High inflation and interest rates, along with a normal downturn in the world's economic cycle, could

A federal judge has restored the jobs and wage levels held by at least 1,200 unionized tugboat worke

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. was misidentified in a Nov. 14 Journal of Commerce story about the c

A federal mediator will resolve a jurisdictional dispute at Baltimore's new container rail terminal,

Nov. 15, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. government and the biotechnology industry are joining forces, albeit somewhat tentatively,

American Breeders Service, a unit of W.R. Grace & Co., opened a new cloning research lab here.

Allied-Signal Inc. of Elizabeth, N.J., has agreed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to e

The three-week meeting to review the United Nations Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences is expecte

LYNN NAMED PRESIDENT OF WOOLWORTH US UNITRobert G. Lynn was named president and chief execut

Keep off of my turf. That's the message information industry members want to send to governm

Insurance executives speaking at the American Council of Life Insurance meeting here believe that th

WORKER RIGHTS ABUSES IN SIX NATIONS PROBEDA U.S. interagency panel opened an investigation T

A division of the USLife Insurance Co. has begun moving its 450 employeesfrom New York to a

HAVANA FIRE DISRUPTS CUBAN PHONE SERVICEA telephone service fire in Havana over the weekend

Waterman Steamship Corp. hopes that the secretary of transportation will help relieve its dispute wi

In an initial move toward the merger of Waterman Marine Corp. and Central Gulf Lines, the companies

George Bush's presidential victory and continuing indications that both the United States and Soviet

Coffee-producing nations have run into disputes with consuming countries in talks aimed at reaching

In an ongoing effort to combat intense overcrowding, the Chicago Board of Trade will revamp its cram

Unisys Corp. has been fined $810,000 for overcharging the Army $250,000 on a contract during 1985 an

The slide in the U.S. share of world coal exports that began in 1982 and has continued relatively un

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

Although federal officials announced a comprehensive drug testing program this week for four million

The United States and its European trading partners today embark on four days of intensive talks on

U.S. trade negotiators will ask for a two-year freeze on farm subsidies during next month's multilat

First International Expo on Patents, High Technology & New Products. Nov. 18-23. Sponsored by the Pa

With container volume rising again, the Port of Tacoma expects next year's profits to continue to ri

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL) this month has introduced the first of its three new containerships

TRADE CLUB TO HONOR GRANCOLOMBIANA AGENTThe World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans today wi

The race is on as forklifts on Monday tore across the tarmac loading cartons of new Beaujolais wine

A Seattle port commissioner, asked by his colleagues not to represent the Port of Seattle, appeared

IBM MAKES ADVANCES IN LOCAL AREA NETWORKInternational Business Machines Corp. has upgraded i

The American Petroleum Institute, alarmed by trends that have developed in the domestic oil industry

Bang & Olufsen, a Danish maker of fashionable sound and vision products, offers proof that a small c

A state appeals court set a January hearing in a lawsuit accusing Louisiana Insurance Commissioner D

ROADWAY SERVICES INC. (Akron, Ohio) - Michael W. Wickham was named vice president, administration an

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WHITE CASTLE EXPANDS MALAYSIAN OPERATIONSCOLUMBUS, Ohio - White Castle System Inc. said it h