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After a two-year freeze of its transit tolls for most commercial ships, the Suez Canal Authority ann

Waterman Marine Corp. has signed a definitive agreement with International Shipholding Corp. to sell

Six states have adopted laws requiring that recycling codes be stamped on plastic bottles, and two o

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

Liberalization of the European Community market in 1992 will create new opportunities for insurance

FEELING WEDGED BETWEEN A ROCK and a hard place may best describe the emotions of U.S. and Soviet agr

Soviet lawmakers meeting Thursday to adopt 1989 budget for the first time admitted that the country

DEREGULATION, INFLATION TARGET OF SWEDISH BILLSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - The government presented a

Seven foreign-backed hotel ventures are among more than 100 large projects canceled by Chinese offic

General Motors Corp. today reported its third-quarter earnings rose to $859.2 million, an industry r

The annual tug-of-war over coking coal contract prices is getting under way between U.S. exporters a

The Federal Maritime Commission has offered additional guidance on its proposed rules for using the

The U.S. Department of Energy's obscure Economic Regulatory Administration will go out of business o

From Vision to Payoff: Breakthroughs to Growth, 20th Annual Information Industry Association convent

100,000 RAIL WORKERS FACE TESTING FOR DRUGSSALT LAKE CITY - The Federal Railroad Administrat

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A Belgian shipping company trading between Mexico and the Indian subcontinent is expanding its servi

The headline of a story on Page 3B of the Oct. 26 edition of The Journal of Commerce should have sta

PEUGEOT MOTORS SHIFTS EAST COAST ENTRY PORTPeugeot Motors of America has chosen the Narragan

President Reagan said Thursday the United States has no choice but to tear down the nearly complete

Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, his political future at stake, defended himself on Thursd

INDONESIA TO ALLOW MORE FOREIGN BANKSJAKARTA, Indonesia - For the first time in 20 years, In

Argentina is poised to receive a $1.25 billion aid package from the World Bank, according to interna

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Japanese citrus farmer Motomu Nakagawa has led a fight among Japanese farmers for 10 years against c

NORTHWEST TO CONVERT TWO PLANES TO COMBISNorthwest Airlines plans to convert a pair of 747-1

Eastern Air Lines' well publicized labor problems have played a very significant role in sapping its

It should be over. But it's not. After months of bureaucratic tug of war between the U.S. Cu

DIGITAL INTRODUCES NEW MINICOMPUTERSMARLBORO, Mass. - Digital Equipment Corp. has two new mi

The tire track insignia of the Port of Seattle could replace the giant British flag on the exterior

As expected, the Port Everglades Authority in Florida hired long-time employee Joel Alesi as executi

The Port of Los Angeles released what is generally believed to be the most intensive study ever done

IRANIAN FOUND GUILTY IN SMUGGLING CASEA federal jury found a 30-year-old Iranian guilty of p

One in six Americans lacks health insurance. Medical costs are skyrocketing. Spain and Singapore hav

Americans' personal income rose 0.5 percent in September, despite a drop in farm income, while spend

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

KIDDER, PEABODY & CO. (New York) - J. Matthews Conaty was named senior vice president and national s

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U.S. economic policy came under attack again this week during the 20th anniversary of an internation

Britain recorded its smallest monthly deficit on international trade in goods and services for nearl