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It might sound odd, but a nearly 10 percent decline in general cargo volume at the Port of Palm Beac

Improving South American trade and coal imports helped lift the Jacksonville Port Authority's fiscal

Rules that allow large industrial customers to obtain natural gas directlyfrom wellhead supp

President Raif Dizdarevic told government officials Friday that nationwide unrest threatens politica

French insurers registered an operating loss of 600 million francs (US$100 million) in the life sect

TORT REFORM LOBBYISTS CHALLENGE RAND STUDYThe American Tort Reform Association is challengin

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

The British government's privatization program resumes this week when the sale of the British Steel

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year10/28 10/27 Chan

IF EVER THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED, it was this month's 13th annual joint me

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., asked the General Accounting Office to probe the Commerce Department'

Whether at home in his dormitory room at St. Joseph's University or in the middle of a bargaining se

Henkel KGaA, the fourth-largest West German chemicals group, is aiming to become the European market

CHEM SYSTEMS INC. (Tarrytown, N.Y.) - Marshall E. Frank, a director of CSG, was elected president an

Paperless trading could prove to be one of the most effective means of improving the efficiency of E

INDONESIAN PRODUCER WILL SUPPLY BOEINGSEATTLE - Indonesia's major aircraft producer will bec

Oceans '88 Conference and Exposition. Baltimore Convention Center. Oct. 31- Nov. 2. Chaired by the U

US, SOVIETS TO SHARE NUCLEAR SAFETY DATAThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission signed an agr

COAST GUARD TO RENEW REQUEST FOR ICEBREAKERFor years the U.S. Coast Guard has wanted to buy

Experts couldn't explain the smoky mist that sometimes permeated a house inOrland Hills, Ill

MERRILL LYNCH & CO. (New York) - Paul W. Critchlow was named senior vice president for communication

Japan's current account surplus dipped 10.6 percent in September from a year earlier to $7.605 billi

Net new orders for U.S.-built machine tools continued to run sharply above the 1987 pace in Septembe

Contracting for new construction will fall 4 percent next year to a total of $241 billion, said Geor

Smaller biochemical and pharmaceutical firms may find significant opportunities for profit if they e

W.R. Grace & Co. plans a $10 million expansion of its construction market- oriented research and dev

Formosa Plastics Group of Taiwan is expected to announce today a definitive go-ahead on a 680,000 m

International airlines are taking steps to ensure they recoup fees owed for carrying overweight carg

E.T. was flown home last week - by Federal Express Corp. couriers. The overnight express com

Officials at St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. halted plans to sell the Northeastern freight line and will

Waterman Steamship Corp., New York City, is concerned that two ships the federal government reposses

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

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

Pilot service on the St. Lawrence River region between Montreal and Quebec City could be disrupted a

CORROON & BLACK POSTS LOWER NET INCOMECorroon & Black Corp. reported net income for the thir

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

KOREAN BANK TO HIKE IMPORT FINANCINGSEOUL, South Korea - Export-Import Bank of Korea loans f

In an effort to stir local business out of what many consider a dangerous complacency, an internatio

* The European Commission postponed to Wednesday this week its decision on a single European car mar

China's first annual Technology Export Fair produced about 40 contracts with a total value of some $