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For August 1988 vs. August 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortAugust

Strong international banking, cultural and transportation ties are the key reasons South Florida por

Wide trousers, lower hemlines and new ethnic themes heralding casual sophistication will dominate th

Mon., Oct. 17, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

It had to happen sooner or later. Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika have brou

'Tis the season for container shortages. To address that problem, Containair Systems Corp. of Spring

ALL IN THE FAMILY is one of the best ways to describe rail industry use of EDI. In many ways

NEW SYSTEM UPGRADES HAND-HELD COMPUTERSCLEARWATER, Fla. - Micro Palm Computers has released

Heavy truck sales came roaring out of the pits in September after a one-month pause to repair defect

Burlington Northern Inc. reported third quarter 1988 net income of $120 million, or $1.60 a share, o

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Having peaked at $10.46 a bushel in June, November soybean futures were volatile in late summer and

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

If it truly is a wise child who knows his father, then the periodic identity crises of the Little Dr

Airbus Industrie hopes current negotiations with leading American aircraft manufacturers will result

U.S. airlines recorded unexpectedly strong passenger traffic in September, leading some on Wall Stre

The U.S. appetite for foreign chemicals continued to rise in August, pushing imports up nearly a fou

Tampa Electric Co., a unit of Teco Energy, said its retail electricity sales for the third quarter w

Oil prices continued to recover on news that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries might

Fill 'er up" may take on a whole new meaning if a partnership between Amoco Corp. and Dunkin Donuts

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 10/15/88** Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 10/15/88**Refle

Atlantic Container Line is spending more than $10 million on new containers and chassis, the shippin

Proponents of the worker-safety ballot initiative, Proposition 97, are making misleading claims that

BANK OF FRANCE LIKELY TO RAISE RATE TODAYPARIS - The Bank of France is likely to raise its i

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

The U.S. Treasury said Monday it was ready to make an emergency loan of up to $3.5 billion to Mexico

A senior U.S. trade official Monday questioned the commitment of the European Community to the curre

Electronic data interchange is disrupting the normal trade environment, according to William von Raa

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

Contract talks have passed the one-year milestone at Eastern Air Lines. It opened negotiations with

MARYLAND SHIP BEGINS NEW CONTAINER SERVICENORFOLK, Va. - Maryland Ship Inc. has begun a new,

Sea-Land Service Inc. used a foreign-flag vessel to move a container-handling crane from Long Beach,

Negotiations between Port of Baltimore and labor officials on the operation of the embattled Seagirt

The real heroes of the chemical industry are not the financial officers who helped to turn chemical

The number of working oil and gas rigs last week jumped by 11 to total 925, industry watcher Baker H

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a two-year fleet test of heavy truck

Every week, executives at Itel Corp. monitor the stock prices of companies they're interested in acq

The ability to offer complete services to the end-user is crucial to the success of U.S. constructio