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Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., chalked up another small victory for U.S. maritime companies in he

Port commissioners approved funds for soil and wildlife studies for a $6.5 million project to create

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The Interstate Commerce Commission's investigation into Trailer Train Co.'s request for an extension

CSX, UTU WORKING ON BRANCH LINE ISSUEOfficials of CSX Rail Transport and the United Transpor

The Boeing Co. says it isn't particularly worried about competition from a Japanese joint venture or

W. GERMANY PLEDGES AID FOR POOREST NATIONSBERLIN - West Germany will contribute 1.7 billion

The increasing problem of debtor country arrears might make the International Monetary Fund, and pos

Fri., Sept. 23, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Brazil's $82 billion compromise debt agreement with creditor banks is a major step forward in Third

With noticeable price declines in miscellaneous commodities, The Journal of Commerce Industrial Pric

US MEAT CONSUMPTION TO DECLINE IN 1989WASHINGTON - For the first time in seven years, U.S. p

As the days wind down to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sept. 30 quarterly hogs and pigs repor

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year9/23 9/22 Chan

GERALD COMMODITIES INC. (Chicago) - Robert Howe was named executive vice president of the commodity

Optimism expressed by leading delegates at the start of two weeks of International Coffee Organizati

Trade experts are urging U.S. businesses to exercise extreme caution in entering the Soviet market d

Lapp reindeer herdsmen in villages, worst hit by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, have discarded

The Soviet Communist Party's ruling Politburo has approved proposals for boosting food supply, consu

The Canadian Consulate General in Seattle announced the following senior officer appointments:

Colgate-Palmolive Co. said it is reorganizing its $1.5 billion European operations to compete more e

COURT BACKS GERMANY IN CHEESE DISPUTEThe European Court of Justice ruled Thursday against th

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

Many people who trade on the freight futures market feel that the market could ratchet sharply upwar

About a third of the 338 ships in the French merchant fleet fly foreign flags, according to the week

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. has asked a federal appeals court to void the sale of the South

It's not likely to knock The Lives of John Lennon or Trump off the best-seller lists, but a guide to

Hoping to hasten the day when commercial jetliners will be built entirely in Japan, the Japanese aer

Trade between the United States and West Africa is slowly picking up, say officials of Barber West A

Compared with the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in July, last week's blowout on the Ocean Odyssey rig

Orders for big ticket" durable goods soared 6.0 percent in August on the strength of big jumps in th

Apex Resources Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., revamped its plan to sell six ships and subsidy contracts f

Much about Wall Street is research-driven: stocks recommended by brokers to institutional and retail

The textile bill that passed the House on Friday looms as a campaign issue in the days ahead as Demo

Financial analysts on the sell side at brokerage houses must walk a tight line between objectivity a

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

PRICES INCREASED BY AIR PRODUCTSALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will increase

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Tell any Londoner that tourism could soon be on the rise in dreary Dagenham, a grim industrial subur