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Pilot Air Freight has more than a sporting interest in baseball. The company carries all equ

People who experience allergic reactions to pesticides even when properlyapplied according t

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in West Berlin will have a more European fla

Marchen Maersk, one of the world's largest containerships, calls at Charleston's Wando Terminal.

MOLEX INC. SETS CHINESE JOINT VENTUREMolex Inc. announced a joint venture in China and other

A lawsuit involving PIERS and the U.S. Customs Service has been dismissed without prejudice by the U

Australia on Tuesday told leaders of tiny Pacific island states concerned by the greenhouse effect t

Trimac Transportation System is expanding its bulk hauling transportation businesses with the purcha

The pending purchase of Southern Pacific Transportation Co. by Denver & Rio Grande Industries Inc. i

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

MINN. INSURER GETS NOD TO DEMUTUALIZEThe Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce has given Northw

Prices for Mexican paper continue to spurt, as traders who sold short in late August are still scram

Japanese firms are likely to step up their investments in the U.S. high- technology industry as they

Bureau. A show for office equipment buyers, wholesalers and manufacturers. Sept. 21-28. Heysel/Palai

INDIA'S JANATA PARTY MIGHT DE-FIZZ PEPSINEW DELHI, India - Pepsico Inc.'s deal with India ma

Occidental Chemical Corp. and Marubeni Corp. of Tokyo have set a joint venture agreement to construc

The European Community's vision of a unified internal market by 1992 has suffered a setback with the

After antifreeze in wine and radiation in salads, health-obsessed West Germany is in the grip of its

SOVIETS RUMORED TO BE BIG BUYER OF US CORNCHICAGO - The Soviet Union is rumored to have boug

Proposed federal drug test rules for truck drivers were generally embraced by trucking associations

State Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin will reject future auto insurance surcharges requested by

What a difference 13 years can make. In 1975 Thailand appeared likely to be the next falling

Sept. 20, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The bipartisan panel working on a cure for the nation's budget deficit will look at ways to cut grow

The chairman of the National Governors Association, Virginia Governor Gerald L. Baliles, told Congre

Japan will ban from export to Iran and Iraq three more chemicals that can be made into weapons, the

Tue., Sept. 20, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Permission is sought from the Maritime Administration to transfer one drilling unit and a cargo barg

1288 (Sept. 20, 1988) Previous day - 1289 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

Construction of ports in China, notorious for its maritime congestion, is said to be gaining momentu

Independent insurance agents are waiting for a judge to decide if they will have to pay unearned pre

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

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Ammon Baus and Wesley Simon were named vice presidents. Mr. B

The Senate was poised Monday to vote on passage of legislation needed to implement the U.S.-Canadian

Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Emulsion Polymers division has announced a price increase of 6 cents a dr

Spared a direct hit by Hurricane Gilbert, petrochemical plants on the Texas coast were resuming norm

EXECUTIVE VP NAMED BY NEW TRUCK COUNCILALEXANDRIA, Va. - Robert W. Dickey, a former official

Malcom McLean, the shipping magnate who ordered the 12 largest containerships ever built, recently t

A story that appeared Sept. 15 in The Journal of Commerce on page 1A under the headline, Longshore E

Air freight forwarders who operate their own planes won't be able to dominate international cargo ma