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Ports are so happy with the flow of Automated Manifest Data from the U.S. Customs Service that they

Faced with trouble finding enough technical employees for its ambitious computer systems buildup ove

An initial shipment of 600 Brazilian-made Volkswagen Foxes to the Port of Brunswick recently rolled

A supporter of a ballot measure favoring the basing of the USS Missouri here says Mayor Art Agnos, a

SC Port Posts Record For Cargo HandlingBulk and breakbulk cargo volume at the Port of George

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SHAREHOLDING BANK SET UP IN FUJIAN, CHINAFUZHOU, China - A new commercial bank has opened in

Six years to the day after it filed for Chapter 11 protection, Manville Corp. announced that the dea

Global investors search feverishly for the best money-making deals. Similarly, investors generally s

Lloyd's of London, once considered a respectable and sound form of gambling for Britain's blue-blood

Guardian Royal Exchange, a major British insurer, Wednesday unveiled record profits in the first hal

A lawyer said Tuesday that Chubb Group, which is being sued over its rain insurance policies, has ag

TRAVELERS TO SELL UNIT TO LIBERTY MUTUALHARTFORD, Conn. - Travelers Corp. said it has signed

Washington Insurance Commissioner Richard Marquardt approved Batus Inc.'s takeover of Farmers Group

Maybe old dogs don't learn new tricks, but the M.A. Hanna Co. has quickly transformed itself from a

Ecuador's new Social Democratic government has announced a package of sweeping measures aimed at end

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MAGMA COPPER CO. (San Manuel, Ariz.) - J. Burgess Winter was named president and chief executive of

GERMAN COFFEE GROUP DEMANDS QUOTAS' ENDFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German Coffee Asso

The Japanese are investing heavily in the Australian beef industry because of their country's new po

Last year North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota produced 42 percent of the 527-million-bushel U.S

In its heyday as a business conglomerate, GenCorp was perhaps best known for tires, rocketry and bro

Japanese machine and metal industry employees earn about the same as their U.S. and West German coun

The number of new Japanese houses started in July fell for the first time in two years, but economis

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that Americans' real median family income rose 1.0 percent in

A big change could be coming in payroll merit increases as an intense period of corporate belt-tight

The Agriculture Department says there is some likelihood that farmers' net cash income in 1989 will

* Buying in Angola 4A * Jackson A. Baker - Reform Military Shipping 8A* Tom Connors - Washin

Reconciliation between the outlawed Solidarity union and the Polish government is essential if Polan

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE DELTA AIR WRECKAGEGRAPEVINE, Texas - Investigators are sifting through

Freight consolidators are jumping at the chance to use shipping containers supplied by steamship com

The only notable maritime-related legislation with a solid chance of enactment during the final days

Despite some signs of dwindling interest in China's offshore oil prospects, a consortium that includ

NOBODY WAS PREDICTING a port rate war would be the inevitable result of a controversial lease agreem

CF OCEAN SERVICE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Frank Hollesen was appointed director of freight consolidati

American Trading Transportation Co. asked the secretary of transportation to reverse a Maritime Admi

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. has contracted with Price Waterhouse in Washington to comp

Congestion at the Chinese port of Qingdao is causing delays of up to six weeks for vessels waiting t

Carnival Cruise Lines will pay about $550 million to acquire a majority stake in two other cruise op