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The volume of cargo handled by ports in Great Britain reached a record 456 million metric tons last

To keep pace with rapidly growing maritime and intermodal traffic, Singapore is planning a big expan

AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKES ANCHORED SHIP IN VA.NORFOLK, Va. - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraf

Innovation often springs from adversity, which is one reason why the Georgia Ports Authority tried s

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Final government approval has been given to the World Bank-aided Nhava Sheva port project near Bomba

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

Primerica Inc. and Commercial Credit Group Inc., two leading financial services companies, announce

Banca Commerciale Italiana Monday withdrew its friendly takeover offer for Irving Bank Corp. of New

Early this year a few, but only a few, economists predicted the boom that presently engulfs the U.S.

FIRST BOSTON DISCUSSES CREDIT SUISSE BUY-OUTNEW YORK - First Boston Inc. confirmed Monday it

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

CREDIT INTERNATIONAL BANK (Washington) - Owen J. Erickson was named president and chief executive of

Mon., Aug. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. food prices could go even higher unless the Agriculture Department stops subsidizing wheat sale

Having spent the winter supporting the U.S. dollar, the Group of 7 major industrial nations' central

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FALCONBRIDGE STRIKE SETTLED AT SUDBURYTORONTO - Canada's Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers unio

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

The Mexican government has announced it will shut off imports of U.S. chicken, which have forced dow

Delegates to a regional anti-apartheid conference here Monday warned that action will be taken again

U.K. firms' manufacturing output will continue to grow strongly despite a leveling-off in demand, ac

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W. GERMANY POSTPONES AIR SHOWS AFTER CRASHFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German Defense Mini

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qIn a move that could shift the center of maritime power in the Pacific Northwest, the Puyallup Indi

The U.S. Postal Service has dealt the cards in a high-stakes poker game over the contract for airlin

At least five more years of economic adjustment efforts will be necessary before the level of Japan'

Horses are big business in Kentucky, but that business wouldn't be nearly so big without the partici

A House Small Business subcommittee, bearing down on the issue of medical waste disposal, has ordere

Tired of that dead-end job? Looking for a little excitement? Perhaps you're interested in an

Canadians could stream to the polls in mid-November, shortly after the U.S. presidential vote on Nov

Ocean carriers are lowering tariffs on containers by sidestepping dock union rules for handling the

Graduates of the nation's maritime academies, long forced to settle for work on land, are suddenly i

W.R. Grace & Co. announced that the European Technical Products division of subsidiary Grace Special

W.R. Grace & Co. and IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. announced that they are negotiating the sale of the 5

A biological shield for plants that protects against commonly used weed killers, a longtime dream of

Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the main entrance of a Kemira Oy plant on Friday to prote

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August 29, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon