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With Thailand's trade soaring, carriers and shippers are undertaking their own expansion projects to

A co-owner of the idled Peach Bottom nuclear plant is suing Philadelphia Electric Co., claiming mis

CHALLENGE AIR CARGO LEASES ANSETT PLANEGREENWICH, Conn. - Challenge Air Cargo of Miami has l

Teamsters truck drivers who haul new cars from plants and ports to dealerships nationwide overwhelmi

Gasoline inventories decreased and distillate supplies increased last week, according to the latest

July 27, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Lawyers for two railroads each told the Interstate Commerce Commission Wednesday that their companie

Union Texas Petroleum Co., Houston, and Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, were participants i

ASHLAND OIL INC. (Ashland, Ky.) - Robert H. Compton was elected administrative vice president.

About 70 temporary workers were on strike Wednesday at the Taichung harbor in central Taiwan to dema

MSAS CARGO INTERNATIONAL (Burlingame, Calif.) - Roger W. Lowther was named vice president, operation

The cost of moving a container of cargo these days through the North Atlantic's top three ports can

One of the seven ocean freight consolidators seeking $25 million from ocean carriers and their assoc

NET INCOME INCREASE POSTED AT USLIFE CORP.USLife Corp. reported Wednesday that operating inc

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America has begun a program to channel heart, kidney and liver trans

James B. Farley was named president, chief operating officer and a trustee of MONY Financial Service

Manville Corp. said Tuesday that it has reached agreement with five additional insurers, settling Ma

NJ POOL CONFIRMS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGETRENTON, N.J. - As reported in Wednesday's Journa

A new medical malpractice insurance facility expects to write insurance for about 250 Florida physic

The insurance industry in Washington State agrees that a federal fund is the best way to provide ext

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. said Tuesday it will take a $45.1 million charge against second-quarter ea

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in its annual report released Wednesday that it was committed t

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

The Japanese are breaking with a tradition of frugality to bring some luxury into their lives - big

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday, plunging well over 1 percent following disappointing figures

Major U.S. corporations are beginning to hedge their foreign currency- denominate d income streams,

Japan cleared the way for a major tax cut Wednesday, which economists say should put the country in

Three out of four Americans who took a geographic literacy test couldn't locate the Persian Gulf, mo

Nearly a fifth of China's state firms are permanent money losers and should be merged with stronger

JAPAN SEEKS TALKS WITH EC ON DUTIESThe Japanese government sought bilateral talks with the E

FOREIGN OUTLAYS TOTAL $85 MILLION IN ZHEJIANGHANGZHOU, China - Zhejiang province in eastern

In a story on Page 4A in Wednesday's edition headlined Porsche Aims to Regain Image of Exclusivity,

Massachusetts state troopers will soon start carrying Sig/Sauer semiautomatic pistols obtained in a

General Motors Corp. is holding talks with Taiwan's largest automaker, Yue Loong Motor Co., on a coo

Hong Kong's export-led economy is wrestling with its own success as an unprecedented labor shortage

Traditional Exports Jute goods, ready-made garments, frozen seafood, frogs' legs, leather an

The government of Bangladesh is making an all out effort to attract foreign companies to an export p

Small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses that wish to import from Africa should set up joint manufact

PAYMENTS SURPLUS RISES IN S. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korea had a surplus of $6.06 bi

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB