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The Coast Guard no longer requires ships to post formal instructions regarding lifesaving signals, h

John R. Arwood is finding that it may be easier to make money in the shipping business with a small

OPEC PRICE COMMITTEE TO MEET NEXT WEEKMANAMA, Bahrain - OPEC Secretary-General Subroto, who

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. will build its first commercial-scale manufacturing facility to produc

The Los Angeles area's economy, benefiting from a surge in exports, will grow nearly twice as fast a

The currency futures market is now as liquid as the interbank forward market, according to Randy Gil

Federal regulators have opened a safety investigation into alleged frame- cracking on more than 1.3

The death of a Port of Seattle electrician in an accident on a new container crane is prompting rene

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Kemper Group says its successor firm in Massachusetts' automobile lines can be a barometer to whethe

DUTCH YARDS TO BUILD SHIPS FOR SPLIETHOFF'SAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - After a 13-year hiatus,

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil says the $200 million worth of proposed

Prices for imports and exports rose 2.7 percent from March to June, roughly doubling their inflation

Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals were discharged into the air and water last year by some 200 C

Rising transportation costs virtually have driven Australian steam coal from the European market, an

CONTAINER TRACKING SYSTEMS. Effective Aug. 1, 1988, the Los Angeles District will require additional

If only through piggy-back operations, Brazilian citrus processors are confident their own access to

Doting grandparents and lonely businessmen separated from their families are among the buyers antici

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

Howard James Seifert, national chairman of the American Association of Exporters and Importers, died

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Just as any coin has two sides, so does the Carriers Container Council Inc. The question is:

Requests to the International Trade Commission for action against imports are expected to increase o

UAL CORP. EARNINGS UP 134 PERCENT FOR QUARTERCHICAGO - UAL Corp., parent of United Air Lines

A proposed redesign of an exit ramp may spare a number of air cargo firms and freight forwarders now

First, drug traffickers murdered the security chief of Avianca, Colombia's largest privately owned a

BELT'S WHARF WAREHOUSES INC. (Baltimore) - Scott A. Hunsicker was named vice president and general c

Barclays Bank PLC reported pretax profits for the first half of 1988 of 618 million ($1.1 billion),

A jury may reduce an auto accident victim's award to reflect how much the injuries were worsened by

A driver's risk of head injury is greatest in a small truck or van, according to the findings of new

The surprise decision of Thailand's longest-serving civilian prime minister not to head a new coalit

The United States' growing reliance on foreign oil and the ailing state of her energy industry are e

Mobil Chemical Co. will expand two plants to boost its orientedpolypropylene film capacity by 20 per

A federal export program is boosting sales of chicken to Japan, where retailers traditionally have b

WEST GERMANY POSTS STRONG TRADE SURPLUSBONN, West Germany - West Germany reported another st

USDA MAY IMPOSE NEW MEAT IMPORT RULEWASHINGTON - Foreign countries selling meat and poultry

Provincial Canadian governments could pay almost $830 million in crop insurance claims this year, ab

Robust economic growth has produced some regional worker shortages but has not sparked a serious U.S

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s retailing employees are ringing with rage. Impossible s

To meet the rapid growth at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the New York Telephone Co. has be