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JAPANESE TRADING FIRM BUYS US BEEF COMPANYJapan's Farmland Trade Co., Yakima, Wash., has pur

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

The European Community said Friday it had made progress on "complicated" measures aimed at transform

Electronic communications networks are headed for another round of price cutting. They're ma

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MERIDIAN OIL INC. (Houston) - L. Edward Parker was named vice president, marketing, effective Aug. 1

NORTHROP WINS PACT FOR BOEING FUSELAGESNorthrop Corp. was awarded a $730 million contract fr

Steve Wozniak, who won fame and riches by co-founding Apple Computer Inc., has put his latest high-t

This staunchly anti-communist island seems unlikely to rush into opportunities for direct shipping t

A Sea-Land Service Inc. containership that had run aground in San Juan harbor Thursday morning retur

Only two companies so far have expressed support for a rule change proposed by the Federal Maritime

1197 (July 29, 1988) Previous day - 1197 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

PANEL TO CONSIDER MARAD, FMC FUNDINGA $15 billion appropriations bill for various government

GEORGE BUSH NEEDS A BAKER PLAN. He needs it badly, and he needs it now. Fortunately for the

Boston Edison Co. received bids from six firms to rebuild an abandoned generating plant, even though

Airlines sell a very perishable commodity. You can't sell cargo space or a seat once the pla

A partial truce has been declared in France's computer trade fair war with theagreement to hold one

Sergei Petukhov works in the depths of Paveletskiy train station, listening to the sounds of his suc

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

RAIL TRAFFIC, EARNINGS RISE CONFIRMED BY ICCWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission

For the week ended July 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

DEUTSCHE BANK MAY BUILD OWN US DEALERNEW YORK - After a casual round of shopping to try to b

Showered with aid for nearly 40 years, Italy's backward south remains steeped in depression and disa

The president's cabinet-level Economic Policy Council has decided not to retaliate now against four

Bankrupt Scindia Steam Navigation Co. has commissioned a study on resumption of services by its 14 v

NERCO EARNINGS FELL DURING SECOND QUARTERPORTLAND, Ore. - Nerco Inc. reported lower earnings

Drug smugglers are discovering something legitimate exporters have known for a long time: commercial

JAPAN, NETHERLANDS FACE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIESThe International Trade Commission cleared the wa

TRADE GROUP STUDIES SALES IN ARGENTINAThe trade group whose complaint led to government plan

Several senators met with state insurance commissioners from Ohio and Illinois to voice concern and

The insurance industry plans to spend a record $43 million in an effort to pass its insurance initia

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY OPERATING INCOME FALLSHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Friday r

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded 10 spot coal contracts in late July, a sharp increas

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

Commodity Exchange Inc. launched a high-grade copper futures contract on Friday in response to what

The United States and China have signed a first governmental pact to promote cooperation in the fiel

PEMEX TO HIKE EXPORTS OF OLMECA CRUDEMexico will increase exports of its new Olmeca crude oi

PEARSON SELLS UNIT TO AMERADA HESSPearson PLC, the British conglomerate which publishes the<

Creating computers that think like people may be the only way to avoid drowning in a sea of data.

Chinese workers have struck at least 21 times since 1986 in Shenzhen, a special economic zone, and m