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The U.S. Postal Service plans major changes in the way it awards $700 million in annual contracts fo

A bill that would require the collection of diesel fuel excise taxes upon the first sale of the fuel

Rail carloadings increased in June for the 17th-consecutive monthly increase over the same month of

The Soviet Union and China have agreed for the first time in their history toallow each othe

MONSANTO CO. SETS EARNINGS RECORDSST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. reported that its second quarter

The government on Monday ordered the closure of a pesticide plant in Tuscany where an explosion spew

In- cinerex Corp. announced that it successfully performed and passed the trial burn on its mobile h

The only medical malpractice insurance company in Kansas still taking on new doctors as policyholder

The retirement of Robert L. Hintz as chairman of Sea-Land Service Inc. came as no surprise.

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JAPAN'S ECONOMY SLOWED IN QUARTERTOKYO - Japan's economy is expected to resume expanding aft

Electronics exports from Hong Kong in the first five months of this year came to nearly HK$20 billio

U.S. and Mexican Customs officials have agreed to a 90-day test to ease border delays on routine car

Japan Line Ltd. and Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co., two of the largest Japanese shipping companie

The Port of Oakland has suffered what appears to be a major blow to its long- term development plans

PORT OF OAKLAND (Oakland, Calif.) - Richard C. Broderson was named chieffinancial officer, s

THE JAPANESE SHIPPING INDUSTRY'S RECENT TILT toward intermodalism isn't confined to the U.S. cargo m

In line with a downward spiral in shipping rates for wine and spirits shipments, the conference cove

Longshoremen from the South, meeting in Las Vegas this week, pledged to do whatever is necessary to

Australia will formally complain to an international trade group today that U.S. sugar import quotas

MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE (St. Paul, Minn.) - Christine DeWitt was named director, international market

Consumption and production of U.S. coal in 1988 will reach record levels for the second year in a ro

July 19, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Allied-Signal Aerospace Co. has received a contract worth more than $300 million to provide the auxi

South Korea is willing to consider low-interest loans to Iran and Iraq for reconstruction if they en

The Japanese, seeing the prospects of a more open market for citrus imports into their country, are

Crude oil sales by Indonesia earned US$1.45 billion in the first four months of this year, up just 3

Service station owners across the country are bracing for new federal regulations relating to liabil

The trucking industry is asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to change two tariff-filing proce

Three U.S. bank regulatory agencies are divided over whether to apply new international guidelines f

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The U.S. Customs Service named Dennis H. Murphy as district director, Norfolk, Va., effective Aug. 2

British insurance companies will be able to improve their efficiency and reduce their administrative

1189 (July 19, 1988) Previous day - 1178 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

Italy's Fiat Auto SpA has decided not to re-enter the U.S. market with its Fiat lineup but will see

This was not exactly what Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry had in mind in 1813 when he carried the flag

GRAIN EXPORTS RISE AT PORT OF DULUTHDULUTH, Minn. - Grain exports at the Port of Duluth-Supe

CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.) - Willard H. Scherrer Jr. was promoted to senior

The drought that is scorching crops in the United States also could jeopardize moves to reform farmi

PAYMENTS SURPLUS WIDENS IN PHILIPPINESMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines posted a balance