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The selection of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, as vice presidential running mate for Massachusetts Go

* William B. Reed - Relief for Shackled Utilities 8A * Richard Lawrence - Bees Sting Trade B

The European Shippers' Councils, angered by a proposed general rate increase by the Continental Cana

XTRA CORP. MAKING CHANGESBOSTON - XTRA Corp. is selling one division, keeping another, and e

In last Thursday's issue, Craig Dunlap's Inside Talk From the Southeast on Page 3B should have state

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS NET INCOME INCREASEMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. r

Shipping on the Great Lakes will suffer if water is diverted from the Lakes to the Mississippi River

Major interests concerned with restrictions on the carriage of steel imposed by South Korea seem sat

Tue., July 19, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Consumer prices jumped 19 percent in the past year, the government announced Tuesday, acknowledging

At $130 a pound, fabricated advanced polymer composites represent very expensive, high-performance m

A pension research organization suggested that pension managers may begin to move pension investment

The Insurance Services Office Inc. is trying to expand the amount of coverage provided for commercia

Demand and prices for Brazilian paper strengthened last week on evidence that Chase Manhattan Bank w

A British company has developed a diesel outboard motor that is said to offer outstanding fuel econ

Corporations must pay their fair share to help cut the federal budget deficit, Democrats say, but de

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