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Computerizing Fleet Management, one-day seminar sponsored by Runzheimer International, July 21. Wood

Britain's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 8.4 percent in Junefrom 8.6 percen

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. has withdrawn its application for a permit to dump up to 405,000 wet t

Ontario Hydro received its first shipment of Western U.S. coal from the Powder River Basin, accordin

American President Cos. reported reduced second quarter earnings of $14.7 million compared with $20.

A U.S. sports development company that helps put on the Olympics is setting its sights on the Soviet

AUSTRALIA STARTS DRIVE TO LURE US INVESTMENTSYDNEY, Australia - The Australian government ha

Even though the omnibus trade bill doesn't say anything about insurance, it contains several provisi

EC COURT SCRAPS LAW COVERING PASTA IMPORTSThe European Community Court of Justice Thursday s

The adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach already form the West Coast's largest port complex,

Lower tax rates and improved operating performance bolstered Federal Express Corp.'s bottom line dur

Thu., July 14, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Some two years after opening its first industrial investment office in the United States, the Bahama

The plastics industry struck back at its environmentalist opponents in New York Thursday. It filed s

Ports, Waterways, Intermodal Terminals and International Trade Transportation Issues. Seattle, Wash.

The latest clash between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf has renewed fears among shippin

Taiwan has temporarily stopped buying U.S. precious metals after Washington described the purchases

Taiwanese businessmen are poised to exploit cheap Chinese labor after Taipei's relaxation of rigid e

A team from financially strapped Coleco Industries Inc. is expected in Hong Kong next week for talks

Ask just about any executive who regularly travels overseas, and he will confirm that Asian hotels a

The Flying Tiger Line Inc. complained to the the U.S. Department of Transportation that the Japanese

The director of San Francisco International Airport has opposed a call for construction of additiona

EMERY WINS CONTRACT TO CARRY IBM FREIGHTARMONK, N.Y. - Emery Air Freight Corp. recently won

INVENTOR WILL MARKET ERGONOMIC KEYBOARDSAN JOSE, Calif. - Tony Hodges, the Palo Alto, Calif.

In a bid to cut transit time to the East Coast and boost volume, one of Japan's largest steamship li

AN IMPORTANT SKIRMISH over economic and political goals took place this week, a small dispute that w

Harland & Wolff, the Belfast, Northern Ireland-based shipyard, reduced its 1987-88 deficit by 65 per

The Brazilian national steel company, Siderbras, apparently chose price over politics and ordered a

July 14, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Thursday on the increase in the prime rate to 9.5 percent from 9 perce

A senior official with the cattle council of Australia Thursday expressed strong concern over news t

A flurry of trade and economic reports Thursday from some major U.S. trading partners indicate they

Retail sales, boosted by strong auto sales and hot weather-related buying at department stores, rose

Nearly 400 corporate executives who were asked to compare 31 cities as places to do business listed

The U.S. economy, which has expanded through the last five and a half years, is far from running out

* Customs Update 4A * Susan Aaronson - Crybaby Capitalism 8A* Carl P. Leubsdorf - Echoes of

Banks moved quickly Thursday to raise their prime lending rates to catch up with recent increases in

LINDE WINS CONTRACT FOR SEPARATION PLANTDANBURY, Conn. - The Linde division of Union Carbide

The outlook for U.S. importers of liquefied natural gas has brightened, and some gas pipeline compan

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