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A new company, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Shipping Corp., has agreed in principle to acquire the

Faster processing of goods, more uniform tariff classification rulings, and an improved inspection s

U.S. fruit growers are basking in the glow of profits as an export boom to tiny Taiwan continues.

* Customs Update 4A * Craig Webb's Trade Talk 5A* Rain Improves Canadian Crop Prospects 6A

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLANS are the order of the day for Midwest area rail shippers facing possible ser

The long-awaited arrival of summer weather drew consumers into stores in June and gave the nation's

Covered hopper cars may soon be in short supply as a result of increased demand brought on by the dr

The chairman of the House Banking Committee moved closer to Senate-passed banking legislation Thursd

NYMEX ADDS CLOUD POINT TO OIL SPECIFICATIONSA cloud point specification of 15 degrees Fahren

FERRO IMPLEMENTS NEW PRICING POLICYBEDFORD, Ohio - The Bedford Chemical division of Ferro Co

CLEARER SKIES AHEAD: Danish Trade Minister Niels Wilhjelm foresees more structural changes and fewe

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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

LEASEWAY TRANSPORTATION CORP. (Cleveland) - Gerald C. McDonough, chairman and chief executive office

The collision last year of two ferries crossing Long Island Sound, in which 21 people were injured,

President Reagan's nominee to fill the final vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board enjoyed a generall

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 309,000 people during the week end

To a mocking rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, the proposed U.S.-Canada free trade pact took an

A bill wending its way through the California Legislature has called for a statewide strategic port

Brazil's minister of finance said Thursday he believes Japanese banks are willing to support a loan

BANKAMERICA CORP. (San Francisco) - Michael Simmons was named executive vice president and head of t

The state Board of Public Utilities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a an agreement permitting

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has announced a $50 million expansion project that will triple manufac

Scientists Tuesday began inoculating an acre of corn stalks in the first field test of a genetically

A steel shortage that has squeezed small manufacturers for the last year may be nearing an end, anal

U.S. critics of Japan's patent system are stepping up their attacks, accusing Tokyo of putting up tr

FUJITSU AMERICA INC. (San Jose, Calif.) - Yasushi Nakamura was named president and chief executive

A Jacksonville, Fla., trader and a Tampa agribusiness company received annual international business

US RIG COUNT RISES BY 27 TO TOTAL 921The number of working oil rigs in the United States ros

Companies that switch to a Just-in-Time inventory system often fail to benefit fully from the change

Amtrak won't begin rehabilitation work on the 50-mile segment of track in New England it has been gi

The Australian government had decided to ratify the Visby amendments to the Hague Rules covering sea

Fritz G. Tovar, general manager of Electric Boat since late 1981, has decided to retire, the company

A ship carrying more than 70 tons of well-packaged marijuana was towed into port Wednesday by a Coas

Former National Maritime Council shipper advisers have linked up with the National Industrial Transp

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A federal district court judge acquitted 17 van line agents and a household goods movers of price fi

Fears of higher interest rates and rising inflation weakened consumer buyingplans in June as

Citicorp Chairman John Reed Wednesday presented a proposal for setting down a framework for negotiat