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China's troubled but highly profitable national airline is due for a major management shake-up now t

Federal Express Corp. is looking forward to competing in a deregulated Europe. So said Judy

At ports around the country, some U.S. exports sit at the docks because containerships sailing to th

UK ANALYSTS EXPECT STILL HIGHER RATESAnalysts and dealers said U.K. interest rates likely wi

The U.S. Export-Import Bank may soon resume financing on U.S. exports to Brazil. The key is

A Save the Lighthouse Keeper campaign is under way in Australia. While the place for lightho

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 7/2/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 7/2/88* Reflects c

Jim Burnley, 39-year-old secretary of transportation, did a media blitz on New York last Thursday, v

In the June 27 edition of Air Commerce, Maureen Smith's employer was misidentified. Ms. Smit

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (Santa Clara, Calif.) - H. Gene McCown was named vice president, treasu

The Dutch government is proposing legislation that would make all exports of toxic chemical waste su

FREE-TRADE PACT BILL PROGRESSES IN CANADAOTTAWA - Canadian implementing legislation for the

The Bank for International Settlements is likely to reach a compromise on the difficult issue of set

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Talks aimed at averting a strike at the Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the nation's largest exporters of p

Marine and aviation insurers aren't rushing to change premiums for commercial transport in the Persi

U.S. companies are giving much less thought to the likely effects of the European Community's single

Grain is beginning to move out of Great Lakes ports in the wake of tie-ups on the Mississippi River

A presidential investigating panel has recommended a compromise in the dispute over the size of trai

The U.S. dollar was mixed Tuesday in slow, directionless trading. The greenback rose slightl

The Norwegian shipping market has seen more tanker and combination shipping tonnage change hands dur

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SONAT EXPLORATION CO. (Houston) - Richard B. Bates was promoted to vice president. He will r

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait may be ready to offer further discounts on their crude oil sales to Japan fo

BASF CORP. (Parsippany, N.J.) - Michael K. Adams was appointed to head the company's newly establish

The New York Shipping Association, individual ship lines and other carrier employer groups have aske

Ford Motor Co. has raised prices of its Probe models an average of about $200, the company said Tues

European insurers are preparing for tougher competition than they have ever faced before. In

The thought of a United States of Europe, free of border controls and divergent standards and techn

Shippers acceptance of Burlington Air Express' higher prices for carrying domestic cargo is further

The head of the Soviet Union's new Environmental Protection Committee on Friday demanded that scient

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Grain and Soybean Futures Fall on Weather Forecast 6A* Al Kraus -

Japanese industrialists, manufacturers and government officials are demonstrating considerably more

PALM OIL PRODUCTION PREDICTED TO INCREASEKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Global palm oil production

The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked proposed collective rate increasesfrom three truc

STOPPED TOW, DREDGING BLOCK BARGE TRAFFICMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Barge traffic on the drought-lower

Reacting to new conditions under deregulation, Canada's largest trucking company has restructured it

China is complaining that it's importing too many inferior goods. Poor quality caused the St