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The votes were usually close, but the Supreme Court acted largely to reassure business this term tha

European shippers are questioning the future of conference agreements between the U.S.Pacific Coast

Plagued by drought this year, China is moving to import up to $1 billion worth of plastic sheeting a

President Reagan on Friday signed legislation designed to protect elderly and disabled people from c

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The Bank of England published draft proposals broadly outlining terms under which it plans to allow

Small- to medium-sized U.S. exporters are better off doing business with foreign banks or smaller U.

Southern Co. said that kilowatt-hour sales to industrial customers rose 6.8 percent during the first

BELMONT BUYS TANKERS FROM GOVERNMENTBelmont VLCC of Boston bought three big 264,000-deadweig

The push for on-dock rail transfer facilities in Southern California gained added momentum last week

Union Pacific Railroad is closing repair shops in Omaha and moving these operations to newer shops i

Railroad labor has decided to keep the peace on the Delaware & Hudson Railway's lines while the New

World consumption of natural rubber is expected to grow much faster than production in 1988, leading

U.S. supercomputer manufacturers say they are disappointed with the Japanese government's failure to

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The CRB Futures Index had one of its best moves last month, as it climbed by over 20 points to 275.5

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Fri. July 1, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

BANKS OF MID-AMERICA INC. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) - Frank X. Henke III was named chairman and chief e

Oil prices relinquished more than 20 cents a barrel Friday with U.S. crude slipping below $15, its l

American President Lines asserts its service from Asia to Europe via a U.S. landbridge will offer co

An official at the U.S. State Department has acknowledged that the United States sent a letter to th

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As the Rhine River meanders from its source in the Alps to its destination in the Atlantic, it pass

More than 10,000 submarine builders at Electric Boat shipyard went on strike Friday after refusing t

The increase in Penwalt Corp.'s alkyl phenol prices was incorrectly stated in the June 3O edition. A

Shipping safety is being jeopardized by the growing number of ill-qualified groups with insufficient

Amoco Chemical Co. has lost its months-long tussle for a license to build a purified terephthalic ac

The economy in June grew at its strongest pace since December, while prices for industrial materials

A high-level government agency in Taiwan is pushing for reform of that country's insurance law.<

Texas Air Corp. said its subsidiary Eastern Air Lines has canceled a contract under which Eastern wo

The Basics of Export Marketing. July 6. U.S. Custom House, Room 158, 721 19th St., Denver, Colo. Con

Higher minimum landing fees for all aircraft took effect July 1 as the Massachusetts Port Authority

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index continued a steady decline last week, falling to 99.7

The government and two tanker companies appealed a lower court decision to force four large tankers

MOROCCO REPORTEDLY MAKES BARLEY SALEWASHINGTON - Morocco reportedly exported 255,000 metric

Gov. Mario Cuomo has signed into law a measure extending the state's ability to set limits on medica

Lawyers are setting their sights on a high-tech form of radiation they say causes cancer and poses a

New Jersey auto insurers say there could be a moratorium on claims payments next year unless auto pr

AMERICAN BIONETICS WINS DU PONT CONTRACTHAYWARD, Calif. - American Bionetics Inc. has receiv