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They call it Tiger. And it could put a roar into millions of computers. Tiger is an acronym

U.S. taxpayers are bankrolling the world's newest ship registry, a Marshall Islands flag-of-convenie

Matson Navigation Co.'s new 387-foot container barge Islander slides into Neches River from launchin

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR RULE COMPLIANCEThe Federal Maritime Commission extended until Sept. 30

June 22, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1244.5 (June 22, 1988) Previous day - 1249.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The tug and barge industry is almost certain to win relief from a burdensome fuel tax collection sys

NEW GROUP TO FOSTER AEROSPACE INTERESTSWASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation L

Texas Association to Improve Distribution, summer meeting, June 23-24. Marriott Riverwalk Hotel, San

Tractor-trailers carrying barrels of radium-contaminated soil are en route to Utah via Tennessee in

Truckers support the basic concept of a plan by a coalition of shippers and transportation brokers t

The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement is laying off six of the nine employees at its U.S.

Improvement in the U.S. merchandise trade deficit this year will be front- loaded into the first hal

A study by WEFA Group for the Ports of Philadelphia suggests Chilean fruit exports will double in th

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index hit a new high of 102, up from 101.7 Monday and toppi

CHINESE OFFICIAL SAYS NO DEVALUATION LIKELYBEIJING - China has no plans to devalue the yuan

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK (Scottsdale, Ariz.) - Keith D. Maio was named senior vice president and senio

Britain raised interest rates Wednesday for the third time this month in the government's continuing

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The U.S. embargo on purchases from South Africa stands out as the exception in that country's otherw

Wed. June 22, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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U.S. imports of sugar-containing products in 46 tariff categories more than doubled to about 666,400

A late rally in soybean futures pushed agricultural commodities mostly higher again Wednesday wiping

At a time when many big-name commodity funds have been doing poorly, Robert Stotler, a newcomer to t

CARGILL ASSUMES LEASE ON GRAIN ELEVATORCHICAGO - Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, will assume Cont

The Supreme Court Wednesday saved pension plans tens of millions of dollars by ruling, 5-4, that emp

A Federal Reserve study warns that legislation pending before Congress to hike the minimum wage 50 p

The Maryland Insurance Division this week ordered a West Indies-based physicians' malpractice insure

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket durable goods plunged 2.2 percent in May, the steepest dive

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The United States and South Korea are close to an agreement to coordinate strategic export control p

Japanese consumer activists say their government is reluctant to strictly enforce auto industry safe

Chief executives from two of the nation's most prestigious corporations are prodding Congress to ena

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The insurance industry, trial lawyers and motorists all must assume some responsibility for premium

Less than a year ago, as the South African economy began to pull out of a two-year recession, a reco

Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said he may filibuster against a second trade bill unless changes are

Japan's subtle efforts to gain an influential voice among the world's biggest industrial democracies

BHOPAL CARBIDE PLANT LEAKS TOXIC CHEMICALBHOPAL, India - The Union Carbide plant at Bhopal h