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The government of Thailand is moving to explore and develop what are thought to be sizeable deposits

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., says the award of a military cargo contract to a non-union stevedo

ANSETT REAFFIRMS PLAN TO BUY AIRBUS 320SSYDNEY, Australia - Ansett, an Australian domestic a

Richard Carrico, a truck driver whose 25 years on the road ended when a rock was thrown from an Inte

Careful planning and artful nursing is bringing McAllister Towing Co.'s trucking subsidiary into the

For the third straight year, Tokyo remains the world's most expensive city for expatriates due to th

After nudging up interest rates this spring, the Federal Reserve is likely to wait to see what impac

Transportation Department officials Monday pledged to shield commercial space-launch vendors from th

The Senate rejected an amendment to the advance notice plant closing legislation Monday that would h

Leaders of the 12 European Community nations stifled a plan Monday to create a European central bank

If West Coast ports take an innovative approach to attracting cruise ships, they will capture a larg

The Maritime Administration has published the first required listing of special barges used in offsh

When trains loaded with 10,000 tons of chemicals rumble down the Columbia River Gorge and roll past

The European market for organic colorants is projected to climb to 167,300 tons by 1991 from a 1987

U.S. and Japanese officials acknowledge that their latest agreement to increase sales of U.S. consum

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Sweden's largest insurance company says its newly acquired U.S. insurance company will concentrate o

American International Group Inc., the large international insurance company, reportedly will move 2

MAJOR QUAKE REPORTED IN SAN FRANCISCO AREAA strong earthquake jolted Northern California Mon

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will cut its common stock dividend 27 percent under a plan that will sett

AUSTRALIAN MINERS END 10-DAY WALKOUTSYDNEY, Australia - Striking Australian coal miners retu

Here, amid the ancient rice paddies and verdant vegetable gardens northeast of Tokyo, lies the airpo

Controlling interest in Braniff Inc. has been acquired by BIA-COR Holdings, a real estate investment

THIONYL CHLORIDE UP AT OXYCHEMNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Occidental Chemical Corp. is increasing

A Panamanian cargo ship and a South Korean fishing boat collided early Monday in the East China Sea

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The Federal Maritime Commission at its next scheduled meeting Wednesday, June 29, will consider the

FREE MARKETS SEEN TRIGGERING FARM LOSSLONDON - Total reliance on free market forces to contr

The insurance industry must prove to Congress that it needs the McCarran- Fergus on antitrust exempt

MOZAMBIQUE PLANT TO BE REACTIVATEDLISBON, Portugal - Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa s

Competitive bidding for electricity capacity in New York state may be hindered by a turf battle betw

Plastic container demand is projected to grow over 5 percent a year through 1992 to 7.6 billion poun

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of New Orleans asked Transportation Secretary James F. Burnley to halt the

Severe drought in the United States has prompted hopes that Argentina's agriculture export earnings

The Senate vote today on an amendment to legislation requiring advance notice of plant closings will

Today's Journal of Commerce was reduced in size due to technical difficulties.

CHEMFIX TECHNOLOGIES SIGNS TREATMENT PACTSMETAIRIE, La. - Chemfix Technologies Inc. recently

A story on these pages June 24 concerning cargo assessments being reduced at the Port of New York &

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The jury in a case linking the hazards of asbestos and smoking found Friday that American Tobacco Co