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The federal government is about to start a clock ticking toward a deadline for requiring major new c

Without information, automation is impossible. For retailers truly to computerize their oper

A Canadian company has developed a vacuum-insulated cargo container that will work in a similar way

When Bill Merlin took over as head of the U.S. Coast Guard's complex Gulf Coast district, he brought

After years of bitter enmity, railroads and barge lines are suddenly reviving old ties and forging c

FMC WILL CONTINUE PROBE OF LINER TRADESThe Federal Maritime Commission has ordered that its

Frank Drozak, president of the Seafarers' International Union and head of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trade

Fifteen crewmembers of a Taiwanese fishing vessel that caught fire in the Pacific were flown to Sout

June 14, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1279.0 (June 14, 1988) Previous day - 1283.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The landmark business partnership struck recently between British Airways and United Airlines looks

CF TO EQUIP SALES FORCE WITH CELLULAR PHONESPALO ALTO, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways sai

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will announce today that it is extending its double-stack

Facing a third and possibly final deadline, Federal Express Corp. announcedplans to inaugura

Reagan administration officials put two thumbs down on two recently introduced legislative proposals

Oakland's latest port commissioner joins the oversight body in the middle of one of the biggest muds

U.S. District Judge Richard Owen corrected a ship mortgage error that would have cut a $92.9 million

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd., emerging from a wrenching reorganization a year ago, reported a conso

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

Negotiations between the administration and Congress over a debt-financing facility for developing c

BANK OF JAPAN OFFICIAL CITES PRICE CONCERNSTOKYO - Japan's price stability is likely to cont

The dollar is looking much better following the surprisingly good U.S. April trade report and should

The Federal Reserve Board approved the application of Midland Bank of London to buy and sell in the

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

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - $105 million from the World Bank for repairing thermal power plants and expandi

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Donald P. Campbell was named a senior vice president. He heads the eq

The summer grain harvest in China is likely to be below target thanks to poor weather last winter an

Tue., June 14, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Sales of domestically built cars and light trucks fell 4.1 percent in early June from last year's le

Eighteen companies proposed projects worth a total $225 million under Argentina's third debt capital

American Express Bank reduced its portfolio of loans to less-developed countries by $900 million in

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index slipped slightly, dropping to 101.4 from its high of

Xavier Dupont, France's stockbrokers association president, resigned Tuesday in the wake of losses t

Foreign currency futures prices at Chicago Tuesday dropped as the dollar moved higher on a smaller-t

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 5.98

MARKETS STILL VOLATILE, FED CHAIRMAN WARNSWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan G

Art 1988. The International Art Fair in mid-June with show. June 15-20. Basel, Switzerland. This is

As President Reagan calls on industrialized countries to do more to help the Philippines, analysts i

While Congress and U.S. trade officials continue to berate Japan and other Asian nations for the rec

CHINA REPORT FORECASTS MORE OUTPUT, INFLATIONChina's industrial output will grow by 16.3 per