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Monsanto Co. was successful in producing genetically engineered soybean plants using gene transfer t

The decline of the U.S. merchant marine is largely a myth, the president of a major U.S. steamship c

A private water carrier and a marine terminal told the Federal MaritimeCommission that the g

Traditional government-backed export credit facilities are increasingly being replaced as a means fo

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

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

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

The Colombian government is scrambling to find alternate carriers to fly freshcut flowers to

Huntsman Chemical Corp. announced that it will construct a new production line at its Belpre, Ohio,

Frank Robotham is a lively man of 37 with an infectious enthusiasm for Liverpool Free Port, which he

NOVO UNIT TO SELL DIVISION TO AKZOBAGSVAERD, Denmark - An agreement has been reached between

Bids will be solicited this year for management and construction of China's second large-scale surfa

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jamaica, the Caribbean's third-biggest textile exporter to the United States, will increase its U.S.

Efforts to unite Europe have been alive for centuries. Napoleon and Hitler tried it by force.

The new tariff retrieval system recently unveiled by the TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement, whic

Insurance regulators approved a revised version of a model law aimed at curbing consumer abuses in t

The Trans-Pacific Westbound Rate Agreement expects its new electronic rate retrieval service, called

Steel production fell to 1.944 million tons in the week ended June 11, a decrease of 1.3 percent fro

The traditional sounds of a Japanese breakfast - the slurping of miso soup and the crunching of pick

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OPEC MAY EXTEND PRODUCTION CEILINGVIENNA, Austria - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting

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

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

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

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

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

* A.E. Cullison - Waning Interest In Manila 12A * Edwin P. Patton - Modal Confusion in Acade

TRADE BILL MINUS NOTICE PROVISION URGEDNearly 200 companies and trade associations issued a

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit in April fell to its lowest monthly level since December 1984 - $

Sports nationalism is building around the world during these pre-Olympic days, but for the Americans

LIABILITY DECISION SHOULDN'T HURT MERGERLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Batus Inc. says the recent tobacco