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A special report recommends that Australia's coastal shipping industry should be exposed to foreign

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Hazardous waste spending for disposal site cleanups and new controls on industrial waste streams may

Frost & Sullivan Inc. estimates that by 1990 the total value of chemicals used in European oil drill

A nationally recognized tobacco product liability expert testified Wednesday that the present trend

The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday voted 3-2 to ask Congress to transfer regulatory aut

FALCONBRIDGE HIKES PRICES FOR ZINCTORONTO - Falconbridge Ltd. said Thursday the price for hi

EC SAYS PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMY BRIGHTENBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's economic

The Chinese want Ford and General Motors to build cars in China. Members of a delegation of

Qatar offered a further discount of 5 cents a barrel to Japanese oil companies for June crude oil pu

The maritime industry's longest running electronic soap opera appears to have reached a conclusion.<

Nearly two decades after the widespread adoption of computers by the industry, the hour - of deliver

Setting aside past differences, computer makers and semiconductor suppliers are working together to

The government has announced a ban on pirated foreign cassette tapes in compliance with an agreement

Maersk Container Service Co. has been cleared to join the U.S. Atlantic-North Europe Conference.

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Banks need a more systematic procedure for monitoring their foreign exchange exposure as they encoun

This index alphabetically lists all companies and other operating organizations such as ports mentio

Semiconductor Sellers' Rankings ShiftNEW YORK - Currency shifts, discontinuation of major pr

May 26, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The state government said Wednesday a gas and kerosene depot in a residential area has been closed a

PHOENIX TO ELIMINATE PENSION SERVICES UNITHARTFORD, Conn. - Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co

California Attorney General John Van de Kamp received $109,000 in campaign contributions from trial

BROADER POWERS GIVEN TO SOVIET COOPERATIVESThe Soviet Parliament approved a law Thursday tha

Some 500 unionized workers at the Robert E. Derecktor Inc. shipyard were still on strike Thursday af

US, CANADA TO OPEN WASH. CUSTOMS OFFICEU.S. and Canadian officials on June 2 will open a cus

The deutsche mark is likely to fall further against the yen and against European currencies while We

After years of preparation and months of contract negotiation, the Port Authority of New York and Ne

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

The Asian Development Bank is taking modest but important steps toward stimulating capital markets a

Vulcan Waste Systems Inc. of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., will deliver a mobile incineration unit in October t

FMC Corp.'s Chemical Products group announced the acquisition of Amerace Corp.'s enzyme bioreactor a

Ashland Oil Inc. said the Jan. 2 fuel tank collapse that fouled two major rivers and contaminated dr

SOUTH KOREAN STUDY SEES SLOWER GROWTHSEOUL, South Korea - Citing a slowdown in exports and l

Unisys Gets Contract From Belgian AirlineBLUE BELL, Pa. - Sabena Belgian World Airlines has

The Federal Maritime Commission ordered canceled the evidently inactive tariffs of 13 marine termina

Increases in chemicals and in durable and non-durable goods manufacturing helped push after-tax prof

It's full of more holes than a well used dart board, according to maritime industry leaders.

A Portuguese economist's claim that government export promotion efforts are counterproductive stirre