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President Reagan Tuesday vetoed the giant omnibus trade bill citing a provision on advance notice fo

Over 30 experts in container shipping and intermodal transportation will serve as panelists, moderat

Vista Chemical Co. expects to award a contract within two to three weeks for the construction of a n

Monsanto Chemical Co., a unit of Monsanto Co., announced that it will build a 900 metric ton acetami

Federal engineers have broadened their examination of alleged sudden acceleration problems in Genera

The Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority wants to put three of the five Lancer class containershi

This year's value of U.S. agricultural exports to the Soviet Union is expected to climb 50 percent t

Now is not the time for the Japanese government to remove voluntary restraints on automobile exports

Maryland's property/casualty insurance industry, facing a return to prior approval rating for most o

TOP STORIES: French trade deficit will take years to overcome despite March surplus. 5BBorde

With barges sitting idle at a cost of $25,000 a day and a super-containership arriving June 10, the

The Atlantic-class vessels operated by Sea-Land Service Inc., Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd Lines

American Electric Power, Columbus, Ohio, turned in a strong first quarter based on a 9 percent incre

A French dock union will hold a 24-hour strike Thursday to mark the end of a two-week protest over a

Owners, operators and trade organizations involved in the shipping business are invited to receive f

The United States and South Korea have agreed to hold their annual trade conference in Washington on

The Japanese Parliament Tuesday took one more stride toward opening the door for stock index and oth

NEW YORK LIFE OFFERS CREDIT CARDNew York Life Insurance Co. is marketing a credit card, know

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday voted down several amendments to strengthen the pend

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FED GOVERNOR LIKES DOLLAR'S CURRENT LEVELWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Gov. Wayne Angell said

A stricken freight ferry, on which one crewman died and another was badly burned in an engine-room f

US Grand Jury Indicts 4 Pennwalt OfficialsA federal grand jury indicted four officials of Ph

The Maritime Administration granted permission to four companies to sell four U.S. cargo vessels and

William W. Edwards, former executive director of the North Carolina State Ports Authority, has resur

CHEVROLET-PONTIAC-GM OF CANADA GROUP (Warren, Mich.) - Donavon F. Downham was named director of engi

Trade Minister John Crosbie introduced legislation Tuesday to ratify the free trade agreement, but o

Texans take pride in doing things in a big way. On Friday, the world's tallest offshore dril

A programmer deleted more than 160,000 files from his ex-employer's computer by infecting it with an

MALAYSIA CONSIDERS JOINING COCOA PACTJAKARTA, Indonesia - Malaysia, the third-largest cocoa

ING. C. OLIVETTI AND CO. (Ivrea, Italy) - Robert M. Kavner, president of the American Telephone and

AVIATION The U.S. Postal Service is considering major changes in air mail contracting. 1ABr

COMMONWEALTH RISK SERVICES INC. (Philadelphia) - Nona K. Wollenschlager was named vice president at

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. INC. (New York) - Frank J. Borelli, Peter Coster and Philip L. Wroughton were

Occidental Petroleum Corp. is expanding polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and high- density polyethylene,

While prices for several forms of lead and alkyds have increased, creosote and cresol prices are sti

British Airways PLC has become the world's most profitable airline with its announcement Tuesday of

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The absence of efficient and comprehensive intermodalism within Australia is retarding the country's

Corning Optical Fiber Installed in JapanCORNING, N.Y. - Corning Glass Works said it has supp