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TOP STORIES: Port deficiencies may stymie skyrocketing South Carolina's intermodal growth ra

CME to Implement Currency Price LimitsThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange will to implement its

Sea Containers Reports $30.5 Million ProfitSea Containers Ltd. reported net income of $30.5

CONCURRENT COMPUTER CORP. (Tinton Falls, N.J.) - Winchell S. Carroll was named director, commercial

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that E&B Carpet Mills' shipments of carpet from Georgia int

Large U.S. banks don't have sufficient capital to cover potential losses from loans to foreign count

Optimistic projections by the Canadian Wheat Board about the outlook for sales to China have been ec

U.S. importers shopped a good deal more in non-market economy, or communist, countries in 1987 than

A bill approved by the Assembly on Thursday would require the state to study how automobile insuranc

The campaign to reduce farm subsidies worldwide has received only patchy support in the year since t

A Page 1A article in The Journal of Commerce on May 4, headlined, Soviets Show Interest in Joint Ve

Coal production in the Philippines is expected to fall short of demand by anaverage of 1 mil

Tenneco Oil Exploration & Production, a unit of Tenneco Inc., said it will join with a subsidiary of

A Thinking Computer In the Works in JapanTOKYO - A trial model of a fifth generation compute

It's musical chairs time here in government maritime circles with Elaine Chao leaving her post as de

Hearings and deadline dates for pending U.S. International Trade Commission investigations:*

Shoe, Clothes Importer Gets Big Line of CreditL.A. Gear Inc., designers and marketer of fash

The manufacturing site for the Saturn car lies between the towns of Spring Hill and Columbia, Tenn.,

Japan will surpass the United States as the world's largest aid donor by next March, a senior offici

HUNTINGTON TRUST CO. (Columbus, Ohio) - Norman A. Jacobs was named president of this subsidiary of H

WHAT, HIM WORRY? Not Frank Lorenzo, chairman and chief executive officer of Texas Air Corp.

Introducing a pricing mechanism for airport slots is one of five options being considered by Britain

May 13, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

One of the nation's largest grain shippers said a Burlington Northern Railroad program of reserving

Taking aggressive risks and providing global services will be the prime requisites for success by co

Members of a Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate facing losses of up to $190 million on U.S. liabi

Fri., May 13, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

U.S. pork exports to Japan will rise an estimated 60 percent in 1988 as pork imports from Taiwan rem

Development and Technology Transfer in Sino-Foreign Cooperative Ventures. May 16. Keynote speaker is

Prescription Program For Elderly DiscussedCongressional conferees on legislation to limit me

William Don Grueser was named vice president and general merchandise manager of men's apparel and s

A U.S. auto importers' spokesman said he would prefer that an omnibus trade bill be put off until ne

U.S. semiconductor manufacturers are seeking to head off complaints that the current shortage of som

European spot oil prices closed the week broadly unchanged in relatively thin trading and are likely

If computers are to be able to communicate, the people who are working with them must understand wha

The U.S. chemical industry posted a relatively strong increase in export volumes during first-quarte

Farrell Lines Inc. has received Maritime Administration authority to provide more frequent subsidize

The $31 million auto marine terminal on the Jersey City-Bayonne waterfront in New Jersey is now full

Coleco in Hot Water For Not Paying BillHARTFORD, Conn. - A California trucking company was g