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A House Foreign Affairs Committee bill to impose much stiffer trade and investment sanctions on Sout

The new mood of confidence now starting to surface in the tanker market is enabling owners to addres

Secretary of Transportation Jim Burnley Thursday proposed new regulations to deal harshly with rail,

London's shipping community is hoping that a new mobile telephone communication system installed on

A strike by employees at French engine maker Snecma could delay deliveries of the A320 aircraft, Air

Degussa Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Degussa AG, has announced plans to build a $30 million plant t

For January 1988 vs. January 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)RegionJan. 88

Cutting through a thicket of controversy and misunderstanding, Comvik Skyport AB, a sister company o

With bar coding widely in use, especially in supermarkets, many retailers are turning their attentio

Federal agents expect they'll have a record four-ton cocaine seizure once they finish inspecting all

It wasn't a serious problem, says James R. Eiszner, chairman and chief executive of CPC Internationa

In a Wednesday, April 5 article on Health Maintenance Organizations, the headline misstated the fact

U.K. imports under a high exchange rate much cheaper than they otherwise would be, Prime Minister Ma

Japanese Investors May Move US MartsNEW YORK - Small changes in portfolio holdings of foreig

The Canadian dollar and the British pound are likely to retreat from their recent highs, according t

Brazil's basic money supply grew 17.6 percent in April, whereas inflation in the same month totaled

Wayne P. Cooper struggled for years to sell his company's grain silos to the Chinese. But in spite o

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

A House committee ignored 11th-hour pleas from Texas Air Corp. Thursday and overwhelmingly passed a

This should be a very sweet year for CPC International Inc., according to the giant foods company an

May 5, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

A dozen or so companies that represent more than 80 percent of the nation's computer and communicati

Pepsi-Cola has become the first advertiser to buy commercial time on Soviet television, the soft dri

When James R. Eiszner received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago over three deca

Royal Insurance, one of Britain's two largest insurers, is about to merge with France's fifth bigges

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -1.00

Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), Belgium's largest shipowner, increased consolidated profits by 1.7 p

1344.0 (May 5, 1988) Previous day - 1339.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

Cos-Mar Co., a styrene monomer joint venture between a subsidiary of Fina Oil & Chemical Co. and Bor

Worldwide consumption of alpha-olefins is expected to more than double from 0.8 million metric tons

For January 1988 vs. January 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortJan.

An official of Eaton Corp. said the company will add its name to the growing list of component manuf

When Port Director Phil Bannan releases hundreds of balloons and opens a new shipping berth today,

The greatest hope for financing long-term care for America's aging population lies with the private

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in mostly technical trading, although it pared its losses during t

Days of rumors about a predator stalking the colony's premier property company were effectively prov

Thu., May 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Jose Gonzalez isn't one to profit from another's problems - except, perhaps, when those problems hur

Pacific Engineering Fuel Plant ExplodesHENDERSON, Nev. - A series of explosions gutted a Pac