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The trend in transportation today may be toward door-to-door service by a single company, but there

April 5, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Aloha Airgroup Inc., the parent company of Aloha Airlines Inc. and Princeville Airways Inc., earned

US Leasing Buys Plane From New York AirSAN FRANCISCO - United States Leasing International I

Shell Oil Co.'s combined proved oil and gas reserves reached an 18-year high of 4.15 billion barrels

A year ago, the men in the purple loafers were scuffing their feet and griping. The trouble,

International Business Machines Corp. has shipped almost 2 million of its Personal System/2 (PS/2) c

Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC, announced the sale of certain companies comprising th

Du Pont Seeks to Buy Champion Paper UnitWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. sai

In the Tang Dynasty 1,000 years ago, boatmen carried rice and supplies to fight the northern barbari

Agricultural leaders from the United States, the European Community and other countries face each ot

Winona Bridge to Begin Seattle-Spokane ServiceFORT WORTH, Texas - Burlington Northern Railro

Amtrak asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to condemn some 50 miles of track in

American importers are turning more to China and Mexico for non-rubber footwear than to their tradit

During 1987, Chile observed all quantitative performance criteria under the ongoing extended fund fa

More US Wheat Targeted for SovietsWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it ha

Charles A. Steinberg was named executive vice president, Sony Corp. of America, with responsibility

The seven Japanese automakers' plants in the United States may cause 45,000 jobs to be lost in the d

Inflation rocketed to 22.6 percent during March, the biggest one-month inflation increase since Peru

The quality of cultured pearls produced in the last few years is so poor that a Japanese pearl retai

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Price of Mexican Oil To Far East DropsThe price of Mexican oil destined for the Far East fel

Shipping companies in Taiwan may be looking at smaller profits this year as the effects of the sharp

In a tenuous step toward deregulation, the Japanese Finance Ministry is reviewing the 50-year-old la

Isuzu Truck of America Inc. said that Budget Rent a Truck of Chicago has purchased 500 Isuzu diesel

The Brookings Institution today is publishing a two-volume study on economic interactions among nati

Tue., April 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 1.65

Japan's trade minister told U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield on Tuesday that the Reagan administration

For a U.S. employer who measures his labor cost in dollars, Mexico was the cheapest country last yea

AIR CARGO The cost of flying cargo to Africa and the Middle East is going up. 1ABurlington

-A-B-C-D- Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 1AAir France 10BAir New Zealand 10B

Two U.S. life insurers won bids to set up operations in Taiwan as part of an agreement between the t

Japanese teen-agers may not have noticed, but they've been eating fresher M&Ms since the stock marke

TOP STORIES: Trans-Pacific trade has grown at a phenomenal pace during the past two decades,

Novell's R. Noorda Named to ALPS BoardRaymond J. Noorda was named to the board of Automated

Borg-Warner Hikes ABS PricesPARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Borg-Warner Chemicals Inc. is increasing li

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale of three supertankers to Belmont VLCC, Boston, for

The Interstate Commerce Commission said it will allow Burlington Northern Inc. to sell its five mid-

Michigan insurance agents voiced opposition Thursday to proposed administrative rules that would op