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AND NOW, THE TEFLON ECONOMY. The nickname usually reserved for Ronald Reagan, our Teflon president,

A closely watched report card for West Coast ports - the cargo volume figures issued annually by the

BFGoodrich Canada Inc. announced a $75 million expansion at its Niagara Falls, Ont., polyvinyl chlor

Olin Announces Price IncreasesSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. is increasing the off-list prices

Du Pont Calls for Halt To CFC ProductionE.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. is promoting a total p

Society of Maritime Arbitrators. Luncheon. March 30. Whitehall Club. Topic: Securities industry seek

Conn. Bill Delays Hike In Farm Electric RatesHARTFORD, Conn. - A bill that would delay highe

SFSP Agrees to Sell Coal Slurry PipelineSanta Fe Southern Pacific Corp. signed an agreement

Federal fuel-economy standards imposed on automakers will cause 2,200 to 3,900 traffic deaths next y

Stolt Azalea, a new 7,500-deadweight-ton parcel tanker, was recently delivered to Uyeno-Stolt Tanker

Exporters and importers in Europe and North America will need to pay close attention to shipping sch

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Jim Fletcher was appointed regional vice president, ope

March 24, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

A fire broke out in the generator room of a British ferry, the Nordic, early Thursday as it crossed

Life insurance underwriters said Tuesday that they should be able to test policy applicants for AIDS

Hungary Opens Trade Office in SeoulSEOUL, South Korea - Hungary is to open its trade office

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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Zeol AB of Lund, Sweden, has developed a purification method that takes advantage of the unusual ads

A senior aide to Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita left for Washington on Thursday for talks aimed at

AVIATION The Transportation Secretary said Wednesday testimony was aimed at the FAA as an ag

Amtrak took the opening steps required to condemn track owned by Guilford Transportation Industries

Baker Fights Revealing Foreign Investor NamesTreasury Secretary James A. Baker III told Cong

The Supreme Court agreed to consider shielding states from having to help pay for cleaning up hazard

A leading spokesman for international ocean liner companies believes Europe and the United States ar

Ten Maryland coal producers have joined forces to market their coal abroad, and are planning a trip

Britain's Department of Energy announced details Thursday of the next round of offshore oil licenses

In the first two months of this year, 2,439 people and businesses - more than 60 every weekday - hav

Shipping Credit and Investment Co. of India, the soft-loan arm of the government, plans to raise som

WINCHESTER & WESTERN RAILROAD CO. (Bridgeton, N.J.) - W.P. (Phil) Light was named the company's new

Big Apple rail shippers could find someone else hauling their cargo as the Long Island Rail Road con

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Diversified Swire Pacific Ltd. posted profits for the year through last Dec. 31 of HK$2.39 billion (

Log exports from British Columbia rose sharply in 1987, going from 2.6 million cubic meters the prev

Republicans failed Thursday in their attempt to link liability reform legislation to the employee he

SmithKline Beckman Corp. made a surprise bid to acquire International Clinical Laboratories Inc. for

WORD OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA is that Linea Marlago, the independent Venezuelan container line, is regre

For the third year running there is more than a little concern about getting Americans to travel to

The Massachusetts Port Authority signaled a willingness to settle differences with the Department of

For the week ended March 12 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1