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Is Washington anything like a Soviet prison camp on the outer reaches of Siberia? That stran

The Defense Department unnecessarily forked over as much as $3.4 million in fees to the U.S. Customs

Top Stories World trade has taken some heavy hits as global economies try to fend off the sl

News item: bright, young director at one of the West Coast's largest ports, who rebuilt his port's b

A University of Chicago breakthrough in collecting solar energy may open the door to a new way of ge

Bilspedition, the big Swedish transport company, is building up a vast credit reserve in U.S. dollar

UK Trade Deficit in '87 Smaller Than ExpectedBritain's deficit on trade in goods and service

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1582.0 (Mar. 11, 1988) Previous day - 1576.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Like the couple who argue whenever they're together but can't live apart, customs brokers and the U.

Shippers in Bombay are seeking help from a government commission against increases in freight and po

The trans-Pacific eastbound rate-making body announced a series of inducements to encourage shippers

The local economy, wholly dependent on trade, is likely to show real growth this year of no more tha

Environmental protection agencies and some government organizations in the Caribbean say the region

An article in the March 9 Journal of Commerce about Chrysler Corp.'s plans to resume sales in Europe

As Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson puts the final touches to this week's budget,

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The Mexican Economy: National and International Considerations. March 14-15. The Graduate School and

Japanese Pipe Fittings May Be Hit With DutyThe International Trade Commission cleared the wa

It was a marketing phenomenon that turned into the focus of an international battle with multibillio

Customs Service officials pledge they will be ready when the United States finally adopts a new harm

The Tennessee Valley Authority will be buying quite a bit of coal later this year while taking advan

Evergreen Marine Corp. of Taiwan and Costa Container Lines of Italy announced they plan to operate a

Farrell Lines Inc. appealed Thursday to Transportation Secretary James H. Burnley to disapprove the

David Hollingsworth has rapidly gained a reputation for strategic chemical moves on the global playi

Soltex Polymer Corp. has announced that the price for all homopolymer and copolymer grades of its Fo

POLYSAR ENERGY AND CHEMICAL CORP. (Sarnia, Ontario) - Polysar Basic Petrochemical Division Presiden

Borden Increases Formaldehyde PriceCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Borden Chemical, a division of Borden In

Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded two spot coal contracts for its Kingston, Tenn., plant an

Moody's Downgrades Arkansas P&L RatingsMoody's Investors Service lowered its securities rati

United Illuminating Co. is giving up its $31 million interest in an energy partnership with Canada,

House Panel to Probe Black Lung ProgramRep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., said the House Labor Stand

March 11, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Peru's state oil company, Petroleos del Peru (Petroperu), signed agreements Thursday with the Peruvi

European oil prices showed modest, but steady, increases in quiet trading last week. North S

The U.S. Geological Survey has lowered its estimates of undiscovered onshore oil and gas in the Unit

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Norsk Hydro is considering a compensation suit to recover the cost of repairs to Oseberg B, the Nort

A dissident member of the National Maritime Union has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to bl