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Air freight rates, both domestic and international, will continue to drop during the next two years,

Braniff Adds Missouri, New Mexico to ServiceBraniff Inc. will begin daily non-stop service A

The Burlington Northern Railroad's plan to begin operations on its subsidiary Winona Bridge Railway

The Food and Drug Administration has released a new report sharply criticizing quality control proce

Recent actions by House and Senate conferees have greatly increased the likelihood that the giant om

With an electronic handshake, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun testing and im

Safmarine Inc., general agent for SafBank Line Ltd. in both the United States and South Africa, will

BANK OF BOSTON (Boston) - Richard W. Dalrymple, head of the Massachusetts banking division, assumed

President Reagan is planning to name an interagency committee to develop an administration consensus

The government unveiled plans Tuesday to slash some income tax rates and still show a surplus during

What kind of president would George Bush make? As Sen. Bob Dole likes to point out (perhaps

Pennwalt Hikes Hydrofluoric PricePennwalt Corp. is raising the price on bulk shipments of 70

Brazil will review its coffee export quota allocation system at a meeting scheduled for today in Bra

Kerry Dee Ketchem, arrested after he was recognized as a fugitive on the Super Password TV game show

Trade ministers from 30 nations will meet informally this weekend for talks expected to focus on int

The Navy's Military Sealift Command wants the Federal Maritime Commission to get an injunction to bl

Amoco and Dome Seek Buy-out Hearing DateCALGARY, Alberta - Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. and Do

Agriculture Minister Takashi Sato said Tuesday the government plans to take proper measures to settl

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has withdrawn a key objection to New Hampshire's emergency e

West German demand for high-octane gasoline has soared because of a ban on leaded regular fuel that

Japanese oil buyers will soon begin receiving shipments of crude oil from North Yemen in order to av

Oil man T. Boone Pickens said the petroleum industry will recover soon, but never to the heights rea

The Brazilian national association of fertilizer distributors, ANDA, recently proposed national deve

The European Community is to intensify its pressure on Far East governments and shipyards in an effo

The U.S. international payments deficit shrunk in the final quarter but still hit a record for all 1

The nation's unemployment rate can fall some but not too much more before triggering higher inflatio

The Hong Kong government has launched a US$5.6 million study to determine the site of its future air

A procedural squabble among members of the Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday caused the last-mi

Mitsubishi Delivers First FH Class 5 TruckBRIDGEPORT, N.J. - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of Americ

InterContinental Life Corp. said Tuesday it intends to buy Cigna Corp.'s individual insurance produc

While the heavy truck industry was busy beating its February 1987 sales by 20 percent last month, i

March 15, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. reported a record profit for 1987 of HK$3.59 billion (US$460 m

Rate contract talks between the North Atlantic shipping conference and the beer, wine and spirits in

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Subway Off Limits During Senate VoteWASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has banned tourists and oth

Tue., March 15, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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Japanese Oil Companies Expect Saudi DiscountsSaudi Arabia is likely to offer discounts to Ja

Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR emulsion systems group is raising the price on vinyl acetate homopolymer