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Expansion of cargo activities at loss-making Rotterdam Airport is one of the means being studied to

Aeroflot, which claims to be the world's largest airline, is notorious for its flight delays and poo

Japan's oil refiners and major consumers are refusing to buy crude oil at official prices posted by

Strontium in fossils provides the best evidence that severe acid rain helped wipe out dinosaurs and

Viruses, now the bad guys of medicine, someday may be enlisted to fight diseases such as diabetes, a

ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURORS (NEW YORK) - David H. Elliott was named chairman and chie

AIR CARGO The nation's air carriers enjoyed significant growth in their cargo volume in Dece

In the cavernous shed behind a Lambertville, N.J., ceramics factory, an inch- high teddy bear, glued

China announced it has halved its rat population to about 2 billion. There used to be four t

Fri., Feb. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Israel has threatened to boycott Greek shipping if Greek seamen go ahead withplans to assist

U.S. investors are unlikely to renew their investments in Brazil this year, despite a perceptibly wa

New User Fee Program Likely to Be ProposedThe Reagan administration is expected to propose t

A British company has designed a miniature television camera system for internal inspection of pipe

The Winkelman brothers are probably the only locomotive engineers who got their start as Kelly Girls

TAKEOVERS MAKE strange bedfellows. Last week The Journal of Commerce received a Federal Expr

Particularly strong December figures helped the cargo volume handled by U.S. air carriers grow by 11

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Italy's Grimaldi ship line filed action in a Rio de Janeiro court attempting to break the transport

Niagara Mohawk, Union Reach AccordSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. reached a labo

U.S. sales of fiberglass composites are poised for an encore performance in 1988, according to Frank

Chevron Chemical Buys Agricultural ProductsChevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Chevron Cor

U.S. maritime unions are mobilizing to fight the Reagan administration decision to allow Kuwait to c

SEINO AMERICA INC. (Los Angeles) - Walter Watanabe was named chairman and chief executive officer. M

The Interstate Commerce Commission has decided to stick with its speedy 180- day timetable for weigh

Top Stories: Texans are establishing symbols for a new economy with roles for high-technology ent

New Small Emplacement Excavator (S.E.E.) tractor built by Freightliner Corp. of Portland, Ore.,

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

Management's failure to arrange a leveraged buy-out forced Gerber Products Inc. to close its money-l

Marketing strategy may play as vital a role as technology in the emerging anti-lock brake industry o

Showa Line Ltd., Japan's sixth-largest shipping company, announced Friday that it will terminate its

The port of Tampa is planning to build its first container terminal, five years after an exhaustive

BART Directors Block $10 Billion ExpansionTwo directors of the Bay Area Rapid Transit have b

Enel fought the system and Enel won. That's the message Italy's state-run utility, Ente Nazi

The old Pizza Time Theater headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., used to be the home of Chuck E. Cheese

Olin Hikes Prices Of Caustic SodaSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. has increased its off-list pri

In an article in the Feb. 4 edition, Eldib Engineering & Research Inc.'s global estimate of the curr

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said Friday that Treasury Secretary James Baker's

TOP WHITE HOUSE AIDES whistled President Reagan's trade policy tune in Dixie last week at the Nation

Major U.S. banks aren't expected to participate in Mexico's innovative debt- reduction plan, a U.S.