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U.S. officials will be discussing paperless customs clearance and related matters Feb. 11 and Feb. 1

The dollar will have to fall further in 1988 in order to correct the U.S. trade and current account

CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE (Chicago) - John R. Roberts was named first vice president, marketin

Peru announced a plan Tuesday to yield control of part of its gold reserves in exchange for foreign

Maritime industry comments on two subsidy reform proposals facing Senate and House maritime committe

Malaysia's chief copyright enforcer says his nation is conferring with U.S. officials on a bilateral

Insurance companies are fighting the problem of inaccurate hospital bills withinnovative mon

Hawaiian Marine Lines, a Crowley Maritime Corp. subsidiary that for 12 years has operated a barge se

Now that the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense has issued its long- awaited recommendations

Maxus Energy Plans 13 percent Spending IncreaseMaxus Energy Corp. said Tuesday that it has c

At its finest, Scampi was never so delectable. The computer chefs at Seattle's seaport say t

1514.0 (Feb. 9, 1988) Previous day - 1499.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Commissioners at the port of Seattle is being asked to reassemble a board to consider how best to bu

About 2,000 workers at six factories went on strike Tuesday to demand higher bonuses for the Chinese

Michelin Tire Expands Its Production CapacitySPARTANBURG, S.C. - Michelin Tire Corp. will sp

Machine Tool Demand In China May GrowNEW YORK - China's appetite for machine tools and relat

Sikorsky and the Turkish-based Enka Holding Investment Co. have entered into an agreement to develop

Steel production fell to 1.875 million tons in the week ended Feb. 6, a decrease of 3.3 percent from

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

10 Indicted in Chicago For Commodity CrimesThe U.S. Attorney's office for the northern distr

R. Daniel Massey was named head of the underwriting department at Ambac Indemnity Corp., a municipal

New Jersey legislators Monday approved a resolution asking insurance Commissioner Kenneth D. Merin t

Transamerica Corp. reported operating income for the fourth quarter of 1987 of $75.4 million, or 95

Did you hear the one about the 80-year-old woman who was billed for a pregnancy test when she entere

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

Puerto Rico's pharmaceutical industry is expected to invest over $1 billion in facilities and equipm

Maersk Line has announced that its East Coast ports of call on its new North Atlantic Service will b

A portable toilet company operator has entered the medical realm with a patent on a filtration devic

Frank Baldino gave up a top-level research job at Du Pont Co. four months ago. Now, working from a b

Sea-Land Corp.'s announcement of port calls for its newly acquired Econships has produced some clear

Frank Drozak, president of the Seafarers' International Union, again rapped the U.S. government for

Prospects for the tanker market in the next few years are likely to depend very much on U.S. domesti

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

With the army blockading Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, the future of Israel's most pr

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Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay's foreign minister, is favored to become the Inter- American Development B

The congressional trade bill conference begins sifting through some 2,000 pages of legislation next

The Greyhound Corp. is launching a program intended to recover most of the company's investment in i

It's official: Sea-Land Service Inc., Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd Lines announced Monday that t