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U.S. demand for polystyrene grew at only a 3 percent to 4 percent rate through the first half of the

American President Lines Inc. is offering technical and financial help to improve facilities at thre

Iberia to Move US HeadquartersIberia Airlines, the national airline of Spain, is moving its

Eastern Airlines will sell its Eastern Air Shuttle division to a newly created subsidiary of Texas A

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

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Exporters that want to do business with developing or communist-style economies can't afford to igno

Through the port of Hamburg flows a hefty share of the goods that helped West Germany rack up a $13.

Tokyo Ranks at Top Of Expensive-City ListAn American family moving to Tokyo would need nearl

Ford's Autoworkers In Britain Call StrikeUnions representing Ford Motor Co. Ltd.'s 32,500 ho

Reebok Plant Damaged By Fire in South KoreaCANTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd. said fi

THE COLOGNE RE OF AMERICA (Stamford, Conn.) - William P. Slattery was named executive vice president

AIR CARGO DOT officials disagree about the extent to which shippers improperly label hazardo

The Olympic hockey team from Czechoslovakia may not show up in Calgary this weekend, and the top Ita

Gulfport Port Director Bill Duke is spending a lot of time in the Mississippi capital of Jackson the

The parent company of Pacific Power & Light Co. said that the Wyoming Public Service Commission appr

A Monroe County, Mich., official said he plans to introduce a resolution at the county board meeting

There's a lot of talk about building a new transmission line to bring electricity from the Midwest t

Halliburton Co. Breaks Into Black in QuarterHalliburton Co. reported earnings of $34 million

New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has instructed his administration to do whatever is necessary to preven

Gatz Takes Helm Of Steamship AgencyGeorge V. Gatz was named president of Johnson Maritime Se

Consumer confidence is rebounding sharply from a sinking spell after the Oct. 19 stock market crash,

Fri., Feb. 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The walls tell it all at Eastman Kodak Co. Historically, the company's sprawling manufacturi

Gerhard Stoltenberg, West Germany's finance minister, is cautiously optimistic about an improving in

The Soviet Union is selling large amounts of gold on world markets to obtain U.S. dollars to purchas

Turbulent industrial relations on Australian coal fields could disrupt production this year.

Transco to Sell Interest in PropertiesTransco Exploration Partners Ltd. said it will sell in

China Ticket Scalpers Receive Up to 7 YearsA Beijing court has sentenced five train ticket s

For the week ended Jan. 9 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 90,

General Dynamics Turns Profit in QuarterST. LOUIS - General Dynamics earned $95.3 million, o

Montreal Shipping Inc., an agency that has been representing shipping companies for almost 70 years,

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A British company has developed an instrument to check the quality of glass during production.

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

The makers of Malaysia's Proton Saga cars plan to launch an assault on the United States and other f

The nation's jobless rate held steady at a decade-low 5.8 percent in January as job growth slowed to

Citibank has completed the purchase of a 45 percent stake in Grupo Copihue - a Chilean concern with

Sylvester Stallone and Brooke Shields are leading a galaxy of stars hawking everything from hi-fi vi

The increasing effect of AIDS-related claims. Slow gains in reinsurance. Changes in accounting for i