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Not since the 1960s has there been as much construction going on at the Port Authority of New York a

A "nagging cloud" is blowing up over the world's shipping industry, with the United States the bigge

Anthony Gallagher is on trial in federal court in a waterfront corruption trial, but he is handling

Styrene monomer prices are climbing quickly but may not reach the market peak until next year, analy

Hoechst Celanese Hikes PVC PricesNEW CASTLE, Del. Hoechst Celanese PVC film division is inc

There are potentially hundreds of thousands more abandoned hazardous waste sites threatening the env

Olin Boosts Prices Of Sodium ChloriteSTAMFORD, Conn. Olin Corp. is increasing its off-list

F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. has sweetened its hostile buy-out offer for Sterling Drug Inc. hours afte

Vista Chemical Co. has acquired an option to buy up to a 25 percent share in an alcohol manufacturin

Union Carbide Appeals Bhopal Relief OrderBHOPAL, India - Union Carbide Corp. appealed a cour

HERCULES INC. (Wilmington, Del.) - Donald R. Kirtley was named to the newly created position of vice

Federal marshalls arrested a container barge of McAllister Brothers Inc. here Friday for non-payment

Two shipboard radio operators unions have warned the Federal CommunicationsCommission that p

Habit is a deeply human trait, invisibly formed grain by grain and not easily extirpated. Ov

The pilots' union at Eastern Airlines is hoping to boost morale among its members with a videotape f

The Pan Am Corp. board of directors will meet Thursday to consider a restructuring plan for Pan Amer

In an effort to regain some cargo business in the Pacific, a market that it recently had abandoned,

United Technologies Will Sell Two UnitsUnited Technologies announced the tentative sale of t

Donahue to Head Winona BridgeBURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD and WINONA BRIDGE RAILWAY (Fort Wo

GUESSING IS BEGINNING over who will be Conrail's next chief executive. A board search commit

Grain Shipments Hit Record Levels in '87U.S. railroads hauled a record volume of 5.108 billi

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority spent $960,000 on services for the handicapped in f

Federal Railroad Administrator John H. Riley called for tightened safety standards in response to th

IU International Corp., which owns six full-truckload motor carriers, said it is negotiating a possi

Traffic moving through the port of Duluth in 1987 increased 7.3 million tons over the prior year.

Senator Line and the port of Wilmington make a great match - one that should benefit the carrier, th

More than a score of interested Philippine parties, some thought to have foreign backers, attended a

Venezuelan Container Line braved relatively uncharted waters last week by calling at non-union Ferna

Three men representing the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and war-risk insurance interests left f

Tue., Jan. 19, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Trinidad and Tobago will seek financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minis

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Traders of developing country debt are waiting for clarification of the accounting procedures to be

The U.S. dollar traded in a slump Tuesday on the market's fear Japan's higher trade surplus in Decem

Tokyo Insurers Win Right to Trade FuturesTOKYO - Japan's Finance Ministry will allow life an

While problem loans to less-developed countries have received much attention, the problem of capital

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange designated Salomon Brothers as the specialist and primary market mak

The fear of malpractice lawsuits is not limited to the medical and legal professions. A rece

HHS Model Is Urged In Malpractice ReformOtis Bowen, secretary of health and human services,