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The possibility of a strike at Pan American World Airways looms larger. Last Thursday Pan Am

Brown & Root of Houston wants to sell its 12,154-deadweight-ton barge Bar 331 to London-based Europe

Officials at the Massachusetts Port Authority and McAllister Brothers Inc. in New York said they hav

China will introduce color-coded customs forms starting March 1 to help it track its various types o

Mutual funds that invest in futures averaged a 39.5 percent increase in value last year, outstrippin

American President Cos.' 1987 financial results held no surprises, a transportation analyst said.

A government advisory group says Japan's next five-year plan should push people to spend more of the

Business leaders suddenly have turned pessimistic about prospects for the U.S. economy, according to

Lord Young of Graffham, Britain's minister of trade and industry, warned the United States on Friday

Two oil-industry economists say required gasohol sales will result in an inefficient and costly ener

Lower demand for natural gas in the next few years probably will extend the life of the current "bub

Nominations Open For Seamanship AwardNominations for the 1988 American Merchant Marine Seama

U.S. sheep growers face an increasing threat from predators" who are attacking the largest market fo

NY State May Ban PVC Food PackagingALBANY, N.Y. - The New York state legislature is consider

Japanese life insurance companies plan to purchase at least the usual volume of U.S. Treasury bonds

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

An organized labor movement that continues to represent a smaller share of the nation's work force l

Intermodal services through U.S. West Coast ports haven't wiped out containership traffic through th

Already among the highest-paid in the nation, Seattle port commissioners said they intend to ask the

A United Transportation Union official says he'll urge that the union try to shut down major trunk l

Prices for spot coal in the utility market are still on the downswing based on purchases just announ

Holders of the financing on the seventh of the 16 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers built a decad

The chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is urging a friendly solution to the U.S.-Japan

Underwriters who sell personal insurance directly to the public have a strong advantage over insurer

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

Net Income Doubles For Owens FiberglasTOLEDO, Ohio - Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.'s fourth-

A United Nations agency will help develop a semiconductor technology center in Malaysia, already one

This week's rare high-level meeting on multilateral export controls in Paris could lead to an easing

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Nine different jurisdictions in Washington's Snohomish County have signed an agreement guaranteeing

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. reported earnings of $113.7 million, or 72 cents a share, in the fou

The New GATT Agenda: Agriculture and Trade in Services. Jan. 27. Maison Francaise, The Embassy of Fr

Lyng to Talk Trade With Asian NationsAgriculture Secretary Richard Lyng is scheduled to trav

AVIATION A British minister said Airbus will pay off some of its loans from the British gove

January 22, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

State officials approved a 34-year offshore lease for Exxon, allowing the company to eventually load

Oil Marketer Questions Wisdom of Gas DealAn oil marketer questions the wisdom of importing C

A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN IS PURSUING HIS PILOT'S LICENSE, a solid case of putting his free time whe

The dollar settled into a trading range last week, following the Jan. 15 announcement of a surprisin

The U.S. economy may slip into a recession in the early part of this year, Federal Reserve Board Gov