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A lighted buoy from Britain called a "Lightfloat" can be used in sheltered or semi-exposed waters.

Up to half a dozen oil-exploration wells will be drilled on Palawan island in the Philippines during

A wave of industrial unrest is hitting Italy's maritime, airline and railroad industries. Al

P-I-E Nationwide has restructured its network of consolidation hubs to save $15 million annually.

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Bulk shipping rates are soaring, and shipowners are confident that the bull market will hold for at

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The world economy will be precariously unstable this year and could experience a recession, the Unit

The Automobile Club of New York, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association, is calling for

SCM Chemicals is increasing its list price for Cadmolith and cadmium pure color pigments, effective

Thermo Electron Corp. said its Crusader Engine Division is entering into a long-term contract with Y

The U.S. dollar was unchanged against the deutsche mark and up slightly against the Japanese yen Mon

China is actively eyeing the U.S. market for sales of personal computers despite a lack of sophistic

Researchers who inserted a human red blood cell gene into mice reported last week that it "turned on

The Soviet Union has tested on the Black Sea a powerful new 244-passenger hydrofoil it says will att

Karibu Denies Report On Offer for CatalystKaribu Corp., formed by several executives of Cata

Nedlloyd, the diversified transport group, forecasts a strong recovery in net profit to about 100 mi

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The U.S. Treasury is proposing a general capital increase for the World Bank of $65 billion to $75 b

Three congressman have asked the Reagan administration to ensure that a new trade policy with Canada

Japan must push restructuring of its export-driven economy to make it more dependent upon domestic d

With a difficult Christmas season behind them, retailers are meeting here this week to look ahead to

The landlocked western Canadian province of Alberta is giving further support to port development on

U.S. car manufacturers begin 1988 production this week with a build noticeably below the year-ago co

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

A private economic mission of about 100 businessmen will visit Manila in early April to find out wha

Both sides in a west coast labor dispute that is crippling Canada's grain exports have been summoned

Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. and Petroleum Engineers Inc. said they formed a joint venture, Offshore

Some fuel oil terminals in the Midwest are temporarily short on supply given the high demand for fue

As officials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. prepare their plans for operating the Southern Pacific Tr

The Federal Aviation Administration has fined Buffalo Express Airlines Inc. $950,000 for operating w

Longshoremen at Montreal intend this week to escalate their pressure tactics on port employers unles

Criticism of Bundesbank intervention policy from French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac is partly just

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Europe Import Agents Must Transpose CodesAgents handling imports from U.S. suppliers will ha

A little over two decades ago, the first Consumer Electronics Show drew 9,000 members of a $5 billio

Formal government go-ahead for a $1.2 billion petrochemical complex in Thailand, the country's secon

BASF Corp. chemicals division is increasing capacity for toluene diisocyanatefrom 135 millio

A new overnight "sprint" train service out of Portland is proving popular with shippers, according t

Mandatory guidelines covering hospital tests of patients for AIDS virus infection are needed to stop