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The Federal Maritime Commission Tuesday refused to step into an intermodal rate-sharing dispute betw

The Norwegian parliament unanimously approved government-proposed legislation tightening export cont

When asked to look into the future, experts on health-care financing could agree on only one thing:

World imports of soymeal between October and March 1988 will rise to 12.4 million metric tons, up 8

U.S. pressure is toppling some of South Korea's trade barriers, a senior government official acknowl

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

Steel importers are more concerned about an impending collapse of steel prices than their leaders' c

Japan Report to Detail Textile RestructuringAn advisory group to Japan's Ministry of Interna

Thousands of Soviets are streaming to the United States to settle or visit relatives who emigrated i

AVIATION Concorde services help boost BA's courier business. 5BAir Canada and striking grou

After months in the doldrums, South Korea's shipbuilders are reporting signs of recovery. Eu

More U.S. corporations with extensive export sales are beginning to hedge their foreign currency inc

The U.S. dollar declined in slow-moving trading Tuesday. Analysts said the market was down t

A former USAir employee apparently left a recorded note threatening to killhimself and other

Anyone with an ear tuned to the air cargo industry's vibrations is probably aware that there is a si

Four containers, including one loaded with 76 drums of hazardous chemicals, were off-loaded Tuesday

Dec. 8 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

The past president of the California Nurses Association was scheduled to testify against insurers' u

Although its base load fuel needs are met with mine-mouth power plants burning company-mined lignite

A strike at Prince Rupert Grain Co. could burden Canada's already strained West Coast grain exports,

Strong demand for iron ore and other cargo has prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend t

Wavetech, IMT Join In Analysis ServiceWavetech Inc. and IMT Inc. announced a preliminary agr

The province of Ontario banned the sale of mussels from Canada's Atlantic provinces and the northeas

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

Hearings to Discuss Bay Area Rail ProjectsOAKLAND - Projects totaling between $2.3 billion a

The Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday said it has found deficiencies in the Springfield Termin

Australian coal suppliers have undercut U.S. exporters with price offers to a Turkish steel mill tha

Hoping to bring more private investors into the developing world, investment firms are toying with a

The United States has offered to host an international conference late next year aimed at reaching a

Institute Offers Course On Marine InsuranceThe Insurance Institute of America will begin off

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Monday on charges that he paid abribe to a state insurance departmen

Ivolin Hikes Price Of Essential OilsIvolin Enterprises has increased December list prices fo

The first of several new meat import inspection stations planned for the West Coast has opened at th

Tue., Dec. 8, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Soviet economists are talking of the Soviet ruble's eventually becoming a convertible currency in fo

Iraq said its warplanes attacked a tanker off the Iranian gulf coast Tuesday. A spokesman sa

A port on the Fraser River is renewing a challenge to nearby Vancouver's domination of container tra

Danish seamen protested to Iran Monday following an attack on the tanker Estelle Maersk that killed

The ability of foreigners to finance U.S. budget deficits is limited, and the United States must clo