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1128.0 (Aug. 21) Previous day - 1129.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The exploding Pacific Rim trade has increased the volume of shipping to the San Francisco Bay area,

Greek shipowners based in Piraeus, this country's largest port, and London have renewed their call f

Art Flanagan lugged cargo as a longshoreman and kept trains running on time as a railroad yardmaster

The U.S.-Australia trade is undergoing a further shakeout as two ocean carriers filed with the Feder

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Transax/RATES is releasing a new, revised version of its "Shiprate" service today and reached agreem

Engineers were the most sought-after job applicants in July, followed by sales managers and accounta

Astronomers think they've found a way to take the twinkle out of stars. If it works, it coul

Eighteen months after the Challenger explosion, a troubled NASA is at acrossroads. S

What has happened to the men who made steel? Between 1982 and 1985, an estimated 85,000 work

Federal regulators have put millions of women at increased risk of getting toxic shock syndrome by f

In Russ Banham's Inside Talk column August 21, an incorrect reference was made regarding the Insuran

Presidential hopeful Paul Simon told a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Illinois State Fair just

For comedians and cartoonists, the letter that's late or the check that's in the mail but never quit

Dioxin that contaminated 19,000 gallons of wood preservative spilled by a rail car in 1979 was so di

Almost two-thirds of Japanese workers polled in a recent survey said they were dissatisfied with the

The United States should threaten to close its markets to foreign imports in an effort to force othe

A report issued at the weekend by Japan's Economic Planning Agency stresses the country's economy fi

AIR CARGO Singapore Airlines has ordered its first all-freighter version of the Boeing 747.

Investors in the life insurance industry may be watching the end of an era. Although the lif

Chemical Leaman Corp. has commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 300,000 shares of its outstandi

A controversial technology that has the recording industry in turmoil soon will enable computers to

In a big step toward establishing nationwide quality standards for health maintenance organizations,

The Adherence Group named Winfried Kiesbuye and Joseph Gerasolo group executive directors of the org

Fri., Aug. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The agreement signed Friday by Argentina to restructure $34 billion of its $54 billion foreign debt

The Chilean government is considering a plan to allow government-owned firms to enter into debt-for-

Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America will build a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ches

The dollar's 40 percent plummet and the free-market philosophy of the 17- month-old Chirac governmen

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

U.S. export enhancement programs are biting into markets that traditionally belonged to the European

In the last bad drought year of 1979-80, India suffered a 4.7 percent decline in gross national prod

S. Korean President Optimistic on DebtSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea, now the world's four

Commerce to Liberalize Export Curbs on PCsThe Commerce Department plans to liberalize next m

Agriculture Secretary Richard E. Lyng says a formal agreement has been worked out between the depart

Key bauxite mines in Suriname, closed last November after attacks by anti- government rebels, are to

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Harmonized System Training Course. Series of three-day courses sponsored by the National Customs Bro