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The West Coast shipping industry Wednesday was still waiting to hear the results of a close longshor

A team of U.S. traffic engineers will try to help China's largest city untangle its daily monster tr

Crouse-Hinds Names Tuck to New PostSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Crouse-Hinds Co., a Syracuse-based elect

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III arrived Wednesday to help lead a conference in which 1,700 U.S

Where, my lords and ladies, can you meet Robin Hood and his nemesis the Sheriff of Nottingham, rub e

The Indonesian Textile Association protested to the U.S. government Wednesday, saying proposed U.S.

The California state Insurance Department is advocating changes in the way reinsurers provide financ

Representatives of the major industrialized nations are scheduled to complete negotiations in Septem

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

U.S. housing completions fell 2.7 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.572 mill

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

It's crayfish season again in Sweden, but the majority of the lobster-like shellfish consumed at sum

EC Ship Lines Protest Hyundai Freight RatesEight European ship lines have lodged a formal co

The Maritime Administration paid out some $19 million more to satisfy holders of government-backed f

Overseas Shipholding Group, a major ship operator that specializes in the tanker and dry-cargo marke

It is called the largest-ever U.S. work of jurisprudence, and the presiding judge says the multibill

Heavy-truck makers have an expensive habit they can't seem to break. Every time a big customer asks

Intercity revenue and ton-miles rose modestly for the trucking industry last year, outpacing lagging

Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. has an old name, or rather, two of them. The new joint venture th

The new chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board says emphatically that federally insured deposi

Some 80 percent of all urban sewage and waste in China is discharged into rivers without any treatme

Representatives of California's cities and counties have dropped their support of a proposed initiat

American Cyanamid Co. has filed a pre-application report with the New Jersey Hazardous Waste Facilit

Alabama Power Co. ended a hiatus in the spot coal market by issuing a tender for steam coal needed f

Yugoslavian Miners Refuse Wage OfferBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - About 400 miners at a brown coal

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

British Airways' proposed takeover of British Caledonian is likely to be the first of many airline m

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

The Soviet Union's grain harvest prospects have improved in recent weeks and now may total 205 milli

Sales of foreign autos are running at such a dramatic rate in the Japanese market that total purchas

Senators and congressmen in appreciable numbers indicate their opposition to any concessions to Cana

The Federal Maritime Commission will use questionnaires and regional hearings to carry out its effor

India is negotiating a US$190 million credit from the Asian Development Bank to fund an upgrading of

In your summer search for refreshing white wines, don't overlook Italy. While it is better known for

Brazil Coffee Exports Can Roll ForwardRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The Brazilian Coffee Institut

California housing production rebounded in June, due largely to a surprising spurt" in multi-family

Bonn Swaps 3 Agents From E. Bloc for TwoBONN, West Germany - West Germany on Wednesday swapp

A Clemson, S.C., textile company, in search of workers, recently placed help- wanted ads in newspape

Decisions being made in transportation bankruptcy cases that call for payment of interest to unsecur

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