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Midwest Advisory Board, biannual meeting, July 15-17, Pioneer Inn, Oshkosh, Wis. Meeting will featu

Lower productivity tied to a growing truck driver shortage trimmed earnings for J.B. Hunt Transport

A report released Thursday by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development predicts a worsening trad

Jamaica to Inspect Furniture ExportsKINGSTON, Jamaica - Effective Oct. 1, 1987, furniture be

The port of Tacoma has cut a tentative deal with an Indian tribe to allow Sea-Land Service Inc. to e

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit worsened in May with imports hitting a new high, but U.S. offici

The West German chemical industry is spending an increasingly large amount on the environment, prim

The odyssey of eight stowaways who spent six days going back and forth from Miami to Freeport, Baham

Sea-Land Service Inc. has seen its plans to acquire ships and container handling gear from United St

The fired maritime director at the port of Chicago signed a contract to work with the state of Illin

Eighteen South Korean seamen squatted over a burning hibachi, enjoying their first "real Korean food

Federal product liability reform is alive and well in the 100th Congress, according to the Product L

Oil prices vaulted over $22 a barrel Wednesday amid strong demand for gasoline and market nervousnes

The refusal of the Korean crew of the tanker Gogo Regent to work is disrupting operations at a Chels

Park Jung-ki, president of South Korea's national electric utility, has reportedly offered to resign

The new chairman of Intertanko, the International Association of Independent Tanker Operators, has t

A SIGN OF GROWTH OCCURRED when McAllister Towing of Florida Inc. christened the Iona McAllister rece

A group claiming to have set fire recently to commuter trains is threatening to kill employees of th

Brazil and Argentina are expected to adopt a common currency aimed at boosting bilateral trade durin

The Navy's plan to homeport the USS Nimitz in Puget Sound is an economic answer to the changing job

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Provisional approval has been granted to four joint venture projects with U.S. companies under Saudi

Ranking officials from the United States and the European Community will spend three days here discu

Consumption of squalane, a product derived from deep sea shark liver oil and added mainly to high qu

The close encounter between two jumbo jets over the Atlantic Ocean last week illustrates a problem t

A two-tier registry for shipping has merit, says the boss of Canada's newest ocean line. Cly

If the federal government approves, construction could start next spring on a 400-room hotel and con

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Robert W. Simmonds wanted to talk about the force he head

Governor Pushes Mass. Auto ReformThe administration of Gov. Michael Dukakis is pushing thest

Sony Corp. is moving one of its top executives to New York, citing growing tensions between the Unit

GENERAL NEWS Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., is rationing scarce supplies of its 386 mic

A task force headed by Vice President George Bush said the government will buy 5,000 vehicles capabl

A labor inquiry commissioner is advising the Canadian government to abolish the right of Vancouver l

Lockheed Corp.'s Seattle shipyard will be sold along with other unprofitable shipbuilding businesses

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

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

United Parcel Service Inc. and the Teamsters union reached agreement on a new labor pact for the sma

Japan Approves Plans For Tokyo Bay ProjectThe Construction Ministry has approved plans for o

The best-laid plans of Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto Workers have fallen apart. The A

An estimated $500,000 worth of crayfish are being caught in the Sacramento- San Joaquin River delta