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The Army asked for nominations from around the country for shippers and users to sit on an 11-member

Dunkerque, France's third-largest port behind Marseilles and Le Havre, managed to improve its perfor

Shipments of most cargo along the Illinois River reached record levels in 1986, while traffic along

The U.S. dollar moved lower against major foreign currencies Tuesday despite a modest recovery aroun

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

Prospects for Maryland's coal mining industry, in the midst of a deeprecession, could improve if th

Stocks soared into record territory in heavy trading Tuesday, as investors came back from the three-

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Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, told a conference of

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

Brazil will demand an increase in International Cocoa Organization's buffer stock to 250,000 metric

Burlington Starts Expediter TrainsFORT WORTH, Texas - Burlington Northern Railroad said it s

Brazil's long-standing threat to close its doors to fine chemical imports to create a reserved mark

Calif. Company Buys Stake in CogenicEnergy and Environmental Research Corp. of Irvine, Calif

Dow Hikes Price of Magnum ABSMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. announced that effective

Arco Chemical Europe announced that its Netherlands operating unit will build an estimated $20 milli

Piedmont Aviation Inc., parent of Piedmont Airlines, said it has received a cash takeover offer wort

Truck tonnage totals in last week's table for the Southern and Western regions and for All Areas wer

Profit margins rose for nearly 70 percent of the nation's larger trucking companies in a year-to-yea

The initial public offering price for Conrail stock is expected to be between $22 and $26 a share, a

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The Senate Commerce Committee may attempt to expand legislation permitting random testing of railroa

Preston Corp. reported a fourth quarter profit of $604,000, or 10 cents a share, compared with a yea

The Eurotunnel consortium that plans to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel but has had pr

Fried Chicken Firm Leaving South AfricaLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp. plans

Thai Airways International has agreed to make payments to 173 Japanese passengers on a jetliner tha

Exporters and investors hoping for a bonanza in China are getting further conflicting signals about

GENERAL NEWS Ford Motor Co. earned $3.3 billion in 1986, a 31 percent improvement over the p

Burma's quarter-century of isolation and one-man rule have shattered the economy of a bountiful land

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

William McGeoch & Co. of Britain has developed an instrument that displays the position of mobile eq

The Controversy Over the Importation of Gray Market Goods: Is a Resolution Forthcoming? Symposium sp

Japan Seen Dumping Pipe Fittings in USThe Commerce Department's International Trade Administ

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to ask the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand

It was only three years ago that Geraldine Ferraro, then campaigning for the Democratic nomination f

The AFL-CIO is making new import restrictions - already its top priority in Congress this year - the

Representatives of the U.S. petrochemical industry sent a joint letter to President Reagan strongly

Sales of non-oil goods to foreign customers soared about 34 percent last year, the government said.<

Grenada, the world's second-largest producer of nutmegs, recorded a 13.5 percent increase in exports

Two U.S. computer companies have expanded production facilities in Ireland, while a third U.S. compa