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Maiden Voyage Delayed Of Trans-Hudson FerryFORT LEE, N.J. - The maiden voyage of a trans-Hud

Italian Line has placed an order with an Italian shipyard for three containerships for service in it

France's state-controlled oil group, Elf Aquitaine, has decided to abandon its holdings in the tanke

A small amount of diesel fuel leaked into the Hudson River when a barge carrying 86,000 gallons of f

The 28 percent subsidy on costs agreed this week for shipyards within the European Community appears

NY State Lawmaker Blasts RegulationsALBANY, N.Y. - Tort reform measures designed to make exc

A U.S.-Canadian dispute over alleged U.S. subsidies of corn exports could derail pending trade talks

Domestic textile shipments rose by 4 percent this year from 1985 to $54.7 billion, the American Text

A couple of years ago Jaime Serra and Guillermo Ortiz, two members of the team of economists working

THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON WALL STREET AND THE ECONOMY. Conference will focus on economic climate

Landlocked Zambia, located in the southern part of Africa, succeeded in signing up oil exploration c

Britain's trade with the rest of the world was in the red again last month as the value of imports s

Price readjustments in Brazil promise relief for some industries, but the specter of slower growth n

When the Voyager aircraft touched down safely at 8:05 a.m. PST Tuesday in the California desert, a t

West Germany's trade surplus fell slightly in November, but the total surplus for the first 11 month

The small port of St. John's in Newfoundland is upgrading its main terminal into a modern container

Prime Minister Bob Hawke issued a global call for bids for what will become the world's largest unde

The Taiwan dollar was quoted Tuesday at 35.69 to one U.S. dollar, its highest level since 1958, trad

7 Locomotives Enter Service in NovemberSeven locomotives were placed in service in November,

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced strict restrictions on exports of for

Five Airlines Place Boeing Jet OrdersAll Nippon Airways of Japan and two Taiwanese carriers

A new set of rules and filing deadlines adopted by the county's Superior Court system calls for most

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

The California Insurance Department is suing 144 insurance companies to recover $1.2 billion in unpa

Economic growth this year should be significantly better" than the original estimate of 5.6 percent,

A Christmastime tent city for the homeless never got off the ground Mondaybecause it lacked

At a time when the rising cost of employee benefits already accounts for more than 10 percent of bus

A federal judge is expected to rule this week on a proposed settlement in which about 28,000 investo

A Superior Court jury decided 11-1 to award a former Navy ship repairman $3.3 million in a claim tha

Hopes for a traditional year-end rally by the stock market dimmed Tuesday as apathy among buyers and

The U.S. dollar drifted lower again Tuesday on what was seen as a combination of fundamental and tac

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

Southern Company Services Inc., the coal buying agent for a group of southeastern utilities, abruptl

Knight-Ridder Files $200 Million Debt SaleKnight-Ridder Inc. filed with the Securities and E

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The state of Massachusetts will challenge in federal court if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issu

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

Koppers Inc. purchased the Atlac specialty thermoset resins business of ICI Americas Inc. for an und

GENERAL NEWSExperts see economy's growth rate rising and falling in the space of a few month

Top Gandhi Aide Quits NEW DELHI, India - Gopalswamy Parthasarathi, the top foreign policy ad