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The $170 million in cash Onex Capital Corp. of Toronto agreed to pay for Purolator Courier Corp.'s p

At a time when the maritime industry probably needs Washington representation most, it has become le

The insurance industry will continue pressing its fight for tort reform in state legislatures in 198

Industry analysts hope Argentina and Holland are on the way to settling their lengthy dispute over d

Yugoslavia's Parliament adopted the 1987 economic plan that only expresses hopes for containing runa

A single maritime company with a handful of ships and barges is making nearly as much money as all o

Indonesia Sees Increase In Fish Export EarningsJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia earned $197.8

The stock market is winding down a year that has seen a gain of roughly 25 percent in the Dow Jones

Traffic through the port of Vancouver could nudge 60 million metric tons in 1987, challenging a hand

Airbus A340 to Have New Type EngineAirbus Industrie, the rapidly expanding European commerci

Cologne Re of America Has Surplus Beefed UpSTAMFORD, Conn. - Cologne Reinsurance Co. of Amer

Health-care needs for the nation's elderly will rise dramatically at the dawn of the 21st century as

Almost a third of Soviet enterprises have failed to meet their contract commitments under the nation

The $18-a-barrel goal of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is only a minimum price s

Rescue officials called off a search Friday for three missing crewmen from an Icelandic freighter th

Iran-US Negotiations THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.S. and Iranian officials meet today to negot

Entrepreneurs in this English-speaking Caribbean republic are still rejoicing over the recent electi

Friday, Dec. 26, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trinova Unit CompletesIPC PurchaseMAUMEE, Ohio - Sterling Engineered Products Inc.,

Market for Gum Rosins FirmsThe market for U.S. gum rosins is reported to be firming.

Steelmakers in Brazil could outdo Japanese mills in staking out further reductions in the price of c

Officials proposing to cut the workweek from 48 to 40 hours say they expect to run into resistance i

Troubled dairy operator Knudsen Corp. on Friday said it agreed to sell its Texas and Louisiana opera

The effort to decide whether to automate the Federal Maritime Commission's overburdened paper tariff

Backers of multiyear highway funding legislation this week will launch their campaign for early acti

A syndicate of seven Japanese banks has agreed to provide 160 billion yen in loans to three affiliat

The U.S. dollar continued its week-long decline Friday, testing a six-year low against the deutsche

Distrigas of Massachusetts Corp. received a shipment of liquefied natural gas when the British-regis

Saudi King Appoints Minister of PetroleumRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Fahd issued a royal dec

Faced with plummeting earnings in 1986, Elf Gabon, the offshoot of France's state-controlled Elf Aqu

Ford Motor Co.'s top officials predicted 1987 U.S. motor vehicle sales of 15 million units, down sli

National Starch and Chemical Corp. announced the acquisition of Bassi Marchini & C. SpA, an industri

Samples of coffee mugs, umbrellas and wristwatches fill his office, but what Herbert A. Gold really

The undisputed dean of the maritime bartenders and a legend in the industry was a man named Spiros L

ISS International Buys Assets of Macke FirmISS International Service System Inc. said it con

GENERAL NEWSTurbulence, the theme of the steel industry over the last decade, is still the w

The Maryland Port Administration has awarded the International Terminal Operating Corp. (ITO) exclus

The Icelandic coast guard is contending in federal lawsuits that a faulty cargo door in a Sikorsky h

. . . DIVIDED WE FALL: Successful port operations hinge on close cooperation between the public

A full-time program executive should be appointed to oversee New York's hazardous waste site cleanup