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U.S.-flag passenger vessel operations, nearly dormant for many years, are staging a revival in the f

National Association of Export Companies. Seminar on pre-shipment inspections followed by luncheon.

The United States imported more than 573,000 head of cattle from Mexico during the first eight month

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is operating a new specialty/industrial gas facility near Raleigh, N

September U.S. factory orders are expected to rise sharply, by an average of 2.7 percent, from a 1.4

New York and New Jersey have between them added nearly 1.1 million jobs thus far this decade, diggin

Total output of frozen concentrated orange juice in Florida in 1986-87 is expected to exceed last se

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

The abrupt dismissal of Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani as Saudi Arabia's oil minister will "change the ima

Thirteen concerns are seeking licenses to operate as independent ocean freight forwarders from the F

The port of Portland's fiscal year, which ended June 30, was worse than previously announced, and th

Japan's point man on international trade has told his country's leading corporations to import more

The port of Seattle shouldn't raise taxes when the shipping industry is not expanding, a port-watchd

Japanese Airline Set To Purchase 2 DC-10sToa Domestic Airlines Co., Japan's third biggest ca

Sales of new single-family homes in the United States increased 10.6 percent in September to a seaso

Ethyl Corp., the only major U.S. manufacturer of the active ingredient in ibuprofen pain-relievers,

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Top Stories Commerce issued its hit list pinpointing areas in the Middle East and North Afri

Economists in the Agriculture Department are taking a look backward at events that have helped depre

Wheat varieties that exhibit both winter and spring characteristics are proving more difficult to de

Rumors that China is considering purchases up to 5.0 million metric tons of U.S. corn in the next ye

A tentative settlement that could end an 11-week-old strike against Brooklyn Union Gas has been reac

New York Shipping Association and International Longshoremen's Association delegates for the bi-stat

The abandoned U.S.-flag tanker OMI Yukon showed no sign of sinking as it burned in the Pacific 1,000

Sumitomo Rubber Plans Buy-out of Dunlop TireSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. intends to purc

THE SNOW IS SPECIAL IN JAPAN: That's one of the reasons allegedly being offered by the quasi-governm

Plans to Visit Mexico WASHINGTON - Mikhail Gorbachev plans to visit Mexico and several other

Northwest Marine Iron Works Inc., a Portland, Ore., shipyard employing 1,000 people, filed for reor

Top Stories Singapore's gross domestic product is expected to increase by between 1 percent

General Re Reports Operating Income GainsSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reported operati

The U.S. dollar rose more than 1 percent against major currencies Thursday in reaction to a further

For 50 years, the Tennessee Valley Authority was the model of a government- owned utility, serving

Western-Style Bank To Reopen in ShanghaiThe Bank of Communications, one of China's leading b

Hughes to Fire Four For Tank MischargesEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Hughes Aircraft Co. said it inte

Task Force Will Probe Demands on TruckersAmerican Trucking Associations and the National Ind

The demise of the world trade unit of Chicago-based Sears, Roebuck & Co. is no cause for embarrassme

INSURANCE BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia) - Paula H.J. Cholmondeley was hi

China is moving again to streamline its banking and financial structure in hopes of reviving flaggin

Laurence Pathy, president and chief executive of Montreal-based Fednav Ltd., announced a restructuri

Squibb Corp.'s board authorized it to repurchase from time to time up to 1 million shares of Squibb'