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After thirty years of political repression in Haiti under Duvalier rule - with political parties and

The 66th British Motor Show opens in Birmingham today with a near-record 500 exhibitors showing thei

U.S. consumer confidence perked up in September after sagging during the summer, the Conference Boar

American Isuzu Motors Corp. and its joint venture partner, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., apparently ha

Wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent in September as the year's biggest gain in gasoline prices more th

Redmond Joins Xerox AffiliateAs PresidentST. LOUIS - Donald P. Redmond joined Nation

GENERAL NEWS Philip Morris will sell Seven-Up to a Dallas company. Page 2AThe board of Gel

Local Dock Talks NEW YORK - Local contract negotiations between the the International Longsh

Orders and shipments for U.S. and foreign semiconductor manufacturers in the U.S. market increased s

A blue-ribbon panel of business executives forecast that the U.S. economy will continue to muddle th

A Reagan administration program has reduced the flow of foreign steel into the United States, but ne

Truckers are hot on the trail of the green slime that has been clogging their radiators and wrecking

GENERAL NEWS Corporate leaders expect little pep from the economy. Page 2ARetail prices ro

President Raul Alfonsin of Argentina is expected to focus on trade and economic issues during his of

Triton, the general cargo stevedoring joint venture proposed by three Rotterdam companies, will prob

Can the revamped management of the Rover Group under Graham Day, its new chairman, steer the company

The Interstate Commerce Commission is on notice that its decisions in the next few months may determ

The financial disasters experienced by the shipping industry over the past decade - "the industry's

Overcapacity, the scourge of the shipping industry, could be solved through a plan that gives banker

The Federal Reserve likely will cut the discount rate again before the end of the year, but the exac

Britain's National Freight Consortium will strengthen its interest in the U.S. transportation indust

The most successful intermodal steamship companies of the future will do much more than carry cargo.

A cooperative agreement between Norwegian Ship Management A/S and V-ships of Monaco started operatin

The New York/New Jersey Port Promotion Association. First annual National Port Week dinner dance. Oc

The Maritime Administration denied a Sea-Land Service Inc. petition for reconsideration of a decisio

Wilhelmsen Offshore Services has sold eight supply vessels to Sverre Farstad of Aalesund, Norway. Th

Hong Kong shippers reacted angrily to news of more rate hikes by the Asia North America Eastbound Ra

A total of 35 vessels were stranded Thursday while a stubborn barge fire limited access to the Houst

The Brazilian government is considering closing soymeal and soypellet export registrations because i

With the help of an industry-funded early retirement plan, the French port of Le Havre is going to r

END OF THE LINE: This is the last Inside Talk column that yours truly will be writing for the shippi

If this is October, then the Georgia Ports Authority and the state's legislative delegation must be

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

Australia exported a record 16.0 million metric tons (1 metric ton equals2,200 pounds) of wh

USDA Helping Fight Fatal Livestock DiseaseThe Department of Agriculture is participating in

House-Senate conferees approved a three-year reauthorization bill for the Commodity Futures Trading

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone directed his cabinet minister on agriculture Thursday to ask the U.

Farm trade deficits that produced shock waves this summer and worsened the U.S. balance in world mar

GENERAL NEWSSuperfund will likely determine if Congress will adjourn for the year next week

A new $1.4 million study, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the United States, will attempt