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Alabama State Docks will begin seeking construction bids later this month on the final stage of a fo

Ed Hale wants to shift his barge and truck operations to the Port of Baltimore's new Seagirt Marine

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Railroads in the United States carried more containers than trailers in intermodal service in the we

When a railroad or an airline is up for sale, the Bush administration's position is clear: The less

A House subcommittee voted Wednesday to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which has given the insuran

With the expansion of overnight delivery volumes slowing, the U.S. Postal Service says it's working

Indonesia's fast-growing textile industry is getting a boost from International Finance Corp., the p

New York Mercantile Exchange June 12, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

PLASTIC PIGMENTS Rohm and Haas Co. said it will increase the price of its Ropaque line of ho

June 13, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Gold prices were lower Wednesday with spot delivery prices falling to new life-of-contract lows on r

The city of Shanghai, China's principal though faded commercial hub, will open its doors to more for

SOVIETS AGREE TO SUPPLY SOME FUEL TO LITHUANIAThe Soviet government agreed Wednesday to rest

APRIL TRADE GAP SEEN NARROWINGEconomists expect the U.S. merchandise trade report for April

UK PAYMENTS DEFICIT WIDENED IN 1ST QUARTERThe U.K.'s seasonally adjusted current account def

A headline in The Journal of Commerce of Tuesday, June 12, on page 5B of the Texas special supplemen

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, 1990 Management Conference and Exhibit Forum, June 17-20. Royal York

A House-Senate dispute over Caribbean ethanol imports has tied up legislation granting trade benefit

A leading Hong Kong businessman blasted liberal critics of China in a speech here Wednesday.

In an ironic twist, a surge in demand for recycled high-density polyethylene is forcing one bottle m

June 13, 1990 Copper Total, 15,316. Gold Total, .1,693,259.Silver Total, .251,844,723.

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher said Wednesday that some advanced technology will slip into the

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner, citing the Mega Borg fire and spill in the Gulf of Mexic

The House Agriculture Committee moved Wednesday to modify provisions of the farm bill that incorpora

US JEWELRY GIANT MAKES INROAD TO JAPANThe big U.S. jewelry store chain Zale Corp. will creat

A longtime West Virginia coal producer, Cannelton Holding Co. of Charleston, is on the sales block,

Crude oil stocks posted a 1.2 million barrel increase for the week ending June 8, the American Petro

Congress is about to vote legislation to keep closer track of foreign investors, but to what extent

AIRLINE EXECUTIVES love to reminisce, especially about old airplanes. Russell Thayer, an air

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* Trading With Peru 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Ira Breskin - Inside Talk on Air Cargo

A story on Page 11A in The Journal of Commerce of Wednesday, June 13, headlined "Limnet Gathers Stea

NETHERLANDS BANK BUYS LIFE INSURERUTRECHT, Netherlands - Rabobank Nederland, an agricultural

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S. AFRICA FARM GROUP FORECASTS LEAN EXPORTSPRETORIA, South Africa - A poor corn crop and a l

The International Cocoa Organization has sold half of its 1,225-metric-ton defective buffer stock, t

ALGERIA - $99.5 million from the World Bank to help Algerian industrial companies improve their eff

SOVIETS APPROVE SHIFT TO MARKET ECONOMYThe Soviet parliament approved plans Wednesday to tra

Alberto Fujimori, Peru's newly elected president, will take the helm of a nation ravaged by debt, ec