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A strike initiated last week by independent truckers in British Columbia is spreading eastward to Sa

RICH AND BIG: Right now, a company apparently has to be both when it comes to being a leadplayer in

PRODUCTIVITY FELL 2.7 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTERThe productivity of U.S. non-farm businesses f

To the nation's top insurance brokers, responsibility for preventing insurer insolvencies is a polit

Three former executives who left Chicago-based CNA Insurance Cos. to form their own insurance consul

CLIPPER EXXPRESS INC. RAISES LTL RATESLEMONT, Ill. - Clipper Exxpress Inc. is raising less-t

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The nation's largest trucking company will ask Congress to allow triple- trailer rigs on all interst

Most Brazilian ports remained closed Monday, the fourth day of a planned eight-day dockworkers' warn

The Koreans are coming. Forget about 1992 being the year that economic borders fall in Europ

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS TEST WOOL PRICE CUTSYDNEY, Australia - A leading Australian farmers' grou

Jack Neuendorf's 1,000 acres along the Mississippi River is some of the most productive farm land on

Moves to privatize and deregulate South Africa's transport industry are expected to open up new oppo

June 4, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

With the completion in May of the first part of its containership fleet renewal program, Lloyd Tries

Aluminum ingots- $1,900-$1,990 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

Wet conditions have kept the initial hard red winter wheat harvest rather slow in Texas and southern

The U.S. Customs Service may revoke an interpretation of shipping law permitting the hauling of carg

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Chile is pressing for the restoration of special trade and investment benefits from the United State

The Supreme Court Monday dashed hopes that motor carriers would receive refunds for hundreds of mill

Mon., June 4, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

RETAIL GROUP SEEKS END OF TEXTILE PACTThe Retail Industry Trade Action Coalition has gone on

The Supreme Court will study the government's power to lift price controls on some natural gas, a ca

DURING MAY, THE CRB FUTURES PRICE INDEX rose to 247.8, the best level in fourteen months. Th

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said it signed an agreement to sell its polyvinyl chloride business

The U.K. futures industry is destined for a leap in turnover as new tax and rule changes break down

SOVIET GOLD SALES SEEN 1 OF MANY BULL FACTORSConcern about increased Soviet sales is the lat

Cocoa prices plummeted Monday in heavy trading selling triggered by an easing of tensions in the Ivo

The Kaifu administration is struggling to come up with cogent arguments for lifting economic sanctio

The U.S.-Soviet bilateral maritime agreement signed here last week contains a new cargo access appro

Saudi Arabia stopped exporting distillate fuel oil from its refinery at Rabigh on the Red Sea to pre

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 4, 1990Bid AskedCopper-G

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. selected South Daytona, Fla., as the site for its new printing plant.

The U.S. dollar turned mixed late Monday after the deutsche mark resisted a sell-off and pushed high

Despite lingering rancor on Capitol Hill over the Soviet economic embargo of Lithuania, there are st

Cho Yang Shipping Co.'s plan for a new round-the-world service early next year will affect the trans

Competition among Atlantic Ocean carriers for rolling cargoes is heating upbecause car carri

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has taken a small stake in Singapore's main maritime carrier and