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Waterfront management and labor last week wrapped up two days of bargaining toward a new master cont

USS-Posco Industries has named Leonard H. Chuderewicz president of the U.S.- Korean joint-venture co

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Forget Europe. The best opportunities for U.S. exporters may be in the fast- growing Asean countries

International efforts to improve the safety record of roll-on roll-off vessels concentrate too much

The U.S. Customs Service approved the first low-cost software packages for automating air carrier li

Competitive pressures in U.S. market and new opportunities abroad make it increasingly necessary for

1311 (May 18, 1990) Previous day - 1309 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Associates of a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate continue to benefit financially from an insura

Norfolk Southern Corp. Thursday sold 446 miles of track and facilities in eastern Ohio and western P

Nicaragua's new president, Violeta Chamorro, may have trouble keeping thelights on in her fl

A major rift is developing in the complex multilateral trade negotiations over demands by U.S. tradi

The government is expected to announce today that it is easing controls on foreign exchange flows, a

REGIONAL BLOCS Pacific Rim: Trade and Investment Opportunities. May 29-31: Taiwan. June 1-2:

'SOVIET SILICON SUMMIT' AIMS TO FOSTER TIESSANTA CLARA, Calif. - Global Development Corp., o

New York state's top environmental agency cleans up the "easiest" toxic dump sites first and takes i

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May 18, 1990 Copper Total, 7,291. Gold Total, .1,944,186.Silver Total, .254,30

CME SETS VOTE DATE FOR ELECTION PETITIONChicago Mercantile Exchange members will vote June 1

The U.S. dollar will stabilize and could move a bit higher this week now that hopes for a near-term

The purpose of a unified European market isn't to create a fortress but rather to build an economic

The Canadian transportation industry is alarmed over federal government cost- recovery plans that wo

Longtime maritime labor leader C.E. "Gene" DeFries was named late last week as the winner of the mar

U.S. and Soviet maritime negotiators agreed last week on essential provisions of a new shipping pact

Direct Container Line, a Southern California-based non-vessel-operating common carrier, opened a war

Japan outlined ways to combat global warming Friday, but stopped short of advocating any sweeping st

Top representatives of the port and shipping industries will probe the future shape of seaports and

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 0.7 PERCENT IN FRANCEFrench industrial production, excluding con

''Saudia Arabia: Yesterday and Today," an exhibit described on Page 1A of the Friday, May 18 Journal

As the Philippines struggles to find more domestic energy supplies, its import costs are soaring.

Using inefficient, turn-of-century technology to process table salt at its St. Clair, Mich., mines,

Parliamentarians from East and West Europe Friday proposed creating a $400 billion "Marshall Plan" t

BRIX MARITIME ORDERS TOP CAPACITY BOX BARGEPORTLAND, Ore. - Brix Maritime Co., Portland, Ore

PAN AM PURSUES SALE OF SHUTTLEPan Am Corp. Friday said it is pursuing the possible sale "or

May 18, 1990 JAPAN*Financial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is likely to use the full $566 million appropriation granted by C

Recent toll increases on the Massachusetts Turnpike may be driving traffic off the road, confirming

Xerox Corp. will introduce a line of electronic copiers later this year that will set the pace for

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The International Trade Commission in June will start work on a rare import case - a petition by Key