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Canada's Coast Guard went on strike for higher wages Tuesday, throwing up picket lines on the East a

The top insurance regulator in Texas announced his resignation Monday, saying he is frustrated with

Arturo Zaltzman has no plans to expand the textile business his grandfather started here 50 years ag

The management of UAL Corp. once again will seek the assistance of Japan's banking executives in a r

The 72 men and women who have explored the upper earth's atmosphere all have one thing in common: Th

Facing a public "pent-up demand for action" and broader government curbs on operations that encroach

As Saudi Arabia and Iraq increase their direct term-contract sales to the Far East, middlemen - espe

Hewlett-Packard Co. intends to increase its purchase of components from Thailand to supply its assem

The recent monthly figures were for October 1989 in "Japanese Trade Surplus Declines for the 6th Con

The United States remains the largest single investor in the Hong Kong manufacturing industry, but i

A team of Brazilian central bank and federal police investigators is visiting New York this week, tr

Railroads are divided on how best to exploit the electronic infrastructure they've created to deal w

A House subcommittee has approved legislation to regulate the use of railroad cars, trucks and other

KODAK LAUNCHES RECYCLING PROGRAMROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it will beg

LEADING OIL COMPANIES INCREASE PROFITABILITYThe profitability of leading U.S. oil companies

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Managed care, a form of health insurance developed in the early 1980s for companies to get a better

The story headlined, "Heavy Losses Cast Doubts on IRI's Future," on Page 13A in The Journal of Comme

Indonesian coffee exports in 1988-89 (November-October) rose by around 30 percent to 350,000 metric

Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer has named a 16-member panel of Port of Baltimore labor and man

U.S. oil prices are expected to remain in the $16- to $21-a-barrel range, Richard M. Morrow, outgoin

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - TNT SKYPAK INTERNATIONAL STILL HOLDS fast to its original determination to have

A tanker company operating 11 ships will become wholly U.S.-owned when New York-based OMI Corp. buys

Puerto Rico Marine Management Inc. will continue operating the commonwealth's state-owned shipping l

Tue., Nov. 14, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. shipowners with vessels operating under the Panamanian flag, fearful of a move by the Bush admi

Brazilian government ministers and energy sector representatives authorized the import of 1.5 billio

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Norwegian shipping officials are on Wall Street today hoping to lure investors for a proposed intern

The Alabama State Docks Department said general cargo volume at its Port of Mobile facilities rose

Nov. 14, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Shipping company executives differed Tuesday about whether a proposed combination of the dry contain

1648 (Nov. 14, 1989) Previous day - 1650 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

International trade and transportation in the 1990s will face a streamlined and more efficient Europ

Although it has been several decades since Robert Pfeiffer served aboard ship, the head of Hawaii's

Government watchdogs warn that the retirement savings of millions of working Americans are vulnerabl

The surprising announcement that Donald Petersen will step down as chairman of Ford Motor Co. next M

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Sea-Land Service Inc. and a Dutch distribution company Tuesday announced an agreement to cooperate