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STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT - WHAT IT IS: Structural adjustment relates to the actions a government takes

Robert P. Cuthbert was named first vice president and chief financial officer, new positions, at Cor

FRENCH AIRLINE UTA ORDERS 6 AIRBUS JETSTOULOUSE, France - French airline UTA ordered six Air

Higher crude oil costs and wholesale prices pushed average home heating oil retail prices to their h

NYMEX TO CHANGE FUEL OIL SPECIFICATIONSThe New York Mercantile Exchange's board approved cha

Carey Stacy, president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, knows firsthand that wo

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

SHIPPERS WITH THEIR OWN private fleets are gearing up for the new commercial driver's license.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Executive Committee Chairman Leo Melamed urged U.S. authorities not to i

AQUINO SEEKS BOOST IN TRADE WITH USPhilippine President Corazon Aquino said Thursday more tr

U.S. business executives, hard pressed to say which way the political wind is blowing in China, are

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher Thursday, turning up after the Federal Reserve drained reserves.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN TAIWAN SOARS 110 PERCENTTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan approved foreign inves

Despite some reforms, questions persist about possible fraud and abuse in the system for transportin

Cathay Pacific Airways is buying two Boeing 747-400 freighters. The airline also secured opt

Japan's steel imports from the United States showed an almost tenfold rise to 302,628 metric tons in

The Port of Antwerp is completing work on a massive container terminal that is expected to double co

Dimitri Shveledze is that new breed of Soviet worker, the private businessman. Under Preside

Two American ship lines have joined an American shipowner group in lobbying for new government outla

CSX CORP. COMPLETES REPURCHASE PROGRAMRICHMOND, Va. - CSX Corp. has completed the share repu

For the week ended Nov. 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 12

Some of Brooklyn's unemployed dockworkers will go back on the job Dec. 1 when American Stevedoring L

PITTSTON, UNION TEAMS MEET FACE-TO-FACEBargaining teams representing striking mine workers a

A leading organization that classifies ocean ships, responding to the public clamor over oil spills,

EC WAGE-PRICE SPIRAL BELIEVED TO BE UNLIKELYU.K. pay settlements are still rising, but analy

A new survey released Wednesday found that shippers rate trucks better in price and service than the

Nov. 8, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Most members of the "baby boom generation" will not have enough money to retire at age 65, according

DEEPEST OIL PLATFORM IN WORLD STARTS UPConoco Inc., the Houston-based subsidiary of E.I. du

Some grain exporters are beginning to divert cargoes to coastal ports as a result of navigation rest

No progress was made during U.K.-West German talks here Wednesday aimed at resolving a dispute over

Cocoa futures rallied on unexpected trade buying Wednesday, but analysts said they don't expect the

Joel Pitcoff, research chief at Ford Motor Co., is convinced he knows what would havehappened to the

* Trading With West Germany 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Bart R. Boaden - End Farm Subs

It took Americans with a dream to persuade their Japanese employer to go ahead with production of wh

With the holiday rush nearing, Oakland International Airport and its air cargo tenants are scramblin

Marten Transport Ltd. reported a third-quarter loss of $66,500 on revenue of $18.9 million.

To the delight of some U.S. businessmen, promising scientific research and technology is becoming av

Malaysia's trade surplus for the first eight months of this year narrowed by one-third to M$5.43 bil

U.S. trade with West Germany is a quality affair. As the dollar slips against the deutsche mark and