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British Coal Corp. is better prepared than at any time in its history to meet the challenge of rival

Shippers, ocean carrier conferences and the Federal Maritime Commission are coming to the end of nea

Just 37 percent of U.S. executives surveyed recently said they have begun implementing strategies to

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

The United States and Mexico are reviewing a proposed Customs facility that, its backers say, could

BRAZILIAN COFFEE CHIEF ARRIVES AT ICO TALKSThe arrival here of Brazilian Coffee Institute Pr

Pioneer Life Insurance Co. of Illinois and Manhattan National Corp. have signed a definitive agreeme

Buoyed by recent sales of subsidized vegetable oil to Tunisia, and by favorable world prices general

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

New export orders for the U.S. industrial sector rose sharply last month for their best showing sinc

B.F. Goodrich Co. Chairman John D. Ong said that the current $26 million expansion at the company's

Based on the unexpectedly large increase in U.S. August durable goods, economists have raised their

The policy may well be the nation's first example of patent enforcement insurance, and is especially

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

An expected purchase of U.S. poultry by the Soviet Union will help that nation feed its people this

Several Japanese oil companies have separately asked the Ministry of International Trade and Industr

The general public has regarded British Rail as something of a joke ever since a British Rail planne

K MART STORES USE RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAGSK mart Corp. has begun using recyclable plastic bag

THE STOCK MARKET HAS BEEN A MOST RELIABLE predicter of recessions, someone once quipped; it has fore

Grains and soybeans surged ahead Monday as traders scrambled to buy contracts following rumors that

An old train ship destined for the scrap heap is causing a lot of commotion off the Soviet coast.

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BROKER OFFERS PROGRAM FOR FREQUENT SHIPPERSTYIII Associates Inc., a transportation broker, i

As a part of an agreement to be announced later this week in Washington, the United States and the S

REFINED NICKEL STOCKS ROSE IN FIRST 6 MONTHSStocks of refined nickel at smelter refineries r

ZENITH AGREES TO SELL ITS COMPUTER GROUPZenith Electronics Corp. said Monday it was selling

BABCOCK INDUSTRIES INC. (Fairfield, Conn.) - Harold E. Davies was named president of its Acco Materi

Members of the United States-Zimbabwe Business Council this week conclude a two-week visit to the Un

The U.K. opposition Labour Party is in favor of joining the exchange rate mechanism of the European

The telefax machine, a device that would have sent shivers down the spines of old-time doctrinaire d

State and local governments have appointed members of the new board in charge of Philadelphia's port

THREE COMPANIES SHIP AID FREE OF CHARGELINDEN, N.J. - Relief cargoes for victims of Hurrican

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The Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, which has been operating less than three years at the ne

Two U.S.-flag ocean carriers are questioning the Military Sealift Command's decision to reject bids

A resurgence in wheat export demand and tighter-than-expected U.S. wheat stocks has bolstered soft r

ITEL REPORTS INCREASE IN ITS SHARE OF APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Itel Corp. notified the Securitie

Prudential Insurance Co. of America has filed a $31 million lawsuit against three law firms over a c

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

Local longshore contract negotiations in Philadelphia, New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., were heading do