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Massachusetts longshoremen and clerks gave overwhelming approval to a master contract extension and

A consortium in which American telecommunications company U.S. West Inc. has a 25 percent stake has

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp promised Congress Tuesday to make extensive ref

KOREA'S TRADE SURPLUS GROWS $30 MILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea had a customs-cleare

London insurers are relieved that a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to limi

Wally "Famous" Amos, a director of privately held, Oregon-based Evergreen International Airlines, ha

AIRBUS INDUSTRIE GETS ORDERS FROM 2 AIRLINESAirbus Industrie has received orders for 28 A321

NUMBER OF OIL TANKERS SEEKING CHARTERS RISESAbout 15 or 16 very large and ultra large crude

The U.S. Customs Service is trying to change fundamentally some of the basic rules under which it do

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY (Chicago) - Jack Fields was appointed assistant vice president

Business leaders called for major changes in the Bush administration's clean air proposal Tuesday, b

With technical factors pushing the market Tuesday, the September New York contract for coffee closed

A group of 13 leading shipping lines agreed to extend until March 1991 an agreement that limits thei

SEA-LAND TO PURCHASE NEW REEFER CONTAINERSEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. said it will

A two-year collective contract giving Mexico's oil workers a 14 percent wage increase was approved M

The new executive director of the Mississippi State Port Authority is looking for new challenges, wh

CADBURY SCHWEPPES PLC (London) - The company has reorganized its European confectionery operations t

TITANIUM DIOXIDE E.I. du Pont & de Nemours Co. of Wilmington, Del., is rescinding the 2 cent

I've never met Michael L. Easton, Topgallant Group Inc.'s regional manager for the Midwest and West

Three years after the controversial U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade pact, the European Community is a

Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission that allo

US BOND FUTURES RALLY ON LONDON MARKETU.S. bond futures rallied on news the U.S. National As

In another sign of sluggish growth, the nation's purchasing managers Tuesday reported their index of

Mexico's recent moves to allow foreign investors 100 percent ownership of operations in some economi

Pioneering a new market always has its dangers and drawbacks. But life can be especially challenging

In a summer when export steel is moving from mills in the American heartland in volumes unmatched si

The likely dismissal of the multistate antitrust lawsuit against the insurance industry has led to s

New England congressmen are banding together in an effort to influence energy policy and counter the

Rhode Island Attorney General James O'Neil concluded an agreement with the owner of the Greek-flagge

Harvard University said it filed a federal patent-infringement suit against the Swedish pharmaceutic

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN-YEAR BULL MARKET in stocks is not over yet, according to the Stock Market Mome

Aug. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Growth in West Germany's combination freight transportationsector soared 12 percent in 1988 - its la

Even though steel exports have shown surprisingly strong growth in recent years, doubling from 1987

Tue., Aug. 1, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Brown Transport Co. expects to report a net loss when it releases delayed 1988 results by mid-Septe

Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner ruled out expansion of Chicago's O'Hare International Airpor

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When the Interstate Commerce Commission asserted primary jurisdiction over negotiated truck rate dis

CRT Japan Inc. was granted Japanese dealer and broker licenses today by the Ministry of Finance.