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Freight moving between two points in the same state may qualify as interstate commerce and benefit f

JAPAN FIRM CHARGED WITH COCOM VIOLATIONA Japanese air conditioner company and one of its man

The leadership of the Teamsters union agreed to election reforms and to the appointment of outsiders

Heads are shaking in the railroad industry in the wake of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s stunning

So far three insurance companies have come forward to say they participated in the hull and liabilit

The most ambitious goal of the Big Three U.S. automakers for developing a true global market involve

The CRB Futures Index dipped in mid-February, but finished the month at 243.2, slightly above its la

Mar. 13, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

MARAD MAY EXPAND RIG TRANSFER RULESA U.S. Maritime Administration proposal would expand its

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here has allowed consolidation of two suits related to the Massach

Fueled by heady results in 1988, Finnish-flag carrier Finnair is expanding its cargo capacity and pa

ARGENTINES TO ACCEPT EASTERN'S AIR TICKETSNEW YORK - Aerolineas Argentinas, the national air

MOTOROLA RESUMES PRODUCTION OF CHIPSNEW YORK - Motorola Inc. has resumed producing computer

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, after three months of intensive negotiations, is closer

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., said he will wait for the Interstate Commerce Commission to is

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The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

When it was disclosed that Andrew Krieger earned $300 million for Bankers Trust trading currency opt

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

The Treasury Department said it will provide a $450 million bridge loan to Venezuela in recognition

SOVIET UNION FLOATING DEUTSCHE MARK LOANFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Soviet Union is floati

A major New England paper shipper has renewed its love affair with rail now that Guilford Transporta

Worry about the cancer-causing potential of the chemical Alar led a Taiwanese exporter to cancel ord

The chairman of Hapag-Lloyd AG said the recent rush of orders for new containerships will result in

SWITZERLAND CONSIDERS TECHNOLOGY CONTROLSBERN, Switzerland - Switzerland is considering whet

U.S. farmers are likely to find their local bankers willing to loan operating capital this spring, b

U.S. ports loaded 44 million metric tons of chemicals for export in 1988 and received 32 million met

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

The Environmental Protection Agency Friday approved a less stringent standard for summer gasoline vo

BECHTEL GETS EXTENSION OF NAVAL RESERVE PACTThe U.S. Department of Energy has extended for f

When Airborne Freight Corp. began delivering packages in December for a Japanese express company and

A Maritime Administration proposal would expand its foreign transfer regulations to include intra-co

WORLDS OF WONDER INC. (Fremont, Calif.) - A New York investor group that has agreed to buy this toym

The steelmaking unit of Ford Motor Co. said Monday it has agreed in principle to sell its Great Lake

South Korean car exports fell sharply in the first two months of 1989 duemainly to the effec

Members of a House maritime committee are concerned that the government's newdrug enforcemen

A package of bills to forbid insurance companies from using sex as a basis for insurance rates again

Carolina Atlantic Transportation Services Inc. will add weekly calls at Savannah, Ga., to its existi

U.S. exports carried on oceangoing liners will increase by about 5 percentto 8 percent this year, wh