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WATKINS CONFIRMED AS ENERGY SECRETARY WASHINGTON- The Senate Wednesday confirmed the nominat

Malaysia has boosted its international role to promote trade and investment and improve the country'

The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected pleas by a Lake Michigan ferry operator and railroad lab

Two shipping conferences serving the Caribbean trades moved their offices Wednesday to Hollywood, Fl

The European Community Commission has called off an anti-dumping campaign against Sofrana Euro-Austr

A recent technological breakthrough promises a cost-effective means for insurance companies to trans

The draft sealift policy under review by the National Security Council sets forth these guidelines a

An agreement could come as early as mid-March on an alternative to a recently abolished work preserv

Why aren't more U.S. companies interested in exporting? It appears that a lot of them tend to see it

A "flea-sized" Australian company expects to sign a multimillion-dollar deal with a major U.S. autom

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin and in China have been developing a natural growth stimula

Truck Renting and Leasing Association, 11th annual convention, March 2-5. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Na

1563 (Mar. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1553 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. (New York) - Robert E. Foran, 32, joined this investment banking and brokerage f

CHINA MAY CONSIDER OFFERING STOCKS IN USNEW YORK - The China Relations Board, a division of

European Community Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry Wednesday said the United States may not

A $375 million soda ash plant being built in the remote desert of Botswana seems destined to become

Mitsui & Co., Japan Metals & Chemical Co. and Ergenics Inc. have established a joint venture that wi

Senate clean air supporters promised to write a tough new anti-pollution bill by July 4. The

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Ronald M. Duckhorn was named vice president, West Coast har

Dockworkers at the Port of Genoa Wednesday expanded their six-week-old slowdown into a full strike t

IS THE NATURAL GAS MARKET READY for a futures contract? The New York Mercantile Exchange, wh

NY TO BUY, DISMANTLE SHOREHAM POWER PLANTALBANY, N.Y.- The Long Island Lighting Co.'s $5.4 b

A new crisis is looming for the world shipping industry as orders for new giant containerships threa

The U.S. dollar moved broadly higher in active trading Wednesday. The rally lifted the dolla

Massachusetts gasoline prices rose 1 cent a gallon, the latest statewide survey by the state Energy

US DUMPING COMPLAINT AGAINST JAPAN REJECTEDThe International Trade Commission dismissed a U

Trans Freight Lines confirmed that it will open its own agency offices on the West Coast, starting A

Bruce B. Wilson, Conrail vice president, will be the keynote speaker at the 4th annual Massachusetts

For decades, Venezuelans dreamed that oil would cure the economic woes of their petroleum-rich count

Hazardous Materials Management Central Conference & Exhibition, March 14-16, O'Hare Exposition Cente

Wed., March 1, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The airlines have made it through the first two months of the traditionally slow winter period witho

Brazil, at odds with both the World Bank and the United States over environmental issues, has hit ou

COURT WON'T REVIEW UAW-MACK AGREEMENTALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. said the U.S. Supreme

UNILEVER EARNINGS ROSE 21 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERUnilever, the Anglo-Dutch household-products

U.S. and Canadian officials have unveiled a plan to clean Lake Ontario of toxic chemicals and which

Frank Lorenzo, the tough-as-nails chairman of giant Texas Air Corp., has a master's degree in busine

Top diplomats from 21 West European and Latin American countries have declared their support for a C

The grass does appear brighter on the other side of the fence for CP Trucks of Toronto, one of the l