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

Association of Transportation Practitioners, Chicago regional chapter, Feb. 3, noon, M&M Club, Chica

A U.S. announcement last month "denying duty-free benefits" to Thailand on about $165 million a year

Minnesota is marking the official opening of its new World Trade Conference Center in St. Paul next

Trading in options on unleaded gasoline futures will begin on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Ma

1608 (Feb. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1619 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

JAPAN POSTS DEFICIT FOR PART OF JANUARYJapan posted a customs-cleared deficit of $316 millio

Although the Travelers Insurance Corp. will follow a state insurance department ruling ordering it t

The announcement that Chrysler Corp. will market a version of Hyundai Motor Co.'s new mid-sized Sona

U.S. specialty steel producers, backed by the United Steelworkers, began their public campaign Wedne

SEAWAY PORT AUTHORITY OF DULUTH (Duluth, Minn.) - Gary L. Doty was named a member of the port's boar

Maritime Administration interim regulations will implement some of the revisions to a 1920 ship mort

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

NO NEW STRIDES SEEN IN EC-JAPANESE TALKSBRUSSELS, Belgium - European commissioners and Japan

Franchising is a new concept for the Soviet Union, but it might offer big opportunities for increase

Japanese government and business leaders and U.S. executives generally welcomed reports Wednesday fr

Africa's insistence on banning all toxic waste from the continent will make negotiations with Europe

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.32 billion pounds in November 1988, up approximately 6.9 per

Finding alternative methods to dispose of solid wastes could be easier for municipal and local autho

Ryder System Inc. will sell four subsidiaries, including an ailing truckload freight carrier, that f

West German economists said they doubted the Bundesbank would raise interest rates at its council me

DAIWA SECURITIES BUYS OUT JOINT VENTURESYDNEY, Australia - The Australia and New Zealand Ban

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It was in 1902 that a Scottish hunter, Murray MacDougall, moved his wagons north from South Africa a

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LONDON EXCHANGE PLANS US METAL WAREHOUSESNEW YORK - The London Metal Exchange Exchange plans

GET READY FOR HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES this summer, especially for premium grades. The oil com

Subsidized U.S.-flag bulk carriers won a clear policy endorsement from the Department of Transportat

US ECONOMY GROWING BUT SLOWER THAN 1988The slightly greater-than-expected rise in December's

While the United States fears that efforts to create an integrated European market by 1992 could lea

San Francisco is arguably one the most beautiful cities in the United States, with a charm and style

The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, who has been an obstacle to efforts to pass product l

With two months to go until the 1989 U.S. planting intentions report, analysts still see price, weat

A team of U.S. Transportation and State Department officials recently completed the first round of n

Three safety task forces studying the dangers of aging aircraft intend to recommend hundreds of stru

Executives at Tyco Industries Inc. feel they're being toyed around with when it comes to electronic

Northwest Association of Rail Shippers, annual meeting, Feb. 2-3. Thunderbird Motel, Bloomington, Mi

Shipping executives in Miami thought it was a joke when they first heard of a Panamanian ship seized

An executive of the new Michigan export trading company says it is not expected to meet its original

This steel town has long been a four-letter word for all that's gone wrong in industrial America: a