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Rhone-Poulenc SA aims to become one of the world's top 10 pharmaceutical manufacturers by the turn o

A citizens' commission of health-care experts recommended enactment of new taxes on employers and em

Midwestern lawmakers are backing a congressional plan to give a boost to biodegradeable plastic made

Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., has introduced legislation to repeal maritime cargo preference prov

The Port of Portland said it set annual records in 1988 for total cargo volume, container traffic, g

U.S. natural gas producers are optimistic that two barriers to gas deregulation may fall this year,

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ROADWAY EARNINGS ROSE IN 4TH QUARTER OF 1988AKRON, Ohio - Roadway Services Inc.'s fourth qua

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. and its U.S. subsidiary, Chesapeake Corp., have applied for Maritime Administr

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

Quick and effective Customs clearance for cargo, while the aircraft is still in the air en route to

South Korea's top trade official unveiled a comprehensive import- liberalization program Monday desi

Control Data Corp. announced that it has sold a supercomputer to a West German university. T

Once a little city with clean, if rainy, skies and clear mountain views, fast-growing Seattle has be

USX Names Corry ChairmanCharles A. Corry was named chairman and chief executive of USX Corp.

MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED FOR AGING BOEING JETSSEATTLE - An aviation industry task force review

Congressional approval of Brazilian President Jose Sarney's "summer shock" economic reforms has damp

The colony's premier trading conglomerate, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., is revamping itself yet a

Shifting winds bring either desert sandstorms or a cold Atlantic fog into this isolated harbor town.

Private contractors are making a large profit from the federal toxic waste cleanup Superfund, while

Foreign pharmaceutical firms operating in India should benefit from a recent government decision to

Blue Star Line Ltd. will call at the Port of Portland on its monthly service between the North Ameri

Idaho Power Co.'s net income for the fourth quarter was $19.4 million, or 54 cents a share, up from

Reported cargo theft skyrocketed last year at John F. Kennedy International Airport, police official

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

TEXTILE TRADE TALKS WILL MAKE FRESH STARTMajor trading nations have agreed to make a fresh s

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TAIWAN WILL TOUGHEN ITS COPYRIGHT LAWSTaiwan has agreed to bring its copyright law into line

CHEMICAL LEAMAN OPENS TRANSFER FACILITY LIONVILLE, Maine - Chemical Leaman Tank Lines has

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Gerald Grinstein will become president and chief

Prices will be the key that regulates any effects a possible 1989 drought could have on shipping, sa

Peter Spaulding, manager of air cargo market development for the Port Authority of New York & New Je

Northwest Airlines, which took delivery over the weekend of the first of the Boeing Co.'s 747-400s,

The Soviet Union's current economic reform program is based on false premises and will generate infl

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In the "Simon Says" column that appeared on Page 6A in The Journal of Commerce on Jan. 27, the name

DIRECTOR OF TADIRAN TO LEAVE IN APRILIsraeli electronics giant Tadiran, a subsidiary of the

The United States and Japan may have different agendas when the leaders of the two leading industria

BUSH MAY PROPOSE CUT IN CAPITAL GAINS TAXPresident Bush may propose a cut in the capital gai

RI BILL MANDATES AUTO LIABILITY COVERPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island state Sen. Charles Dono