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The cost of shipping goods from Italy to the United States aboard most liner vessels is going up aga

Deepening of the Port of Mobile's harbor to 45 feet will be completed six months earlier than antici

USAir Group reported fourth quarter net income of $22.8 million, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of

The USS Muliphen, a cargo ship with 44 years of naval history, was intentionally sunk in 175 feet of

A new program allowing California agricultural exporters immediate access to a network of worldwide

The United States has given the go-ahead to the Soviet Union for buying more U.S. grain this year, i

The Texas Legislature has taken aim at the state's insurance regulation crisis with the introduction

The Japanese government, anxious to fall in line with world opinion, has sent out a special announce

China's decade-old economic revolution has brought sharp changes in people's ambitions, lifestyles a

IT LOOKED LIKE A DUCK, OR WORSE, when the brand-new Bush administration floated a bizarre trial ball

The Federal Reserve is reviewing its procedures regarding the evaluation of bank participation in hi

A former Reagan administration trade official warned Thursday that Japan's surplus with the United S

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The spate of Eurobonds issued in European currency units has virtually dried up because of uncertain

Strong signs are emerging here that thorny bilateral trade issues will dominate next month's planned

Software suppliers are giving electronic data interchange programs a look that could significantly b

The renomination bid of Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather J. Gradison is running into

Intermodalism Comes of Age. The 1989 Shipper-Carrier Conference. Feb. 1-2. Sponsored by Internationa

Two House members introduced legislation to extend a ban on the export of Alaska oil. Rep. H

New York Governor Mario Cuomo proposed Thursday the establishment of a $150 million solid waste mana

A COCKTAIL RECEPTION slated to take place at the Whitehall Club in New York early next month marks t

Airlines anxious to start flying the Boeing Co.'s latest 747 intercontinental jumbo jet will be gett

COCOA BUFFER STOCKS MAY BE SOLD FOR DEBTSLONDON - International Cocoa Organization buffer st

Richard V. Nunes was named president and chief operating officer at Unicare Insurance Co., a workers

The four largest exporters of apparel to the United States all scored biggains in November,

Michael Boskin, chosen by President Bush to be his chief economic adviser, said Thursday the adminis

The government took a step closer to imposing anti-dumping duties on over a half-billion dollars a y

Tanker owners are trying to unite against certain widely used clauses in contracts that they believe

U.S. insurers and other industries are cautiously watching the Latin American market for growth oppo

A booming local and regional market for life insurance has prompted New York Life Insurance Worldwid

Conrail has put the brakes on its customer automation program yet again. But the latest dela

Bitsy and Biff Brown are thirtysomething yuppies who have two children, four aging parents and a nee

The nation's second-largest city plans to collect the mountains of leftover internal office memos, f

NON-OPEC PRODUCERS URGE OUTPUT RESTRAINTSeven oil-producing nations which are not members of

U.S. coal exports to the provincial utility, Ontario Hydro, reached a record 10.7 million tons in 19

Tall oil rosin exports in November 1988 increased 39 percent to 6.4 million pounds from previous-mon

The Massachusetts Port Authority's fourth annual maritime conference March 22 will deal with nuts an

A month ago, Pan Am Corp. appeared to be on the road to recovery, and was not planning to sell asset

FRENCH TRADE DEFICIT GREW LAST YEARFrance had a seasonally adjusted trade deficit of 4.1 bil

Roberta C. Yafie, energy reporter for Knight-Ridder Financial News, was elected president of the New