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Purolator Courier has strengthened its position as the dominant player in the Canadian courier field

An arbitrator has ruled in favor of New Jersey Transit Corp. in a $26 million dispute between the st

PENNWALT CORP.'S NET DOUBLED IN QUARTERPennwalt Corp., Philadelphia, said it earned $13.2 mi

The New York State Food Merchants Association is suggesting that retailers have been paying for the

Currency traders expect the dollar's powerful new-year rally to catch fire again today, particularly

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

The Port of Beaumont, which had storage facilities bulging with record cargo volumes in 1988, has a

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's broadest measure of trade improved in December when the current acco

CONFERENCE DELAYS TRINIDAD RATE INCREASEA group of shipping lines sailing from U.S. Atlantic

Col. Richard V. Gorski assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District.

The Transportation Department is putting a 60-day hold on its plan to cut back subsidies that allow

NORWAY CONFIRMS RISE IN OIL PRODUCTIONHELSINKI, Finland - Norway's Oil and Energy Ministry c

UK INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FELL 0.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERU.K. seasonally adjusted industrial product

Thu., Jan. 19, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

HARMONIZED CODE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT HARMONIZED CODE IMPLEMENTATION IN BONDED WAREHOUSES AND

US STEEL IMPORTS ROSE IN NOVEMBERU.S. steel imports rose in November and pushed the total fo

A fishing fleet operating off Alaska is expanding so quickly that there soon will be too many ships

Westinghouse Electric Corp. will assume responsibility for defective parts that caused the shutdown

Gene Ciccarelli was expected to be named Thursday as Port Everglades Authority's first deputy execut

Repair rates at the Port of Singapore's main shipyards went up 10 percent this week to take account

There is no need for Japan to join West Germany and other European countries in raising the official

Motorola Inc. has filed a lawsuit charging that Hitachi Ltd. has infringed on several of the U.S. co

The United States said Thursday it was modifying trade sanctions against Libya to allow five U.S. oi

Zenith Laboratories Inc., of Northvale, N.J., may have to sell off much of its Puerto Rico property

October trade data for the 35 petrochemicals tracked by the National Petroleum Refiners Association

Britain's industrialists and businessmen have called on the government to improve the country's road

The St. Lawrence Seaway just had its best tonnage year since 1984, even though Canadian grain shipme

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Business rose sharply at Hong Kong's officially backed toy show, where foreign exhibitors took part

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

Carriers and shippers in the Far East believe freight rates might fall in the trades between Asia an

Japanese government authorities are expected to budget nearly $3 million again in the fiscal year be

Southwest Airlines Co. reported it flew 703.3 million revenue passenger-miles in December, a 24.7 pe

President Reagan said Wednesday the United States should reconsider treaties requiring it to turn th

EVEN INSURANCE BROKERS can be non-partisan. Marsh & McLennan Cos. arranged insurance coverag

Major insurers have raised prices of health policies that supplement Medicare by as much as 40 perce

ON A RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN, Kevin Koy, co-founder of the Market Logic School in Chicago, found himsel

S. KOREA TO OPEN MART TO US WINE PRODUCTSSouth Korea has agreed to open its market to U.S. w

A consortium formed to bid for Britain's biggest industrial concern, General Electric Co. PLC, said

Australians have reached the conclusion that "G'day, mate. How's it going," followed by a hearty sla