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A fire aboard a Panamanian-registered cargo ship in San Juan harbor caused losses estimated by local

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

GENENTECH DEPARTURES, MONEY WOES UNRELATEDSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The public relations

Over the past three years, natural gas prices have plummeted more than 80 percent in some instances.

NORWAY TO CONTINUE LIMITS ON PRODUCTIONHELSINKI, Finland - Norway will continue to limit the

In a defeat for environmentalists, a federal appeals court Friday upheld all but one aspect of the I

Although containerization has been around for over 20 years, there are still problems of acceptance,

SCOTTY RESTON, THE VENERABLE COLUMNIST and former Washington Bureau chief of the New York Times, on

Fri., Dec. 30, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

EX-IM BANK MAY BACK CREDITS FOR MEXICOWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank may provide $

Traders in the freight futures market were very bullish last week, with prices of certain futures co

Fifty people stand on a pier at a Florida port and watch as a cruise ship motors out to sea. They ar

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

BECAUSE ENERGY IS an industry that requires long lead times and has to deal with many fixed and vari

C&H Transportation, one of the nation's largest haulers of oil-field equipment, was shut down Friday

A U.S. motorist pulls into a service station and plunks down $1.05 for a gallon of gasoline. In Brit

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Currency traders said they are willing to give the Bush administration some time to dent the budget

MANUFACTURERS HANOVER (New York) - Joseph R. LaBato was named senior vice president in charge of the

At a major West Coast airport, concourses are nearly deserted, passenger tunnels at aircraft gates r

TWO CONN. INSURERS FINALIZE JOINT VENTUREHARTFORD, Conn. - The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspect

Dec. 30, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High Low V

It took Chou Chen-bao six days to find the mother he left behind in China 39 years ago when he fled

The world changed quickly in 1988, and 1989 could present even more challenges for statesmen, econom

The Soviet Union's decision to cut prices of fabric and household goods comes as popular pressure mo

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. said last week that its board of directors approved proposed changes

Matson Navigation Co. said it filed a general rate increase of 3.2 percent in its Pacific Coast-Hawa

A Connecticut lawyer is applying the innovative techniques used to settle litigation arising from th

WEST GERMAN AIRPORTS TO IMPROVE SECURITYBONN, West Germany - West Germany is seeking improve

The age of the electronic ruble is approaching. The use of credit cards in the Soviet Union

More than 2,000 Canadian lobsters on a round-about trip to European New Year dinner tables fell vict

The Midwest's population is growing modestly after experiencing a decline early in the decade, the C

Malaysian trade officials are in search of a few good investors. The Southeast Asian country

The European Community's pledge that its planned single market in 1992 won't create a Fortress Europ

The name may suggest limitless boundaries, but for the time being, executives at Infiniti will be gl

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

The nation's major airlines are ready to end their triple mileage programs - but only if all the car

A man convicted of computer fraud at age 17 for cracking Pacific Bell's system faces two new counts

GE UNIT GETS CONTRACT FOR PHILIPPINES SERVICEROCKVILLE, Md. - GE Information Services has si

TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY (Toledo, Ohio) - Gary L. Failor, 42, was named president and chie