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CORPS CLEARS TIMBERS FROM NY SHIP LANESFloating cranes cleared tons of rotting timbers from

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Tandy Corp. will move production of a variety of electronic products out of South Korea in the wake

Marine insurers have yielded to pressure to help promote greater merchant ship safety by tightening

Spurred on by more extensive air travel and a need to replace aging jets, the number of jetliners on

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has reprimanded two companies - including Japan's largest steelmaker - for

A recent rebound in the deutsche mark may be harbinger of a change in sentiment toward the dollar,

HIGH ROAD TO SIBERIA, as in fly to Alaska and turn left. For those Americans who just can't

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

An innovative lease agreement at the Port of Savannah, Ga., has fallen apart under pressure from ira

When contemplating Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance company, quick change or rapid evoluti

The U.S. market for hazardous waste disposal equipment and services is projected to rise a mere 5.8

The story, headlined IMF to Help Third World Absorb Rise in Bank Rates, on page 1A in The Journal of

Dallas-based FoxMeyer Drug Co., the nation's third-largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, sai

Led by a very strong Tokyo-Australia leg and a strong cargo business, Qantas expects to double its p

Ordernet Services has become the latest electronic data interchange communications network to restru

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Venezuela's $100 million floating rate Euronote issue due August 1993 w

Declines in a broad range of raw industrial materials prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Price In

A group of Japanese and French investors are seeking official approval here for a 500,000-tons-a-yea

A Chinese move to attract more foreign prospectors to its offshore waters - once hailed as the next

CANADIAN CEMENT FIRM TO BUILD PLANT IN NYBuoyed by a booming market in the northeastern Unit

Prospects for a hefty boost in the value of U.S. agricultural exports this year have continued to im

August 24, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

MIDCON SEEKS LINKUP OF SOUTHWEST PIPELINESLOMBARD, Ill. - MidCon Corp. said its interstate g

In a story that appeared in page of Thursday's edition, the terms of a proposed takeover of San Dieg

ARKANSAS BEST CORP. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - H.L. Hembree has resigned as chairman and chief executive o

INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OPERATING CO. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Thomas J. Simmers was named vice presiden

TAKEDA BOOSTS SHARE OF BIOMEDICAL FIRMTakeda Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan's largest pharm

The approximate $1 billion Soviet trade debt to Finland may be solved by a hefty Finnish loan to Mos

Private plant and equipment investments by Japanese industries this fiscal year, a term ending next

Thu., Aug. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The U.S. drive to export and develop foreign markets has given foreign trade zones in the United Sta

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

PORT WON'T BE ALLOWED TO ENTER POOLS CASEA Federal Maritime Commission law judge won't allow

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The United States will investigate the activities of seven developing nations in an effort to determ

China is facing severe coal pollution problems as a result of its rapid drive to modernize.

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Airborne Freight Corp. has reached agreement with New York Teamster Locals 295 and 851 on a three-ye

A Bay Area Rapid Transit management employee implicated in a bribery and extortion probe is resignin