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Massachusetts auto insurers were expected to submit an automobile rate hike request in the low doubl

NCNB CORP. (Charlotte, N.C.) - James H. Hance Jr. was named chief financial officer. He repl

The key player in a series of proposed merger and subsidy deals involving five U.S.-flag shipping co

The shirts, neckties and scarves go fast and cheap on the sidewalks of New York's Wall Street.

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More coal was loaded at Alabama State Docks' McDuffie Coal Terminal in July than any month since the

JOHNSON RESIGNS POST AT VA. PORT OPERATORJohnnie J. Johnson has resigned as general manager

Total cargo volume at the Port of Richmond, Va., for the fiscal year that ended June 30 shot up 40 p

A second company authorized to solicit international bids for municipal capital construction project

The Finns have cracked the new mega-dollar hotel market in the Soviet Union. Leading Finnish

Scripto Tokai, the U.S. subsidiary of Yokohama, Japan-based Tokai Corp., the world's largest disposa

Oil prices are about $4 a barrel below where they were this time last year, butgasoline pumps are st

EDI industry - get ready for the mouthpiece that roared. The EDI Association is planning to

Mild winter weather was responsible for a substantial drop in the volume of crude oil and petroleum

Britain raised its interest rates Monday for the seventh time since June in renewed efforts to thro

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

S. KOREAN BEEF TENDER REMAINS IN DOUBTSYDNEY, Australia - The Australian beef industry still

GULF WAR CEASE-FIRE SET TO BEGIN ON AUG. 19A cease-fire in the eight-year-old Persian Gulf w

TOP STORIES: Farmers in the Midwest prepare for the worst grain harvest in years, as the dro

U.S. commodity chemicals imports rose by volume to 3.4 million metric tons in May from 2.5 million m

Kenan Transport Co.'s second quarter earnings fell to $623,000, or 27 cents a share, from 712,000, o

Ozone levels are worse this year in 28 Eastern U.S. cities and counties than in 1987 and many had mo

The U.S. Customs Service has confiscated some $700,000 worth of imported clothing under a new safety

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter urged state governors meeting here Monday to get involved

Toyota Motor Corp.'s new factory at Georgetown, Ky., will use natural gas produced in Kentucky for f

AIR CONTROLLER STAFFING IS AT PRE-STRIKE LEVELStaffing levels for the Federal Aviation Admin

Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. Monday criticized as too low the price tag the Interstate Co

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale and transfer to Cayman Islands registry of two car

HOME GROUP FINISHES ACQUISITION OF CARTERETHome Group Inc. said Monday that it completed its

BRAZIL'S CREDITOR BANKS BACK NEW MONEY PACTNEW YORK - Commercial bank commitments to Brazil'

W. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was a vocal opponent o

Belgium's chemical and pharmaceutical giant Solvay & Cie. is planning an investment of $300 million

For May 1988 vs. May 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)RegionMay 88 May 87

For May 1988 vs. May 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortMay 88

Better management information systems and easier entry into new markets have sparked the growth of t

USDA SEEKS COMMENT ON MEAT IMPORT PLANThe Agriculture Department is taking comment on its pr

BELL, BOYD & LLOYD (Chicago) - G. Michael Epperson and William A. Zeitler were named partners in the

Old Chevrolets and Plymouths, driven by teen-agers in jeans, cruise down the street in what looks li

Following a decade of remarkable growth, South Carolina's Port of Charleston has surpassed Baltimore

Vice President George Bush urged the GOP platform committee Monday to make crystal clear the differe