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WILLAMETTE SETTLES WITH UNION WORKERSPORTLAND, Ore - Willamette Industries Inc. has reached

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Wednesday, moving in a narrow range in a fairly active market.

The Golden Gate port region each year sees an estimated 4,000 vessels transporting nearly 60 million

IRAQ CONDITIONS PEACE ON CLEARING OF CHANNELCAIRO, Egypt - Iraq says that its only channel o

The U.S. port industry has changed dramatically in the past several years. An industry that once was

Transporting Dangerous Goods By Air, two-day seminar, Aug. 10-11. Radisson Inn Airport, Greater Cinc

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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it sold 90 of its Seabee system barges to two inland waterway towing

Dow Chemical Co. is bidding on a natural gas treatment plant in southern Argentina and on downstream

U.S. specialty tubing producers this week lashed out against Taiwan, citing strong evidence that Tai

Economic growth should remain healthy for the next year, but will be increasingly tested by faster i

NEPERA INCREASES PYRIDINE PRICEHARRIMAN, N.Y. - Nepera Inc., a major worldwide supplier of p

Six years after Mexico's debt crisis began, declining living standards and unprecedented political g

Six years ago, the Port of Redwood City, Calif., started what it considered to be a fairly simple pr

DE HAVILLAND SELLS DASH 8-300 IN EUROPEThe De Havilland Division of Boeing Canada ended two

The U.S. Customs Service still takes an extra look at shipments from Boliviabecause of that

Plans are firming to start the first air and sea links next summer between Alaska and the Soviet Far

China has become the latest foreign oil producer to enter into a joint refining and marketing ventur

Acid rain is in danger of falling into second place among the most hazardous environmental problems

W.R. Grace & Co. subsidiary Grace Japan K.K. has opened a new $8 million research center in Atsugi,

Wed., Aug. 3, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

INTERAMERICA PLACED IN REHABILITATIONInteramerica Reinsurance Corp. was placed in rehabilita

Perhaps more than any other U.S. port region, the ports of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay region repr

Most port directors agree that competition is important to port operations. But officials differ on

SECOND QUARTER LOSS FOR PROFIT SYSTEMSProfit Systems Inc., a major forwarder based here, los

Australia's international airline Qantas is considering becoming an integrated door-to-door cargo op

The International Chamber of Commerce has welcomed recent signs of an end to unprovoked attacks on i

PVC CONTAINER TALKS WITH POTENTIAL BUYEREATONTOWN, N.J. - PVC Container Corp. announced that

Maine transportation officials expect construction to begin in mid-August on a new maritime terminal

A headline in the Aug. 3 editions of The Journal of Commerce misrepresented the earnings of Alexande

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry said it will establish a special group this mon

June 27, 1988. Jacopo Gambini, an Italian born naturalized U.S. citizen, is kidnapped while working

The Senate Wednesday moved toward passage of the omnibus trade bill, rejecting amendments that would

Phillips 66 Co., a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co., will expand its Marlex high-density polyeth

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Activity in finance, insurance, transportation, construction and other services continued strong in

A surge in manufactured exports paved the way to a 5.5 percent rise in global trade volume in 1987 o

The nation's largest banks made a pretty penny trading yen, deutsche marks and other foreign currenc

Chemoil Corp., a major maritime fuel supplier, expects to enter the refining business today with the