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The chief executive of Seagate Technology, a leading maker of computer disk drives, has said backed-

Put an aviation executive and a trial lawyer in the same room, and the argument will go like this:

Lufthansa German Airlines will add air freight capacity this year and next to handle expected growth

One might expect an ominous cloud to be hanging over Airbus Industrie these days. On June 26

New Teamsters union President William J. McCarthy replaced two of the labor group's five conference

As some shippers switch from barge transport to rail, a few grain-carrying railroads report they've

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. signed contracts worth about $40 million to supply two high-tonnage a

May 1988 - Quantities in 1,000s Export Totals Import TotalsF.A.S. C

A sharp drop in grain shipments caused by the driest conditions in more than half a century could fo

TRAVELERS REPORTS DROP IN QUARTERLY RESULTSHARTFORD, Conn. - Travelers Corp. reported that o

EMIGRANT MAGAZINE UNVEILED IN HONG KONGPublishers on Wednesday unveiled a bilingual magazine

Traditional Exports Tin, lead, zinc, silver, natural gas, petroleum, sugar, cotton and coffe

Ackerman & Palumbo Inc., a Miami Beach, Fla.-based international security consulting firm, says ther

Shell Canada Makes Significant Gas FindCALGARY, Alberta - Shell Canada Ltd. discovered signi

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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

Aug. 3, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

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