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About 400 ferry workers picketed at the Port of Dover Wednesday to protest a High Court decision ord

To paraphrase a line from an old Woody Allen movie, that's a big crane. It stands 265 feet t

The frequency of auto insurance liability claims filed in Los Angeles is 98 percent higher than stat

The Continental Corp. announced Tuesday that it has completed the sale of its Toronto-based subsidia

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

Canadian dollar bonds outperformed U.S. debt last year and are still attractive because of the yield

During his eight years in the Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Charles H. Blum traveled around t

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the world body that regulates most world trade, agreed W

THE FALLOUT HAS LANDED from the National Industrial Transportation League's vote to support changes

Two pioneering projects using electronic systems to pay bills may lead to a national electronic paym

A special committee of executives of Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. and Japan Line Ltd. is schedu

OOCL (Canada) appointed Don McKay regional general manager of Western Canada. He will be based in th

Air freight carriers and forwarders must increase efficiency and offer additional customer services

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The marine insurance industry didn't attract so much as a glance from state attorneys general when t

Aloha, Boeing Sued For Hawaiian MishapAn injured passenger and his wife filed the first laws

Salomon Brothers Inc. is taking less risks in the marketplace as part of a new management philosophy

IBP Inc.'s recent purchase of 40 Heinold Hog Market Inc. buying stations has met with mixed views on

Traditional Exports Beef, lamb, dairy products, wool.Potential ExportsFoods: venison

Maritime industry leaders say they want to work more closely with the U.S. Customs Service to preven

Dutch Company to Buy Anheuser-Busch UnitST. LOUIS - Anheuser-Busch Cos. has agreed to sell B

Iraq's economy, which faltered in the 1986 oil price collapse, has recovered partly because the war

CFTC to Consider New Futures ContractsWASHINGTON - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

When Joseph A. Cannon, a Washington, D.C., attorney with strong Utah connections, approached investo

Oranges, grapefruit, tomatoes and eggplant from Palestinian farms on the West Bank and in the Gaza S

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

The Burlington Northern Railroad Co.'s auctioning of future grain car movements has been a major top

Nearly two decades after the widespread adoption of computers by the industry, the hour - of deliver

Officials of Saab-Scania of America Inc. say the decision to shut down U.S. manufacturing operations

An article in Tuesday's edition of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly identified the direction of t

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., which owns the Port of Liverpool, reported a sharp profit rise for

Dow Corning Corp. is increasing list prices an average of 6 percent on all silicone surfactants sold

HIMONT INC. (Wilmington, Del.) - A restructuring of management was announced by Alexander F. Giacco,

More than a score of Taiwanese plastics companies intend to invest in export- oriented projects in t

The container-leasing industry is locked in a dispute with the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service

BRADFORD NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Lexington, Ky.) - William F. Healy was named president and chi

Europe and Japan received new shipbuilding orders for a total of 6.8 million gross tons in 1987, acc

The switching error that caused a speeding passenger train to slam into a track-maintenance machine

As European airlines begin easing into a more deregulated environment this year, they hope to escape

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