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Maritime Administrator John A. Gaughan will confer with the Justice Department this week to decide w

Shipowners, lawyers and insurers are looking at the possibility of legal claims against Iran and Ira

A leading Hawaiian businessman and the mayor of Honolulu made it clear Tuesday they welcome legitima

Diamond-Star Plant Ahead of ScheduleNORMAL, Ill. - Workers will begin assembling cars at the

Talk is priceless, if the impact of phone service failure on northeastern Illinois businesses is a g

Mid-sized drug wholesalers have to hang together if they are to avoid being strangled by their giant

He's a loudmouthed, whining pitchman in his television commercials, but auto dealer Jolly John Pulsi

W. German Crushers Denounce US SubsidiesFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's crushing in

Leather Goods From Tuscany. May 9-13. Features fine leather goods from theTuscan region in I

Somewhere, sometime soon, up to 3,100 metric tons of the widely used plastic polyvinyl chloride from

Texas International Terminals Inc., has acquired Burza International Ltd.'s sulfur handling terminal

FRUEHAUF CORP. (Detroit) - T. Neal Combs has replaced Robert D. Rowan as chairman. Mr. Rowan officia

When a courier for DHL Worldwide Express saw a mother duck and three ducklings in the middle of a se

The U.S. dollar declined in quiet trading Tuesday, while the pound sterling's advance slowed.

In these inflationary times, it is hard to find chemical prices that have not changed for two years

Malaysia Won't Hike Crude Oil ProductionJAKARTA, Indonesia - Malaysia pledged to keep its cr

Aluminum shipments to the aircraft and aerospace markets, as reflected by uses in aerospace and miss

Dollar Bond Fund Sells Out in JapanNEW YORK - Daiwa Securities Co. said a new $2.5 billion d

HOULIHAN, LIKEY, HOWARD & ZUKIN INC. (Los Angeles) - Robert S. Socol was named principal, and Gregor

Sunflower seed oil Newly opened firm in the free trade zone of Jebel Ali in Dubai seeks U.S.

TOP STORIES: Cotton exports continue to rise as analysts predict record year for 1988. 7AWes

Western European demand for synthetic polymer emulsions - used extensively in the paint, carpets, ad

Heavy-truck sales eased slightly in April and fell just short of levels reached a year earlier, but

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Rhode Island late last month unsealed the first indictment in a Resou

NL Industries Posts Turnaround in QuarterNL Industries Inc. announced first-quarter net inco

Continuing cash flow shortages and failure to make a scheduled loan payment forced Overland Express

Transit on the Calumet River near the Port of Chicago was expected to be restored by the end of the

OxyChem Boosts Chromic Acid PriceDALLAS, Texas - Occidental Chemical Corp. increased list pr

May 10, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The overall goal of Quick Response distribution is to reduce the time of the whole production and de

The anticipated proxy fight for control of Emery Air Freight Corp. failed to materialize here Tuesda

Angry truck drivers are blockading ports on both sides of the English Channel in protest against the

The strategic planner at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, cited by a colleague as having

Fuji Bank Ltd., Japan's third-largest bank, reached agreement with Kleinwort Benson Securities Co. o

Only a week after the Tokyo Stock Exchange introduced its new computer system for futures trading, p

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

The International Trade Commission has cleared the way for anti-dumping duties on Japanese forklift

International use of standardized electronic messages is ready to explode. Two key ingredien

Survival of the fittest in terms of technology, marketing and operations will continue to rule the m

Is China the looming economic colossus of the 21st century? This was the question uppermost