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Maersk Line has announced that its East Coast ports of call on its new North Atlantic Service will b

A portable toilet company operator has entered the medical realm with a patent on a filtration devic

Frank Baldino gave up a top-level research job at Du Pont Co. four months ago. Now, working from a b

Sea-Land Corp.'s announcement of port calls for its newly acquired Econships has produced some clear

Frank Drozak, president of the Seafarers' International Union, again rapped the U.S. government for

Prospects for the tanker market in the next few years are likely to depend very much on U.S. domesti

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

With the army blockading Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, the future of Israel's most pr

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Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay's foreign minister, is favored to become the Inter- American Development B

The congressional trade bill conference begins sifting through some 2,000 pages of legislation next

The Greyhound Corp. is launching a program intended to recover most of the company's investment in i

It's official: Sea-Land Service Inc., Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd Lines announced Monday that t

Maine's congressional delegation attacked the Interstate Commerce Commission for an unconscionable d

SAS Losing Business At Arlanda AirportSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Scandinavian Airlines System, or S

The Khian Sea, the freighter laden with Philadelphia's waste ash, is again looking for a port.

Rand McNally & Co. has repackaged the microcomputer version of the Official Household Goods Carriers

Chemical Leaman Posts Fourth Quarter LossEXTON, Pa. - Chemical Leaman Corp. reported a fourt

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Bid to Review Ruling On Steel Pipe DeniedThe U.S. International Trade Commission dismissed a

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Foreign exchange conditions are right for a substantial cut in the U.S. foreign trade deficit, Rober

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Mon., Feb. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Federal Reserve Board members and a handful of Fed regional bank chiefs will convene here today

The first week of a cigarette product liability trial has produced nearly two dozen confidential cor

Electronics Sales Hit Record in USSANTA CLARA, Calif. - U.S. electronics products and servic

Transportation Secretary James Burnley said Monday the purchase of the 12 huge Econships by Sea-Land

Boeing would have to recall 1,100 of its 737 jetliners to correct landing problems under a governmen

In only a year, Norfolk Southern Corp. has managed to lease out entirely some virgin coal properties

China will carry out a three-year program to combat unacceptably high levels of air pollution in its

Feb. 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

OPEC oil production fell sharply last month, mainly because of cutbacks by Persian Gulf exporters in

THE RUMOR MILL GRINDS OUT NAMES of possible candidates for the chief executive job at Conrail.

Gov. Mario Cuomo has threatened to veto Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's budget for next

The Swedish shipping group Wallenius Line plans to transfer one or two of its car carriers to the U.

The Interstate Commerce Commission should set broad guidelines to help resolve freight bill undercha

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The U.S. dollar drifted lower Monday in a market made cautious by this week's meeting of the policy-

Union Official Implies NY Plan MismanagedALBANY, N.Y. - A lobbyist for the state's largest p