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The Department of Transportation has reversed itself in deciding to consider a rule that would requi

A small fire aboard the Viking Princess Thursday morning should not delay the cruise ship's schedule

Sea-Land Corp.'s improved second quarter performance is principally theresult of higher rates and gr

Iranian Prime Minister Hussein Musavi has warned there won't be security in the Persian Gulf as long

The USS Nimitz, flagship of the nation's nuclear-powered fleet, steams through Puget Sound to ancho

U.S. specialists operating from small craft have removed from 10 to 12 mines they think were laid by

Oakland Port Director Wins Transport AwardWalter A. Abernathy, executive director of the por

A report on an amendment to the Senate trade bill addressing unfair, foreign shipping practices cont

Greyhound Lines Inc.'s plan to buy competitor Trailways Corp. deserves swift approval because the me

Volkswagen AG, Ford Form Brazilian FirmDEARBORN, Mich. - Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. co

Overland Express received commitments for a major debt refinancing that company officials say will b

When you're under way, there are only a few things a sailor can do on an aircraft carrier, the suppl

Despite opposition, the Maritime Administration agreed to permit American President Lines Ltd. to do

Mack Trucks Inc. is moving to implement the terms of last week's labor decision regarding its new Wi

The insurance industry is studying the possibility of offering premium incentives to fleets who adop

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The insurance industry says the truck safety issue won't wait until 1990 when the Department of Tran

874.5 (July 2) Previous day - 874.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lon

The former top two executives of Oak Brook, Ill.,-based Great Lakes International Corp. have pleaded

You meet such people on vacation, even while riding horseback high up in the Rockies or while white-

Yes, New York City has the bananas. But not much else. Bananas and other tropical fruits are

Three Peruvian liner companies want the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission toallow still more

John C. Fontaine has been named senior vice president and general counsel for Knight-Ridder Inc., ef

The Miami insurance exchange will work very hard" to gain investor confidence now that a potential p

Higher market prices spurred farmers and feedlot operators to boost grain-fed cattle production this

As the Japanese begin to trade foreign futures contracts on a large scale, a more important phenomen

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 81,655 cars in domestic factories this week, according to

General Motors Corp. expects production to fall off by as much as 45 percent at its Fisher Guide par

A GLOBAL" recovery plan is pursued at the New York Insurance Exchange. The exchange has at l

Cigna Extends Cover To 300 Fla. PhysiciansTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State Insurance Commissioner B

Auto insurers in Massachusetts were surprised by Fireman's Fund's decision to leave the state, but n

You can try to take Fireman's Fund out of Massachusetts, but you can't take Massachusetts out of Fir

Washington is getting mixed signals from insurance commissioners about how the federal government c

July 2, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

House Rules Committee Chairman Claude Pepper, D-Fla., will force the House to vote on long-term care

Domestic oil and gas drilling plunged more than 41 percent during the first half of the year compare

The government presented Congress with a preliminary 1988 budget based on oil income of $9.1 billion

Kuwait will resume exports of liquefied petroleum gas to Japan this month with a shipment of 45,000

To bolster the profile of the Alaskan natural gas pipeline project, the Resource Development Council

UAE 'Fully Committed' To New OPEC AccordThe United Arab Emirates is fully committed" to the