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An 1851 extreme clipper whose bow has been returned to her South Portland, Maine birthplace, was bui

Producers and consumers were optimistic about the prospects of agreement on rules for market interve

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The International Trade Commission announced it is beginning an investigation into intellectual prop

A March 20 article on trucking industry earnings trends should have said that while Yellow Freight S

With the opening of three new plants and increased production from older facilities, Mexico's state

Airline representatives are combing flight schedules at Atlanta and Chicago for a fourth day in hope

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Federal agents investigating what could be a massive fish-laundering scheme have put a half-million

Iran's deployment of powerful anti-ship missiles overlooking the strategic Strait of Hormuz has sent

Plains Resources Inc. announced that its estimated proved oil and gas reserves increased to 5.43 mil

Carl Biehl, chairman of Biehl International Corp., parent of the Biehl & Co. steamship agency, died

Some U.S. multinational corporations are "ill prepared to deal with" the complexities of sourcing ab

National Semiconductor Inc., the California-based multinational chip manufacturer and designer, plan

BankAmerica Reverses Heavy Foreign LossesBankAmerica Corp. reversed heavy foreign losses in

Brazilian Coffee Institute President Jorio Dauster will leave Saturday for a meeting of coffee produ

Authorities evacuated more than 100 people from an Amtrak train after receiving word that a passenge

Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., has introduced legislation to correct the "tariff inversion" of levies on pi

Every airline will boast in the next decade the collision avoidance device unveiled this week by the

Federal agents investigating what could be a massive fish-laundering scheme have put a half-million

The switch from a marriage between Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. and Japanese electronics power Fuji

Stocks rose on a late surge of buying Thursday that pushed the market to its third straight record c

The government approved a plan to end a fuel ban on the Tamil rebel-dominated Jaffna peninsula.<

Breaux to Chair Panel WASHINGTON - Sen. John Breaux, D-La., will soon become chairman of the

New Jersey insurance regulators want new and tougher laws on insurance accounting disclosure. The go

Shipping lines that move cargo west across the Pacific are planning to raise their rates later this

Carolina Power & Light Co. cancelled Mayo Unit 2, the second coal-fired unit planned for the Mayo P

The personal automobile insurance market in New York state is beginning to show signs of a liability

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

William Brodsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange president said here that the exchange's board of govern

Despite a storm of local opposition to the Iroquois gas pipeline proposal, the state Commerce Depart

Fruehauf Corp. said it has signed an agreement to sell RenTco Trailer Corp., its over-the-road trail

An Austrian company has developed a multiple telecommunications system for railway operations guaran

Smith-Corona Looks To Tougher Trade BillCORTLAND, N.Y. - Continued economic improvement at S

The House Ways and Means Committee approved major sections of a trade billdraft that aims to

The switch from a marriage between Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. and Japanese electronics power Fuji

Pennwalt Increases Price of ChlorinePennwalt Corp. announced a price increase on bulk chlori

An experimental plan is being drafted to create work for longshoremen in the port of New York by hav

Japanese automakers will continue "voluntary" curtailments this year on exports to the European Comm

As Foss Maritime Co.'s president sat in his office overlooking the Lake Washington Ship Canal, steel