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Although U.S. rice exports are surging, an Agriculture Department analyst says the world's leading r

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which once confined its warnings about hazardous

Insurance brokers C.E. Heath is to advise shareholders to reject as ''opportunistic and inadequate"

A confused, mixed stock market drifted sideways again on Wednesday as hesitant market participants c

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

Alaska Marine Lines, a non-union, cost-conscious barge operator, has emerged as the dominant common

After making bold marks on U.S. Agriculture policy during its first session, the 99th Congress decid

The first step toward building a proposed $75 million cruise ship terminal, waterfront office and ho

Pittston Co. reported third quarter net income of $1.8 million, or 5 cents a share, an increase fro

European Commission Approves French PlantSTRASBOURG, France - The European Commission gave i

Henry J. Engelbrecht's jobs range from keeping sulfur hot to making maritime disputes cool.

Citicorp Posts FarleyIn WestJames D. Farley, vice chairman of Citicorp, was assigned

West Germany has been successful in reviving its economy, Chancellor Helmut Kohl said. At a

Non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries member Norway will implement its decision to reduc

With its oil refining capacity underused, Trinidad and Tobago is hoping to process feedstock from t

Amoco Corp. reported third quarter 1986 net income of $13 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with

As the dust settles from two weeks of key contract negotiations between labor and management in the

A one-time state grant of $60,000 will help offset skyrocketing liability insurance for more than tw

Bulgaria applied to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, just two weeks after the agency

The Argentine government's budget deficit rose in September, official figures showed amid preparati

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The Federal Maritime Commission will restrict use of its accelerated process for reviewing industry

After years of backbreaking work, the first deepwater port in the West African nation of Mauritania

Evergreen Lines has no intention of dropping Felixstowe as a European base port for its round-the wo

GENERAL NEWSWest German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said his country has taken steps needed to st

The International Longshoremen's Association accepted a new proposal from the Council of North Atlan

The Reagan administration is pressuring West Germany to allow a U.S. telecommunications company to g

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

Ivory Coast Embassy ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - The Ivory coast says it will reconsider reopening

Kawasaki, Nissho Iwai Open Plant in YonkersA partnership involving Kawasaki Rolling Stock US

China plans to build a 2,400-kilometer (1,488-mile) optical fiber communications line along the Yang

Hong Kong expects overseas interest, especially from the United States, to continue growing, said Ra

Arco Chemical Co., a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. announc

Ferro Corp. third quarter net income rose to $6.9 million, or $1.01 a share,from $3.4 millio

Canada Steamship Lines Inc., Montreal, is scheduled to top off a collier carrying 115,000 metric ton

Experts conducted a thorough check of China's first domestically designed nuclear power station foll

Japan might seek suppliers other than the U.S. for wheat imports, if the U.S. government decided to

Soviet Grain Harvesting Behind Last Year's PaceThe Soviet Union had cut 106.3 million hectar

The Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday sent out notices to 16 dredging comp

Forecasted growth in containers moving through Seattle may be just enough positive news to help reli