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Malaysia's industrial production, driven by a resurgent manufacturing sector, rose 7.6 percent in Ju

Western Digital Corp. employees save a little time on red tape whenever a new foreign customer order

APEC senior officials will recommend to their ministers that China and Taiwan join the World Trade O

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Cathay Pacific Airways' flight attendants are upset with management again, not over salaries but ove

While the United States and the European Union battle over food products made from biotech goods, fa

Recently, through the U.S. Information Agency, I've had the opportunity to speak to foreign represen

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National Westminster Bank PLC said it was in talks to acquire Legal & General Group PLC, a life insu

Kenyan insurance firms have been told to be Y2K-compliant by the end of this month or risk suspensio

Aon Corp. is spearheading a novel insurance pool to provide coverage of Indonesia's vast forest area

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Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, will pay the U.S. Agriculture Department $45,000 to settle

U.S. wheat and grain exports to China would rise by up to 30 percent if Beijing joins the World Trad

Though the Customs Service still lacks money to develop a new computer system for import processing,

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Mexico, gaining stronger control over its two main airlines, has taken over shares held by a failed

Federal Express Corp., responding to increasing cargo volumes, has upgraded from a Boeing 727 to a w

When an industry giant with vast resources snaps up a company that's already your largest competitor

A few optimistic insurers are eyeing the business of shipowner-owned protection and indemnity clubs

Warren Hastings believes in the old adage that necessity is the mother of invention.An inter

Georg Mehl lies awake at nights contemplating the prospect of marine insurance becoming a commodity

The U.S. dollar will continue to track the stock and bond markets, analysts said.As long as

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The United States and China agreed to resume talks this week on Beijing's bid to join the World Trad

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's Year 2020 maritime infrastructure report, overdue to Congre

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Two regional trucking companies that consolidate shipments in the sector known as less-than-truckloa

Indonesia's drive to improve efficiency of its ports through privatization may be blunted by its pol

One recent late-summer day, seven ships waited outside Duluth-Superior Port for their turns in the n

Evergreen International Airlines recently announced an agreement with Forward Air for exclusive use

The Port of Seattle expects soon to file a claim for its Y2K expenses, using the ''sue-and-labor'' c

Acordia Inc. has bought Wm. Allen & Assoc. of Dunedin, FlaThe Allen insurance agency was fou

WorldPoint Logistics, the third-party holding company formed last year, has acquired Corporate Expre

Brazilian imports increased in August for the first time since January's devaluation of the real.

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The Department of Transportation is seeking comments on requests from more than two dozen motor carr

When Air Canada moved to a new cargo facility in Boston this spring it chose an off-airport site clo

Country Mutual Insurance Co. of Bloomington, Ill., and Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. of Salem, Mass.,