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his time I have two books and an Internet chat room for your perusal. Both books provide cultural

Kazakstan's currency, the tenge, plummeted 33 percent Tuesday, to 150 to the U.S. dollar, after the

Indian Commerce Minister Ramkrishna Hegde Tuesday asked the European Union to provide better market

The privatization of the largest port in the Philippines advanced as terminal operators, carriers an

The United States has sold $15 billion of sensitive high-tech goods to China during the past decade,

Trade authorities issued a report Monday that will allow Congress to remove tariffs on 642 pharmaceu

With harvest close at hand, asparagus growers worry that a threatened federal search for illegal wor

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Australia's Colonial Ltd. insurance and financial services group aims to tap the underrepresented Vi

People who live near coastal areas should face higher property taxes to pay for local hurricane clea

China said it would expedite Chubb Group's application for an insurance license in the hopes the ins

U.S. workplace safety regulators Monday proposed $537,000 in fines against the Avondale Industries I

RailTex Inc. is selling its New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad unit to New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railwa

United Airlines saw an increase in air freight in March, but still ended the first quarter slightly

Labor and management officials at the Port of New York and New Jersey are imploring the governors of

The release of APL's customized Internet shipping system is the latest innovation in the use of the

'It's going to be awesome.'

Pointing out that South Korea's chaebols have managed to grow in size while the rest of the country

U.S. Customs is fighting textile transshipments through Asia as it releasestwo more lists of foreign

APL Ltd., which has long been at the cutting edge in using the Internet to disseminate information,

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Overnite Transportation Co. is expanding its Advantage Overnite program, a next-day and second-day s

he Port of Houston Authority will be asking voters this November to support a multi-million-dollar b

More good news for foreign insurers: the north China port cities of Dalian and Tianjin could be open

A $30 million product liability verdict against Michelin Tire Co. was thrown out by the state appeal

Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. were granted licenses to se

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The Romanian government outlined Monday a short-term program to avoid what it called ''recession and

ir express companies, long a partner in rapid delivery of medical treatment, now are being asked t

Hvide Marine Inc., citing anticipated results for the first quarter, said it expects to fall out of

A last-minute flurry of talks between Chinese and U.S. officials on Beijing's bid to join the World

Hong Kong, in another bid to lure shipowners, will further cut the costs of using its shipping regis

A new $12 million distribution center in Fontana, Calif., that boasts two cranes and five rail spurs

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Kansas is poised to follow the Iowa method of demutualization by making a small but controversial ch

The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America received a federal charter from the Office of Thrift Supe

U.S. steelmakers, continuing to tighten the screws on steel imports, persuaded the International Tra

Monday April 5, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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Jamaican Prime Minister Percival Patterson has accused President Clinton of reneging on a promise to