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After three days of talks, U.S. and Chinese negotiators came up empty-handed in their attempt to bro

Union Pacific Corp.'s announcement that it will spin off its Overnite Transportation Co. trucking un

BOEING TAKING ORDERSFROM TWO GERMAN FIRMSSEATTLE - Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has anno

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For the first time in more than a decade, air cargo through Hong Kong tumbled last month, providing

Heavy-truck sales posted a 16.6 percent gain in April as the market surged on its way toward the sec

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar was trading lower at midday Thursday, but it cut its losses sharpl

Lawmakers are preparing to amend the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act amid growing anger over President Clin

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A pre-dawn dash to Jakarta's airport, not with fleeing expatriates but a valuable consignment of spo

'My guess is three to five years before we can say we have got the recession out of the economic sys

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 218.64 up 0.18

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Trade ministers from 132 countries agreed Wednesday that new global talks to lower barriers to trade

Two crewmembers died when two ships collided in dense fog off Sangbaek Island, near Yosu, Lloyd's Li

Ohio employers will have a pleasant June this year: The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is send

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Two more states have moved closer to allow insurance companies to electronically issue policies.

It looks like those flimsy Halloween costumes that turn children into goblins and ghouls will still

US FARMERS HOPE FOREU GENETIC CORN PACTWASHINGTON - U.S. corn farmers are hopeful a dispute

Russian oil company Yukos said Thursday it was still uncertain about an agreement with Amoco Corp. t

Thursday May 21, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Airlines must do a better job differentiating courier services from passenger-processing if the high

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Behind the furor over missile proliferation and satellite launches in China is a little-known State

OIL FIRMS WEIGH EFFECTOF INDONESIAN CRISISNEW YORK - Two of Indonesia's largest oil producer

The National Transportation Safety Board officially determined that the deadly June 22, 1997, head-o

SHIPSSPEECH TO ADDRESSPANAMA CANAL'S FUTUREWASHINGTON - Thomas Burke, former

OPEC took another step in rebuilding its reputation this week when Russia agreed to take part in the

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A bid by a lawmaker from Massachusetts to raise tariffs on Indian textile imports to the United Stat

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It was the best kiss with clothes on. Up there on the rail of the cruise liner, the couple waved. Th

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