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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. rode a 5 percent increase in revenue to post a 14 percent gain in

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A regional regulatory board for all capital markets in the eight-country West African franc zone was

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Deutsche mark Tuesday despite news of a wider overall U.S.

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A Malaysian opposition leader Tuesday urged the government to be sensitive to negative reaction by f

A Russian airline whose pilot took three tries to find the runway and land at Seattle-Tacoma Interna

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Mai Diem Cook's small beach hotel hardly looks like a symbol of the potential for millions in U.S. i

The U.S. government isn't slowing its crackdown on workplace violations in the domestic garment indu

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The Turkish Ministry of Transportation approved a $1.4 billion plan for the construction of a transc

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The state is ordering insurance companies to cut rates by $610 million next year in an attempt to gi

The list of candidates for the director's chair at the Port of Miami reads like a Who's Who of U.S.

In an apparent policy shift, U.S. officials said Monday that sanctions may be imposed after all if f

There won't be any breakthroughs next week on China's bid to join the World Trade Organization, but

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After months of denials or at least coy obfuscations, Taiwan's state-run shipyard says it is seeking

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The global maritime scrap trade has remained static in the last few years at around 20 million metri

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