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The U.S. Customs Service is developing a program to help importers pay the right amount of duties ev

HALTER MARINE GROUP INC.The company in Gulfport, Miss., said it is realigning the responsibi

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Thursday ahead of today's September U.S. jobs data.

The nation's largest terminal operating company is hauling the Port of Houston before the Federal Ma

A story appearing on Page 5A on Monday, Sept. 29, ''How big ships will change port system,'' incorre

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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WILLIS CORROON CORP.The U.S. insurance brokerage arm of London broker Willis Corroon Group p

The House bill allowing banks, insurance companies and securities firms into each others' businesses

Maryland has become the first state to officially endorse the purchase of Conrail Inc. by CSX Corp.

Oct. 2, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Business mavens will tell you that bailing out of a contract with the government isn't usually a goo

Thailand's float of its currency in July provided only a minimal boost to exports, while capital fli

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MOODY'S SAYS LLOYD'SFACES CREDIT CHALLENGESLONDON - Moody's Investors Service warned that wh

While changing wind patterns are again helping to clear the choking haze lingering over much of Sout

It's getting a lot more crowded on ships leaving U.S. shores.The latest figures from The Jou

Wanted: A good home for 40,000 Union Pacific rail shipments.That's what the troubled Western

EU MINISTERS SIGNTREATY OF AMSTERDAMBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers Thursday sig

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The European Union is poised to escalate a shipbuilding subsidy war with the United States, Japan an

TRUCKSHOUSE VOTES 6-MONTHEXTENSION OF ISTEAWASHINGTON - A six-month extensio

Before the Cold War and this century's two world wars, the Elbe River was Germany's most important i

Oil giant Elf Aquitaine on Wednesday confirmed it is seeking petroleum contracts with Iran and Iraq,

As Vietnam struggles to fend off blackouts, Western firms are moving in to shore up its creaking pow

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The nation's fourth-largest steelmaker has lowered prices 7 percent for hot-rolled steel, widely use

AIRSCHOTT, SEASCHOTTMERGE OPERATIONSWASHINGTON - Airschott Inc. and Seaschott Inc., which ar

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday following weak economic reports in Germany and Japan.German A

One more brick clunked into the wall consolidating insurers and reinsurers, as USF Re Insurance Co.

SAN JOSE SURPASSESNEW YORK IN EXPORTSWASHINGTON - San Jose, Calif., is now the nation's bigg

Comments by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sent the Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian rupi

The United States backtracked Wednesday on its broad sanctions against India for its suspected missi

Federal Express Corp. announced Wednesday it will build a $50 million air cargo hub at Miami Interna

NORTH CAROLINA STATEPORTS AUTHORITYC. Douglas Reutlinger, a veteran sales executive for stea

LOGGING FIRM SUES OVERGOVERNMENT CHARGESVANCOUVER, British Columbia - In a suit filed this w

A harbor pilot with a troubled history lost his bid to return to the water.The state Board o

Consultants are exploring just when Hong Kong's next container terminals will be needed, a process t