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Some may call it ironic justice, but U.S. law firms are under a barrage of law suits these days - fo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 240.72 off 0.18 wh

ASIA'S OIL CONSUMPTIONSEEN 'EVER-INCREASING'SINGAPORE - High rates of economic growth in the

House leaders appear ready to end their internal squabble over how much to spend on highway and inte

Fast-track trade legislation, maritime reform and dredging were expected to dominate the agenda as t

A pair of locomotives and five container cars derailed in eastern New Mexico, 18 hours after seven f

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A poll scheduled for release today in Hong Kong by BankBoston suggests that Asian investors are more

Three insurance regulators are making a push for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Fearing that Japan might not deliver on an accord with the United States to open its primary insuran

Eurotunnel PLC, the debt-ridden operator of the Channel Tunnel, reported its first operating profit

CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORTPaul Robinson was appointed the line's new director of alliance op

United Parcel Service lost its bid to squash an international service offered by the U.S. Postal Ser

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WORK STOPSAT STATOIL FIELDLONDON - Statoil said its 35,000-barrel-per-day oilfield in the No

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Gazing figuratively into the crystal ball, steel industry executives gathered here at a conference o

Just when it seemed like the United States' Super 301 trade law would die from neglect, the current

A strong week for domestic transportation stocks led The Journal of Commerce stock index above the 5

The chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp. says Russia, the Ukraine and China are creating the greatest p

Vietnam is at an economic crossroads, according to foreign and domestic political leaders who called

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Opposition already is mounting to Chevron USA's notice that it wants to drill exploratory wells for

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JAPAN, US TO RESTARTTALKS ON TELECOM PACTTOKYO - Japan and the United States will restart ne

When a top State Department official asked the European Union recently to go easy on the British Air

U.S. and Japanese negotiators began talks in Tokyo today that could bring an unprecedented number of

Traders said they expected increased Japanese distillate fuel oil exports to China, along with compe

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland. September, November and January. Seminars on si

In a terse statement issued Friday after three days of talks, De Beers, the diamond cartel leader, a

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State governments spend a lot of time and money wooing businesses and industries in an effort to get

Port officials from around the Western Hemisphere will be meeting this week to discuss a host of leg

The American Farm Bureau Federation has now weighed in with support for the administration's proposa

Competition in the marine energy insurance market, which covers oil and gas platforms, drilling rigs

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