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In order to craft a container that would hold a live cow at sea for days at a time, Larry Jewett had

WESTERN SOFTWOODORDERS INCREASEPORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production, orders and shipments incr

A federal judge handed the Clinton administration a partial victory in its court battle to maintain

NEW JERSEY WANTS COURTTO RULE FIRM INSOLVENTTRENTON, N.J. - Insurance Commissioner Elizabeth

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Cooled by soft breezes, warmed by a benign sun, thousands of reinsurance intermediaries, insurance e

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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica's main port, has embarked on an ambitious modernization and expansion progr

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'We are fed up with fraud.'

India's exporters are cheering after the central bank allowed the rupee to depreciate against the U.

Canada is using a series of international meetings to heavily promote free trade in environmental te

COASTAL OPENS OFFICEIN RIO DE JANEIRONEW YORK - Coastal Corp. said it has opened a Rio de Ja

INNU DEMONSTRATORSEND MINE-SITE PROTESTNAIN, Newfoundland - The Innu nation is pulling its p

Jordan Phosphates Mines Co. signed an accord with a consortium of firms, led by Hyro Agri of Norway,

It used to be pretty easy to distinguish insurance companies from reinsurers. Both were in the busin

For the week ended August 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

DELTA AIR LINESChristine Jilek was appointed director of the company's new relationship mark

Supplemental freight bills known as accessorials are becoming a thing of the past at Dial Corp.<

If the word pirate conjures up a picture in your mind of a swashbuckling rogue with a cutlass in one

As of Aug. 29, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Friday, Aug. 29, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Union Pacific has created a new position to deal with safety issues in the wake of an investigation

To hear government officials tell it, the late-summer fields are bumper-full of grain, and Russia is

The problems faced by Hudson Foods aren't likely to help the agriculture secretary's quest to gain m

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The availability of permits for zinc exports has tightened further as China National Nonferrous Meta

Cuba's two major steel works reported production and exports grew significantly from January through

THAILAND COMMISSIONWILL OVERSEE INSURANCEBANGKOK - Commerce Minister Narongchai Akarasanee s

As of Aug. 28, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

975 (Aug. 28, 1997) Previous day - 969The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

SHIPSCHINA ANNOUNCESCONTAINER SERVICEDALIAN, China - Officials in northeaste

ONGOINGNational Maritime Historical Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 4, New York. Cruise to Bermuda. C

Australian Resources and Energy Minister Warwick Parer urged Asia-Pacific nations to ensure bottlene

CONSECO INC.John J. Sabl joined the Carmel, Ind., financial services company as executive vi

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SPANISH COTTON PRODUCERSPROTEST EU PRICE CUTMADRID - Cotton producers in Spain's southern re

wWith an ambitious development plan and the help of foreign investors, Panama, a country of few sail