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'Of course it is difficult. But before it was impossible.'

A controversial power project in Florida has been chosen by an international group of experts as a m

Delta Air Lines Friday named a new top management team, including a president picked from the utilit

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The Teamsters' pension funds have been affecting the dynamics of the trucking industry and its shipp

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Vu Xuan Khoat, general manager of state-owned Vietnam Mining Corp., has urged more foreign investmen

ZURICH-AMERICANINSURANCE GROUPDonna Galer was named executive vice president of strategic al

Debt-laden Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel SA said revenue was back on track after November's fir

The state should spend $389 million to build a series of tunnels and treatment plants designed to pr

China's shipbuilding sector is getting a boost in overseas sales from the nation's biggest insurance

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European insurance companies that failed to compensate Holocaust survivors and their families will b

With the strong U.S. dollar boosting German exports, cargo traffic from the ports of Hamburg and Bre

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Crowley Maritime Corp. had a serious problem on its hands in the spring of 1994.Chairman and

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In the center of last week's storm between the Teamsters union and United Parcel Service stood a rel

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Twelve people were killed and dozens reported missing after a squall sank a ferry off the eastern is

CALENDARMystic Marinelife Aquarium. Now through Sept. 14. Artifacts from an ancient Roman-er

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Friday Aug. 15, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

US AND LAOS REACHAGREEMENT ON TRADEWASHINGTON - The United States and Laos reached agreement

ARGENTINE STRIKE POWERSNATIONWIDE VIOLENCEBUENOS AIRES - A nationwide general strike last we

Internet service providers that let people download music for free are worried about the High Court'

Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting has revived a copper project in northern Saskatchewan, raising hopes

A new test developed by Agriculture Department scientists will enable the food industry to detect E.

President Boris Yeltsin has approved the outlines of the 1998 budget, which goes to the government f

Greenpeace, the environmental activist group, said Wednesday it will be cutting its U.S. staff, to 6

Gov. Fob James approved the Alabama State Docks Department's request for $70,000 to help fund a stud

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The U.S. dollar tumbled Friday on speculation that the Bundesbank will raise German interest rates a

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David Sangster sits at a desktop computer, pumping a tanker full of 600,000 barrels of crude oil for

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