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U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley wrapped up a cross-Canada tour late last week but offered litt

GRYPHON HOLDINGS SEESINCREASE IN REVENUENEW YORK - Gryphon Holdings Inc. said its second-qua

The peace that has reigned over U.S.-Japan auto trade since 1995 is being strained by a sharp revers

Cargo exports through the port here are running 40 percent higher this year than last, and imports a

Norfolk Southern Railroad may build a maintenance shop in the Pittsburgh area, surprising officials

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Charting a new course for Thailand's proposed national shipping fleet, the Thai Cabinet announced re

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They protect Leonardo Da Vinci's ''The Last Supper'' from the ravages of pollution, monitor air qual

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The 2,000 drivers, lifters and consolidators walking the picket line at this UPS distribution center

Nationwide Insurance Enterprise is considering selling all or part of its group health insurance bus

Six years ago, this shipyard on the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal was empty, vastly overstaff

The U.S. lawyers suing seven insurers over Holocaust life insurance policies Thursday tried to stop

While United Parcel Service is the immediate victim of the current Teamsters strike, other unionized

The British pound fell to a 10-month low of $1.5783 Thursday, extending Wednesday's crash, despite n

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Norfolk Southern Corp. and the American Association of Port Authorities have thrown their weight beh

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A multicommodity bulk terminal is planned for the Jackson County Port Authority's former grain eleva

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A Customs Service plan to allow under-$2,000 shipments into the country with minimal documentation h

Federal regulators Thursday approved rules aimed at slashing the price of overseas phone calls and s

A Fine Air Inc. DC-8 crashed in a ball of flames on takeoff Thursday near Miami International Airpor

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Your hip is in the mail.The Teamsters strike against UPS, which entered its fourth day Thurs

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A compromise agreement between Western oil majors and the Nigerian government on the disputed fundin

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The United States, despite its generally favorable economic prospects, will incur rising foreign tra

One year after the new U.S.-Japan trade agreement, foreign market share for computer chips in Japan

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