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A union representing engineers on vessels operated by APL Ltd., the biggest U.S. ship line in the Pa

Analysts called it a stroke of genius, and the markets jumped with glee.The new British gove

Even as U.S. officials resist exporting the latest data encryption technology for national security

President Clinton came to Mexico bearing gifts - 50 helicopters and four surveillance planes for

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The U.S. dollar fell sharply Tuesday, taking a back seat to the soaring British pound on news of a q

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Trade ministers from the United States and 33 other Western Hemisphere countries are expected next w

US PRESSURES KOREATO OPEN AUTO MARKETWASHINGTON - South Korea is openly flouting a 1995 pact

Caribbean leaders are hoping that their Saturday summit with President Clinton in Barbados will tack

The French government does not like managers of state-owed companies to show too much independence a

After several months of intense negotiations, Jamaica and the United States have agreed on a treaty

'If they put us in a category that would trigger trade sanctions, you can bet your bottom dollar Hon

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One of the vital underpinnings of Hong Kong's success is forging closer links with China in what's s

HONDA TO BUILDPLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINATOKYO - Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its U.S. u

President Boris Yeltsin's public advice last week to buy Russian goods didn't convince domestic tele

India's computer software exports topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in the fiscal year t

In a continuing setback for the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. and Mexican transport offi

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced Tuesday a series of new assignments for seve

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

As usual, Gordon Cloney was on the road. The peripatetic chief executive of the International Insura

Like mushrooms after a spring rain, free and open insurance markets are popping up all over the worl

The U.S. Postal Service board of governors pounded postal officials for what they consider a dismal

SHIPSSTOPPED SHIP SUSPECTEDOF BREAKING UN SANCTIONSDUBAI, United Arab Emirat

Outboard Marine Corp., admitting that logistics is best handled by those with skills, has chosen Pen

VALUJET AIRLINES FILLSMORE SEATS IN APRILATLANTA - ValuJet Airlines, slowly rebuilding after

Safety is the airline industry's top priority, but the subject is misunderstood by the government, i

The Upper Mississippi was poised to reopen to barge traffic at Sabula, Iowa, Tuesday afternoon follo

More cost-cutting appears ahead for Canadian National Railway, as it strives to improve on last year

It's difficult these days to find someone in western Russia who will say a good word about a new hig

The Shipowners Association of Thailand has put forward a plan to takeover the government shipping li

AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOTSRATIFY FIVE-YEAR CONTRACTFORT WORTH - Pilots at American Airlines ra

The Surface Transportation Board is soliciting the railroad industry's views about regulatory direct

Scandinavian Airlines System said increasing competition in its home territory plunged it into a 269

Weekly service has debuted between the eastern United States and island nations in the southern Indi

United Parcel Service unionized pilots came up with a nearly unanimous strike authorization vote as

EMERY OPENS DIVISIONON INDIAN SUBCONTINENTREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Emery Worldwide has formed

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