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MERCEDES-BENZ OPPOSESVW'S MEXICAN TARIFFSMEXICO CITY - Officials at Mercedes-Benz Mexico sai

European forwarders are launching a counterattack on the United Kingdom.To date, leading Bri

China denied Thursday pressuring Walt Disney Co. to stop production of a film on Tibet's exiled spir

The Mexican government responded Thursday to U.S. safeguards protecting domestic corn brooms by impo

After lagging behind gains seen in other parts of the stock market, long-neglected energy stocks are

A SLUMP? OR DID THECOMPUTER GET IT WRONG?HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market's opening sl

A story in Thursday editions on encrypted software exports misstated some provisions of new rules to

Countries of the hemisphere must agree early next year on negotiating terms for a regional free trad

Julissa Rosen has imagination.This sales agent for a Miami trading company sees an opportuni

Four thousand boiler workers rallied just blocks away from the national Legislature Thursday to prot

ARKANSANS TO PAY MOREFOR AUTO INSURANCELITTLE ROCK - More than 100,000 Arkansans will probab

State officials are seeking $5.8 million from the three family members who operated the now-defunct

The insurance industry will have a chance to put a bit of a shine on its tarnished reputation thanks

The Finance Ministry will drop a plan to allow nonlife subsidiaries of Japanese life insurance compa

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry on Monday reported that total costs for the state wor

''They want to know who sneezed in your office and when.''

An insurance industry analyst accused State Farm, Allstate and other American homeowners insurers of

The executives at Dana Commercial Credit Corp. give their staff a lot of leeway. They encourage empl

Tanker owners are telling their protection and indemnity clubs to take a much tougher stance when bu

Digitalized products, such as personal computers and mobile phones, proved big hits on the Japanese

The French government plans to put state-owned defense electronics group Thomson SA back up for sale

NAFTA LABOR AGENCYTO REVIEW COMPLAINTWASHINGTON - The U.S. agency that monitors the worker r

In the latest merger of insurance industry giants, Aon Group Inc. said Wednesday it will buy competi

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SHIPSBAY AREA MARINE PILOTSSEEK TO JOIN ASSOCIATIONSAN FRANCISCO - Marine pilots in

Harbor trucking and steamship interests intend to establish their own ''intranet'' system to streaml

With 80 percent backing by a handpicked selection committee, shipping magnate C.H. Tung was picked W

LANE POWELL SPEARSLUBERSKY LLPRobert J. Zapf was named a partner in the Los Angeles office o

One of commerce's shortest trade routes, with tiny volumes and wildly cheap rates, is thriving betwe

Is the world ready for a single authority to act as arbiter for container shipping?Jim Poon,

Tung Chee-hwa, chosen Wednesday as Hong Kong's first chief executive after its reversion to China in

1477 (Dec. 11, 1996) Previous day - 1470The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

United Parcel Service is harking back to its origins as a bicycle delivery service 89 years ago for

Early results in the hard-fought election between Teamsters president Ron Carey and challenger James

Dec. 11, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

HOTEL CONSTRUCTION SETAT PORT OF EVERETT, WASH.SEATTLE - A $2.3 million hotel on the Port of

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The National Industrial Transportation League blasted the Surface Transportation Board's proposed sc

TASK FORCE POSTS REWARDFOR FLORIDA ARSONISTTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A task force investigating a