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Last week, United Parcel Service had a headache caused by a maintenance worker strike in Manhattan b

The European Parliament is set to clash with European Union ministers over whether to tighten the sc

Funeral home operator Ronnie Cox, who was Decatur County coroner for 32 years, said a competitor and

HCC Insurance Holdings of Houston said it plans to buy a Wakefield, Mass., underwriting firm for abo

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Sentencing dates for a group of former maritime union officials convicted last year on federal racke

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The partnership between Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and Forum Maritime SA is in danger of collapse aft

A new State Ports Authority study says international trade had an $11.4 billion impact on South Caro

Declines in stocks in the bulk shipping, container equipment and trucking sectors led to a 1.06 perc

Simmering labor tensions in the French public sector appear to have cooled any plans the government

Exports of garments and textiles grew 12.5 percent last year to $2.8 billion, with the United States

Jan. 8, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The U.S. dollar strengthened here Tuesday, continuing its momentum from overseas dealings, but harsh

American telecommunications giant AT&T Corp. launched a $1 million training center in collaboration

Women in the insurance industry have added their voice to the growing dialogue in cyberspace.

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Two U.S. companies are part of a consortium in a $1 billion liquefied natural gas venture in Trinida

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U.S. trading partners have greeted Washington's decision to create a new trade watchdog to ensure co

SHIP LINE REASSESSES STOWAWAY SITUATIONOne of the biggest shipping lines using the Port of H

Steamship companies in Mexico are hoping to break the decades-old lock that unions have on port pilo

'Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring - not even com

Transportation providers Tuesday started to dig themselves out from under this week's punishing bliz

"As far as transport, you can just throw out this week."

18 TAIWANESE FIRMS PREPARE TO GO PRIVATETAIPEI - Eighteen state-run Taiwanese compan

The Independent Insurance Agents of America has set new dates for its 1996 midyear meeting and Natio

Canadian housing starts rose 6.6 percent in December, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 111,30

Hong Kong's insurance industry grew 20 percent in 1994 over the previous year, paced by 46 percent e

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum opened its series of meetings for 1996 on Monday, with o

Just about anything can be recycled these days, even old marine terminals if the economics are right

The high-tech industrial development zone in this special economic zone in southern Guangdong provin

A blizzard in the Northeast Monday sent oil prices soaring in London, shut down the New York futures

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

A Scottish insurance industry strategic planning consultant is catching the wave of commercial inter

Britons are baffled about Europe, with more than half describing their knowledge of the European Uni

A North Carolina man who is blind and his guide dog Bronnie embarked on a four-day cruise to the Bah