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Three manufacturers of asbestos have been ordered to pay about $26 million for causing the illnesses

The U.S. dollar plowed through some early selling to break into slightly higher ground Thursday.

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MINNESOTA MINE RAIL LINK REOPENSSILVER BAY, Minn. - A rail line connecting Northshor

China, a country chronically strapped for good transport, hopes to add around 5,000 miles of new rai

"I like it here because the food is made the Russian way, with cabbage and potatoes."

BP GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING MAY ELIMINATE LOSSESLONDON - BP Chief Executive John Browne

Contrary to reports, the Mexican government does not plan to raise its 15 percent value-added tax on

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With the bulls roaring through Brazilian financial markets, the country has become the darling of La

The potential for disruption to U.S. exports because of the loss of an irreplaceable crop fumigant h

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union this week is sending a message to waterfro

24 RESCUED FROM SHIP OFF NEWFOUNDLANDST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland - The 24 crewmembers of a Gree

Stevedoring companies at the French Port of Le Havre have cut off their monthly contributions to the

Boeing Co.'s Wichita Division Wednesday received a contract to modify three Cathay Pacific 747-200 c

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Israel's reliance on coal is likely to fall off eventually as the nation concludes peace agreements

DATE CHANGE PROPOSED FOR SOO LOCKS' OPENINGWASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engin

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Beauty may be only skin deep, but Malaysia would like its producers of ''prettifiers" to delve a bit

The U.S. Agriculture Department may go forward with a proposal to lift an 81- year-old ban on import

A Washington state oil spill response group will no longer give Canada-bound vessels crossing state

Some of the largest insurance companies in the United States started reopening this week in the afte

The government's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has extended a $33 million loan to Pakist

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A total of 650 non-life insurers and reinsurers worldwide became insolvent between 1978 and 1994, wi

Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius wants legislators to approve two dozen proposals designed t

Boeing Co. is opening the new year on the same roll as it closed the old, with a $4 billion order fr

The minimum wage for Indonesian workers will rise by an average 10.63 percent on April 1, the govern

Union Pacific Railroad Wednesday threatened to scuttle its proposed linkup with Southern Pacific Rai

The Clinton administration, as expected, has declared Colombia and Costa Rica in violation of U.S. t

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Nigeria plans to increase its crude production capacity by about 35,000 barrels a day this year with

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Automobile sales in Japan exceeded 5 million vehicles last year for the first time in three years an

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