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Lexmark International Inc. has announced it plans to open a $42 million printer cartridge manufactur

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 240.49 up 0.18 wh

A German court ruled Wednesday that British trader Nick Leeson, blamed for bringing down Barings inv

India's industrial production index rose 14.2 percent in April-May from a year earlier, the governme

Like new parents, the owners and managers of the Port of Richmond are bursting with pride as they pu

Australia and France appear to be taking more notice of China's coal sector, now actively seeking ad

Triton Energy Wednesday said Carigali-Triton Operating Co. has discovered gas in a second well on Bl

The state and city of New York said Wednesday they sweetened their offer to two New York commodity e

A management-labor program at the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., which pays apprentices working at brea

With exports reaching $10 billion in 1994, increasingly high-tech industries and sound transport inf

Newport News Shipbuilding, the giant naval shipyard in Virginia, used to be known for its aircraft c

MITCHELL CONSULTING GROUP INC. (Nassau, Bahamas) - Walter B. Mitchell launched his own ocean shippin

If Lee and Washington are the mainstays of Virginia's tourist business, peanuts can be considered th

Despite intense lobbying by cargo consolidators, the proposed 1995 shipping reform act does very lit

It wasn't so long ago that Virginia was a top coal producing state and its exports of high-quality m

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The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday on expectations that this weekend's meeting of Group of 7 finance minis

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

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index Tuesday moved to the lowest level since last November

China said it identified 240 firms among the top 500 industrial companies for seven consecutive year

Peru is holding a U.S. cargo airline responsible for transporting weapons to neighboring Ecuador and

In an attempt to undercut President Clinton on foreign policy, Republicans in Congress and on the pr

Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Dusseldorf, Germany, is the fourth- largest participant in the

Getting up to speed after months of staffing delays, the North American Free Trade Agreement's Commi

A four-county regional planning group approved $551.3 million in potential spending on transportatio

"We never do business with one-man companies."

CANADA AGAIN TO SEEK PANEL IN EU WHEAT CASEWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian governm

Turkey's biggest strike for decades has begun to cut deep into the country's trade and production of

The United States and Vietnam are expected to launch negotiations early next month toward a comprehe

Spain's industrial production index in July was up 3.7 percent from the year- earlier month, the nat

The United States is gearing up for a fresh trade battle in Asia even as its primary target declares

EU EXTENDS DUTIES ON JAPANESE COPIERSThe European Union Tuesday approved a two-year extensio

I spent three days tracking Republican presidential candidates through New Hampshire. Here is a day-

The surprising announcement that troubled USAir Group Inc. is seeking a marriage with either United